(archive footage)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Self (archive footage)
For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.
Valerie West (archive footage)
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
(archive footage)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
(archive footage)
Золотые моменты из фильмотеки MGM, что включает как комедии и драмы, так и классические музыкальные номера.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Estelle Anderson
Женщина, вынужденно бросившая своего мужа и новорожденного сына и сбежавшая из города, чтобы спасти их репутацию, возвращается назад много лет спустя. После убийства мужчины, который шантажировал её, угрожая обнародовать тёмный секрет её прошлого, она оказывается на скамье подсудимых. По воле случая её адвокатом оказывается её же повзрослевший сын, которого она продолжает защищать, скрывая свое настоящее имя.
Guest Panelist
Бедная девушка Глэдис приехала из глубинки в Нью-Йорк за славой. Во время прогулки по парку она знакомится с Питом, парнем-кинолюбителем. Вдруг Глэдис замечает пустой рекламный щит и начинает мечтать. Из последних накоплений она арендует этот щит для размещения своего имени. Это приводит к тому, что ее имя появляется еще в нескольких местах. В результате такой деятельности ее персоной начинают интересоваться телевизионщики. И тут наступает звездный час Глэдис — она становится знаменитостью. Сияющая в лучах славы Глэдис не замечает, как теряет своего любящего друга…
Lucille McKinley
65-летний Джон Ходжес отправлен в отставку. Судьба складывается так, что позже он приезжает на свой старый завод с инспекцией. Президент Мак-Кинли, отправивший в отставку Ходжеса, нервничает так, что даже его красивая секретарша Гарриета не может успокоить его. Ситуация осложняется тем, что жена Мак-Кинли, Люсиль, увлечена Джоном Ходжесом…
Dr. Karen Lawrence
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
Paula Rogers
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Jane Moynihan
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Zenia Lascalles
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Producer
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Kitty de Mornay
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Joan Bannister
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Kye Allen
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.
Belle Andrews
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Self
Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.
Griselda Vaughn
На высокогорном курорте «Лыжный Приют» богатый нью-йоркский издатель Лоренс знакомится с очаровательной инструкторшей по горным лыжам Карен. Их роман столь стремителен, что спустя 24 часа они женятся. Курортные деньки пролетели незаметно и дела позвали молодого мужа обратно в город. Оставив жену на курорте, он покинул заснеженные склоны, пообещав скоро вернуться. Прошли недели, но Лоренс не вернулся. Заподозрив неладное, Карен тайно приезжает в Нью-Йорк, где узнает, что муж крутит роман с другой. Обманутая жена решает выдать себя за свою несуществующую сестру - близняшку Катрин, которая якобы только что приехала из Лиссабона..
Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
Christine Blaine
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Gerry Lester
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Marion Kerby
Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs Parkhurst takes Mrs Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
Helen Murphy
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
Jerry Kilbourne
Дворецкий Батлер Гросвенор обнаруживает за завтраком, что фамильное серебро украдено бродягой, которого хозяйка Эмили Килборн приняла под свое крыло в качестве шофера, в своей последней попытке реформы пригреть и обласкать опустившихся бродяг, создавая этим много напряжения среди остальных членов семьи. Обиженная Эмили клянется больше не принимать участия в облагораживании «павших на дно» к вящей радости своего мужа и взрослых детей, однако позже в их дверь стучится очередной «бродяга» Уэйд Ролинс, который на самом деле является писателем. У него сломался автомобиль и он постучался, что бы позвонить. Его затрапезный вид ввел в заблуждение и дворецкого, и дочерей хозяйки Джерри и Марион и саму хозяйку.
Self (uncredited)
A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita Racetrack, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove, the Biltmore Bowl, and the American Legion Stadium.
Marion Kerby
Сумасбродная пара Джордж и Мэрион Керби гибнут в автомобильной аварии. Они не сразу понимают, что застряли между небом и землей и стали призраками, а когда приходит это осознание они не представляют, что с этим делать. К счастью, им приходит спасительная мысль начать творить добро,....
Herself
Constance Bennett demonstrates her morning skin care and make-up regimen.
Yoli Haydn
Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.
Anna von Stucknadel
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Self
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.
Sharon Norwood
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
Iris
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Duchess of Florence
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Helen Hall / Raquel
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan--unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so she can fulfill her dream of going back on the stage. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Carla Vanirska
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.
Lorry Evans
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
Lady Pearl Grayston
Although the British upper class may be thought our betters in society, they are certainly not our betters, and perhaps are our equals, in morality.
Judy Carroll
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
Adele Hamilton
A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.
Mary Evans
Официантка престижного ресторана, который часто посещают работники кино, Мэри Эванс мечтает стать актрисой. Однажды вечером, обслуживая подвыпившего знаменитого режиссера Макса Кэрри, она его очаровывает и он приглашает ее на премьеру своего фильма в китайский кинотеатр Граумон. Купив за 50 долларов «драндулет», он с эпатажем подъезжает к кинотеатру и отдает его в качестве «чаевых» парковщику стоянки, а Мэри представляет зрителям графиней.
Прокутив всю ночь, он ничего не помнит на следующее утро. Доставившая его домой Мэри напоминает ему, что он обещал ей пробные съемки. Первое экранное испытание показывает, что девушка имеет гораздо больше амбиций, чем таланта и ей готовы отказать, но Мэри кроме амбиций еще и упорна…
Venice Muir
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Stephanie Dale
Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.
Valerie West
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
Doris Kendall
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Laura Murdock
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation to move in with him. After falling in love with young up-and-coming newsman Jack Madison she leaves Brockton to wait for Madison's return from a long assignment. She runs out of money and becomes desperate, returning again to Brockton who, upon learning of Madison's sudden arrival, tells Laura she must inform Madison of her living situation or he will.
Sylvia Brenner
Молодой адвокат, дабы не попасть в ловушку брачной аферистки, уговаривает свою секретаршу заключить фиктивный брак и отправляет её на год в Париж. Оттуда она возвращается уже другим человеком...
Ellen Neal
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
Frances Hawtree / Z-1
The action takes place during the Great War in the home of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Allana Wagner
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.
Ann Marvin
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
Connie Hayden
Marcia Livingston
A couple endure 365 days of marriage in order to inherit money.
Sally Fitzgerald
The three are showgirls, each with a different approach to life and love.
Abby Nettleton
Joel Parker is sent to college by his crabby farmer father only because it was his mother's dying wish that he get an education. At college, he's immediately pegged as a chump and is constantly victimized by the other students, headed by Jimmie Slater. Only Abbie Nettleton, who works at the campus bakery, has any sympathy for him.
Guerda Anthony
Hazel Woods
A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story in order to get herself back in front of the public again. However, the story she comes up with results in her son being arrested for the murder.
Aileen Alton
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
Betty Smith
A mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New England fishing village.
Georgie May
Code of the West (1925)
Lois Ingals
Having a municipal position, Bernard Ingals has almost bankrupted himself sending his three children to college. The youngsters all arrive home for Christmas Eve, and their parents do their utmost to give them a good time, but the thoughtless and selfish children make other plans and go to a party, leaving their parents to a lonely dinner. A member of the common council arrives at the Ingals home and orders Bernard to reinstate a municipal employee who has been dismissed; Bernard refuses and submits his resignation. The grandmother, a strong-minded old lady, then sets out to put things right: she stakes Bernard to his life-long dream, a greenhouse of his own, and then lectures the children on their thoughtless and profligate ways. The children reform and get jobs, and the goose hangs high at last.
Madge Clayton, his sister
Madge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is behind the girl's abduction, but her brother, Bob, and fiancé, Bert Moore, help with the search. They unearth a scheme to kidnap another girl, Natalie Van Cleef, and the evidence takes Bob and Bert to an estate on Long Island.
Annette Sherman
Lee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of excitement and romance with young flapper Claire Morris. When he meets her married aunt, Savina Grove, she appears to be the woman he imagines whenever he gazes at a doll he has christened Cytherea, goddess of love -----Cytherea features two dream sequences filmed in an early version of the Technicolor color film process.
Elise Bascom
Men try to understand the women in their lives.
Edith
Chorus Girl
A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.
Unborn soul
