Joan Marsh

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.

Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a penchant for picking up trouble-prone servants. At an engagement party for Mrs. Murray's spoiled daughter Brenda, Muggs enlists his pals as extra help.

An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.

A gangster running a protection racket gets information that he's about to be prosecuted on income-tax-evasion charges. He hires a man with a photographic memory to memorize his books, then destroys them all so the police won't have any evidence to link him to the racket.

The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.

A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.

When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

Вернувшись из европейской ссылки, где она избегала дачи показаний против своих преступных сообщников, бывшая певица с откровенным дневником убита, чтобы заставить её молчать.

A 1936 exploitation film directed by Walter Shumway. This film presents the viewer some strong information about what can happen to children when they are ignored by their parents.

When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.

Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails.

Фильм рассказывает о двух тонко чувствующих людях, потерявших себя из-за огромной любви. Их обреченная любовь завладевает властью над их жизнью, навсегда меняет их семьи и взаимоотношения с друзьями, решает их судьбу. Анна Каренина – аристократка, юная жена и мать, но, несмотря на светские обязанности дамы высшего общества в имперской России, она остается одинокой и несчастной до своего скандального сумасшедшего романа с графом Вронским.

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger daughter, beauty contest winner Florence, married before she can head to Hollywood and get into the movies.

Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.

Ex-vaudeville performer Trixie makes a come-back, and threatens to thwart the ambitions of her song-writing step-children, Bob and Judy.

Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.

An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.

An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.

A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.

When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and the young handicapped son of a deceased driver, he attempts to return to the track.

A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.

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.

WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.

Bob plays football badly so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy and his school reject him. He joins a rival college team and aims to defeat his dad's team.

A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.

Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartmenthouse resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him.

Gertrude Lennox, a dominating woman who controls every aspect of her household, is preparing a reception for famous novelist Philip Lord, who is to arrive shortly from England. Gertrude is also laying plans to marry Doris Bellamy, her ward and the sister of her first husband, to Victor Staunton.

John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.

A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

Дочь Бонни и сын Родни дети богатого биржевого маклера Стенли Джордана проводят свои дни в приятном "ничегонеделании", когда грянула беда. Их отец все теряет на бирже и в результате сердечного приступа умирает. Семья полностью разорена и даже утварь уходит с молотка для покрытия долгов. Оставшись ни с чем, брат и сестра сталкиваются с совершенно новыми для них проблемами: друзья все как песок просочились сквозь пальцы и надо самостоятельно найти способ прокормиться. Из них обоих именно Бонни оказалась более устойчивой. Она отказывается выйти замуж за своего жениха.

On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

Рассказ о простых немецких школьниках старших классов, которые под действием патриотической пропаганды идут на войну, принимая её как игру, и не знают, что впереди их ждет только смерть.

Фильм провозгласил новую эру в звуковом и цветном развлекательном кинематографе, создав богатую насыщенную палитру мелодичных звуков и фантастического смешения красок. Этот фильм - гимн американской популярной музыки под названием ДЖАЗ. Жанр фильма - музыкальное ревю, в котором чередуются музыкальные номера, короткие комедийные эскизы-скетчи и два анимационных фрагмента. Все вместе они представлены в виде отдельных страниц, объединённых в альбом Пола Уайтмэна.

События фильма разворачиваются в 1880-х годах. Вдова капитана Эррола, младшего сына графа Доринкорта, влачит в Америке жалкое существование вместе с сыном Седриком. Граф посылает своего поверенного Хавершэма привезти мальчика в Великобританию, так как тот является его единственным наследником, и подготовить его к принятию титула лорда Фаунтлероя. Вдова с сыном отправляется за океан, однако вынуждена поселиться отдельно от Седрика, так как граф недолюбливает ее, считая, что она вышла за его сына из корысти. Детская непосредственность Седрика очаровывает графа, но вскоре на титул начинает претендовать некая женщина по имени Минна, которая утверждает, что ее ребенок — отпрыск старшего сына графа. К счастью все разрешается благополучно — вдова примиряется с графом, а Седрик получает титул.

Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and cherishes the shirt he brought in for washing eight months and sixteen days ago. She tells her fellow workers that the garment belongs to her fiancé, a lord. Just wait, Amanda boasts, one day his lordship will return for his wash — and for her.

После смерти отца-священника маленькую осиротевшую Поллианну забирает к себе ее черствая тетка Полли. У Поллианны великодушное сердце, и она завоевывает расположение горожан добрыми делами. К сожалению девочке не удается тронуть свою тетю, все еще переживающую разрыв с местным врачом. Положение меняется только после того, как Поллианна, пытаясь спасти ребенка, попадает под машину. Тогда тетя Полли осознает, как много значит для нее племянница, и, проглотив гордость, обращается к бывшему возлюбленному доктору Тому Чилтону. Благодаря его стараниям Поллианна выздоравливает, а тетя Полли и Чилтон счастливо воссоединяются.

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.

An old man wills a map to his grandson, with instructions showing a buried treasure, but it is accidentally sold to a book store. The owner and her granddaughter Mary discover it. Mary and her boyfriend an aspiring author, meet the desperate grandson and agree to share the treasure.

A girl wants to go to a ball, admission one Liberty Bond, but rather than go herself, she loans the bond to a girlfriend. A soldier and a sailor find out and take her to the ball with them.

A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.

A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo and behold, is a slumming millionaire.

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.