William Axt

Nascimento : 1888-04-19, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1959-02-13

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.

Filmes

A Costela de Adão
Music
Casal de advogados se vê em lados opostos em um caso no qual a ré disparou contra o marido, ao encontrá-lo com a amante. No início marido e mulher mantêm as discussões durante o julgamento, mas em virtude da cobertura dada pela imprensa o casal não expõe suas posições apenas no tribunal e isto gera algumas confusões.
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Music
A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and size measuring terms and protocols, race track gambling lingo, harness racing lingo and training techniques, Lipizzan stallions, and non-horse terminology using horse words. In-between the questions, other horse facts are presented and shown, including hapless novice equestrian Horace trying to saddle, mount and ride a horse.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Music
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
O Vendedor de Milagres
Original Music Composer
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Tell No Tales
Music
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
The Kid From Texas
Original Music Composer
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
Sergeant Madden
Original Music Composer
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Heroes at Leisure
Music
This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.
Amor de Um Espia
Original Music Composer
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
The Girl Downstairs
Music
A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him.
Spring Madness
Music Score Producer
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott" (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Um Marido para Mamãe
Original Music Composer
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.
Three Loves Has Nancy
Music
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Muito Custa Casar
Original Music Composer
A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Fast Company
Music
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Yellow Jack
Original Music Composer
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
The First Hundred Years
Music Score Producer
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Music
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Original Music Composer
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
Menino de Ouro
Music
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. A young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race.
Big City
Original Music Composer
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.
Between Two Women
Original Music Composer
Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and she with him, but, she is married to Tom a physically abusive husband.
Parnell - O Rei Sem Coroa
Original Music Composer
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Espionage
Music
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Original Music Composer
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Under Cover of Night
Original Music Composer
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
Wanted - A Master
Music
A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the deadline.
A Viagem do Barulho
Original Music Composer
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Libeled Lady
Original Music Composer
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Suzy
Music
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Revolta dos Zombies
Music
The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. Evil Count Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending Mazovia's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, Armand (Dean Jagger), one of the members of the expedition, has his own agenda.
Old Shep
Music
A man preparing to shoot his ailing elderly dog sadly recounts their time together.
The Unguarded Hour
Music Score Producer
A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
The Jonker Diamond
Music
Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.
Petticoat Fever
Original Music Composer
A lonely radio operator in Labrador falls for an engaged woman.
Three Godfathers
Original Music Composer
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Astúcia de Criminoso
Original Music Composer
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.
Tough Guy
Original Music Composer
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Three Live Ghosts
Original Music Composer
Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.
Last of the Pagans
Original Music Composer
Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
Whipsaw
Original Music Composer
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
Rendezvous
Original Music Composer
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Trained Hoofs
Music
This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.
It's in the Air
Original Music Composer
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
The Perfect Tribute
Music
The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.
Woman Wanted
Music
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
The Murder Man
Original Music Composer
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Memories and Melodies
Music
This Technicolor short features the songs of the great American popular composer Stephen Collins Foster. Based on Foster's memoirs.
Buried Loot
Original Music Composer
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
Quando o Diabo Atiça
Original Music Composer
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
A Wicked Woman
Original Music Composer
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
A Mão Invisível
Original Music Composer
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
Amor Que Regenera
Music
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.
Straight Is the Way
Original Music Composer
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.
The Girl from Missouri
Original Music Composer
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Paris Interlude
Music
Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
Stamboul Quest
Original Music Composer
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route, she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
A Espiã 13
Original Music Composer
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
A Ceia dos Acusados
Original Music Composer
Uma dupla de detetives marido-e-mulher assume a busca de um inventor desaparecido e quase morre em seus esforços. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Três Amores
Music
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Vencido pela Lei
Original Music Composer
Jim Wade (William Powell) e Edward "Blackie" Gallagher (Clark Gable) são amigos de infância que seguem caminhos distintos. Gallagher se torna um jogador e gângster, enquanto Wade é eleito promotor, devido à sua integridade, e se candidata a governador. Eleanor Packer (Myrna Loy), que tivera uma forte relação com Blackie, se casa com Wade. Neste período Wade se vê obrigado a pedir a pena de morte ao amigo, que foi acusado de assassinato, sem imaginar que Blackie cometeu o crime para ajudá-lo a se eleger governador.
Alma de Médico
Original Music Composer
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.
Goofy Movies Number Two
Original Music Composer
A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.
The Mystery of Mr. X
Music
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
This Side of Heaven
Original Music Composer
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
You Can't Buy Everything
Original Music Composer
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
Os Filhos do Deserto
Music
Dois homens enganam suas esposas para participarem de uma convenção. Um deles finge estar doente e consegue uma prescrição médica de um veterinário para poder viajar num “cruzeiro medicinal” ao Havaí.
Dinner at Eight
Music
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Should Ladies Behave
Music
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter. Director Harry Beaumont's pre-code comedy stars Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Godfrey Tearle, Mary Carlisle, William Janney, Katharine Alexander and Halliwell Hobbes.
Bombshell
Original Music Composer
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Menu
Original Music Composer
A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
Broadway to Hollywood
Music
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Penthouse
Original Music Composer
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
O Passado de uma Mulher
Original Music Composer
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.
Reunion in Vienna
Original Music Composer
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).
Storm at Daybreak
Original Music Composer
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.
Gabriel Over the White House
Original Music Composer
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Perdão, Senhorita
Original Music Composer
Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.
Vivamos Hoje
Original Music Composer
Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, Diana, uma mulher inglesa, vive um triângulo amoroso entre o oficial inglês Claude e um piloto de caça norte-americano, Bogard. Diana e Claude viviam um romance antigo, mas quando surge Bogard, ela conhece o verdadeiro amor.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Original Music Composer
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
Whistling in the Dark
Original Music Composer
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
A Máscara de Fu Manchu
Original Music Composer
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
Microscopic Mysteries
Music
This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.
Faithless
Original Music Composer
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
Blondie of the Follies
Original Music Composer
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.
The Washington Masquerade
Music Score Producer
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
Como Me Queres
Music
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Sea Spiders
Music
A look at the everyday life of Tahitian natives.
Redimida
Original Music Composer
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
The Wet Parade
Music
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Atriz do Circo
Music
When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.
Mata Hari
Music
Durante a 1ª Guerra Mundial uma espiã alemã faz-se passar por bailarina, no intuito de obter documentos das tropas russas. Ela se torna amante de um tenente-coronel, desconhecendo o fato dele possuir os documentos que almeja.
Private Lives
Music
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot remarries to Sibyl, Amanda weds Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive to a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.
Wild and Woolly
Music
This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.
Susan Lenox
Music
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
Love-Tails of Morocco
Music
This Dogville short takes place at an outpost in the Dogville Foreign Legion. As the story opens, the soldiers watch a newsreel, which includes the opera singer Galli Cur (a spoof of Amelita Galli-Curci) sing an aria. After the show, they go to the local bar and tell each other the stories behind the reason they joined the legion. All the stories are about how women did them wrong in one way or another. They all agree that they are fed up with women, until a certain visitor shows up.
Lealdade
Music
A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.
Doughboys
Music
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
Romance
Music
O padre Tom apaixona-se por Rita Cavallini, uma cantora de ópera. Mas Rita está presa ao rico Cornelius Van Tuyl, seu antigo amor, o que dificulta as coisas. A história é contada pelo agora bispo Tom ao jovem Harry, que deseja casar-se com uma atriz.
The Big Dog House
Music
In this MGM Dogville series short, an all-dog cast play out a story of jealousy, murder and justice thwarted.
The Woman Racket
Music
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
Chasing Rainbows
Original Music Composer
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
Navy Blues
Music
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
A Indomável
Music
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.
Speedway
Original Music Composer
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.
The Mysterious Island
Music
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
The Unholy Night
Original Music Composer
One dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When Scotland Yard gets Monty to gather the other nine surviving officers at his home, one of them is murdered, and no one else has entered the house. Now, they must determine who the murderer is.
Donzelas de Hoje
Music
Young vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancée Gil a diplomatic appointment. Meanwhile Gil's affections meander to beautiful ingenue Kentucky, Billie's best friend.
A Mulher Singular
Music
Na São Francisco do início do século, mulher choca a sociedade ao viver caso extra-conjugal. Desta vez Garbo era Arden Stuart, a mulher que leva seu chofer para dar um passeio de carro à noite. Ela foge da festa chatíssima que acontece naquela casa e de repente o espectador se encontra diante de uma Garbo apaixonada por seu motorista. Os dois estão em um lugar deserto, deitados, e se beijam
Sedução
Music
Quando Tiger Haynes (Chaney) descobre que sua amada filha Toyo (Lupe Velez) pretende se casar com Bobby Bailey (Lloyd Hughes), o filho de um dono de circo americano, o caçador de animais da Indochina acaba dando a sua bênção. Mas quando Bobby junta-se a Tiger para um passeio de barco pelo rio, o rapaz logo cai no feitiço sedutor de Madame de Sylva (Estelle Taylor) , a distante mãe de Toyo e vingativa ex-esposa de Haynes. Então, quando ela tenta igualar o placar roubando Bobby de sua filha, Haynes decide cuidar de Sylva de uma vez por todas .
The Pagan
Music
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a native girl, her guardian, who is trying to bring her up as a 'proper' Christian, but who also lusts after her himself, plots to keep them apart.
Spite Marriage
Additional Music
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Tide of Empire
Music
California's gold discovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for bandits.
West of Zanzibar
Original Music Composer
Phroso é um bem-sucedido mágico de espetáculos casado com Anna, mulher que também é objeto de desejo de outro homem, o comerciante de marfim Crane. Quando Anne deixa Phroso para ficar com Crane, começam as tragédias. Numa briga com Crane, Phroso fica paralítico. Alguns meses depois, Anna já não está com o amante e morre deixando uma criança. Com sua vida destruída, Phroso jura vingança contra o homem que tomou sua esposa e lhe deixou paralítico, e parte para África. Dezoito anos depois, ele se tornou o líder de uma tribo africana, parte de seu plano para liquidar Crane. No meio de tanto ódio, a criança, agora uma mulher, se tornou uma prostituta alcoólatra em Zanzibar. Phroso segue com sua vingança, mas a situação foge de seu controle e as tragédias atingem a todos.
Show People
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Peggy Pepper arrives in Hollywood, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things do not go entirely according to plan.
The Masks of the Devil
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Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with Virginia, an innocent schoolgirl who is engaged to his best friend, Manfred. In order to seduce the girl, Reiner finances an oceanographic expedition for Manfred that takes him away for months (TCM).
Vento e Areia
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Após ficar órfã, a jovem Letty se muda para a casa de um primo no Texas, onde não é bem recebida pela esposa dele, Beverly. Por ciúmes, Beverly praticamente força Letty a se casar com um pretendente pelo qual ela não sente nenhuma afeição.
Garotas Modernas
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Durante uma festa, Diana está visivelmente chateada. Sua amiga Ann é uma completa egoísta e amoral. Ambas estão atraídas pelo mesmo rapaz, o rico Ben Black. Quando Ben vê Diana conversando com outros rapazes, ele acha que a moça está flertando - o que seria um sinal de desinteresse por ele. Por isso Ben decide se casar com Ann. Só o tempo irá mostrar que Ben e Diana foram feitos um para o outro.
O Homem Que Ri
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Herdeiro de um ducado, Gwynplaine é sequestrado quando garoto e, por ordem do rei, ele fica com o rosto esculpido num perpétuo sorriso macabro. Quando cresce, acaba virando atração de circo como palhaço.
Enquanto a Cidade Dorme
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Um policial durão de Nova York está determinado a derrubar um bandido que sempre conseguiu um álibi para os crimes de que foi acusado, apesar do detetive saber que ele é culpado de cometer todos eles.
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
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A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
Anna Karenina
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Na Rússia czarista, Anna Karenina apaixona-se pelo oficial Conde Vronsky, abandonando seu marido e filho para virar amante do militar. A tragédia se abate quando Vronsky escolhe sua carreira militar em detrimento à Karenina.
Camille
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Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
O Cavalheiro dos Amores
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Durante o reinado de Luís XIII, um adolescente arrogante chamado Bardelys tornou-se famosa graças a suas conquistas amorosas.
Don Juan
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Don Juan é um charmoso jovem que aprendeu com o pai todos os segredos da arte da sedução. Em meio a diversas aventuras amorosas e duelos de espada com maridos enfurecidos, Don Juan conhece a bela Adriana Della Varnese, a única jovem da região que parece não ceder aos seus encantos. Decidido a conquistar a garota, o galã terá de enfrentar uma poderosa tirana local.
La Bohème
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It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting there and a monkey with a cup gives them enough money for the rent, but not for food. Fortunately, Musette from downstairs has enough food for everyone including Mimi - the poor little waif from next door who Rodolphe has met. But Count Paul also has his lusting eye on Mimi and uses her embroidery to get close to her. Rodolphe and Mimi fall in love and Mimi works endlessly to support Rodolphe who is writing his play with a new found passion. He does not know that he has been discharged from writing for 'Dog and Cat Fanciers'. Mimi wants to get his play produced and Count Paul offers to help, but there is a terrible fight when Rodolphe thinks that Mimi is faithless to him with Count Paul. After the fight, he seeks out a doctor as she is sick, but she has left when Rodolphe returns and will stay away until his play is finished.
Ben-Hur
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Os amigos de infância Judah Ben-Hur e Messala encontram-se novamente quando adultos. Messala é um oficial romano e Ben-Hur é um israelita conquistado. Um mal-entendido durante um desfile romano faz com que Ben-Hur seja escravizado pelo agora ex-amigo e veja sua família humilhada. Este é apenas o começo da épica jornada de Ben-Hur em busca da vingança.
O Grande Desfile
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O filho de um rico empresário americano se alista na Primeira Guerra Mundial e é enviado para a França, onde se apaixona e passa a fazer amizade com soldados da classe operária.
Ironia da Sorte
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O filme conta a história de um gênio científico que é humilhado pela esposa. Para expressar sua dor, ele se torna um palhaço de circo. Lá, aparentemente, ele encontra uma chance de renovação. Mas será que ele conseguirá encontrar a felicidade?
Ouro e Maldição
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O filme mostra a transformação do caráter de três pessoas. Após um bom tempo trabalhando em uma mina, McTeague se muda para a Califórnia, onde passa a trabalhar ilegalmente como dentista, e conhece e se casa com Trina, prima de seu amigo Marcus, também interessado nela. Trina ganha um grande prêmio na loteria e, aos poucos, vai sendo dominada pela avareza, o que desperta o caráter violento de McTeague, e a inveja de Marcus.
Marinheiro Por Descuido
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The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.
Scaramouche
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A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
Madame DuBarry
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Madame DuBarry, amante do rei francês Luís XV, vive muitos amores durante a Revolução Francesa.