Self (archive footage)
Алекс Уинтер снял документальный фильм о детях из мира шоу-бизнеса, взяв интервью у самых известных актёров, попавших в профессию с младых ногтей. О своих взлётах и падениях, жёстких условиях и цене успеха рассказывают Алисса Милано, Элайджа Вуд, Кори Фельдман, Шон Эстин и многие другие. Сам Уинтер знаком с этой стороной шоу-бизнеса не понаслышке: он начал играть на Бродвее в 10 лет.
Self (archive footage)
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
Herself
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
Book
As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
Self (archive footage)
Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic. This fascinating video offers insight into the Gang's personal lives, as rare footage follows each member's career through the joys and misfortunes that went along with being one of America's most beloved kids. See how the series began in 1922 and changed after the first all-talking release in 1929, why Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney never made the Gang, a fifteenth anniversary reunion, and clips from their only feature.
Документальный фильм о жизни и карьере кинорежиссера Фрэнка Капра. Ведущий Рон Ховард.
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
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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.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary about child actors in Hollywood, exploring their history from the early days of film.
Self(archive footage)
A compilation of Shirley Temple newsreel appearances from the 1930's.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.
Shirley Temple
Corliss Archer
After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corliss' father had also served as attorney representing Kenneth Marquis' ex-wife during his most recent divorce trial. When Corliss and Dexter don't come home one evening until five in the morning, Corliss decides to pretend to have amnesia to avoid the inevitable punishment awaiting her.
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel
Dinah Sheldon
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
Ellen Baker
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
Philadelphia Thursday
Капитан Кирби Йорк несет службу в богом забытом форте. Он славится своим опытом в борьбе с индейцами. В форт прибывает полковник Оуэн Тьюсдэй, известный своей суровостью. Возглавив форт, он приводит войска в отличную боевую форму и готовится отразить атаки апачей, вставших на тропу войны.
Mary Hagen
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
Susan Turner
Подросток Сьюзан Тернер влюбляется в художника-плейбоя Ричарда Ньюджента. Как-то она пробирается в его квартиру, чтобы позировать для него. Там она сталкивается со своей сестрой — судьей Маргарет Тернер. Находясь под угрозой тюремного заключения, Ньюджент соглашается встречаться со Сьюзан до тех пор, пока чувства девушки не утихнут.
Barbara Olmstead
A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
Corliss Archer
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.
Barbara Marshall
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.
Herself
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Проводив своего возлюбленного на войну, главная героиня фильма, сопротивляясь ее собственным страхам и неприятностям, прилагает все усилия, чтобы поддержать нормальное, устойчивое домашнее хозяйство ради ее растущих дочерей Дженнифер Джонс и Шерли Темпл. Ей предлагает моральную поддержку циничный-но-доброжелательный участник войны Монти Вулли и Джозефер «друг семьи», отношения которого с главной героиней остаются только платоническими…
Annie Rooney
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
Kathleen Davis
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and her, and tells everyone that she has such a family. Because of this story, she cannot invite any friends over as they will see that it is not true.
Kit Ballantine
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
Self (archive footage)
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Mytyl
История, основанная на германских сказаниях, как брат и сестра ищут Синюю птицу для исполнения своего желания и попадают в разные места и времена.
Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...
Sara Crewe
Лондон. Конец XIX века. Капитан Кру, отправляясь на войну, привозит свою любимую дочь Сару, которую он называет «маленькой принцессой», в один из лучших и самых дорогих пансионов, чтобы она получила хорошее образование. Добрая, отзывчивая Сара быстро находит новых подруг. Ее самостоятельность и уважительное отношение к людям покоряют всех. Однажды приходит страшная весть — отец Сары погибает, не оставив дочери средств к существованию. Юной героине предстоит пройти через ненависть и унижение, голод и нищету. Но ее доброта, ум и находчивость помогают преодолеть все невзгоды.
Penny Hale
Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.
Betsy Brown Shea
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
Rebecca Winstead
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Herself
Голливудский киноактер Эл Бэбсон, снимающийся в фильме по мотивам арабских сказок, принимает болеутоляющее и просыпается в какой-то средневековой арабской стране. Там его принимают за сына Али-Бабы. Султан тут же назначает Эла своим главным министром, и путешественник во времени приступает к кардинальным преобразованиям. Разумеется, он наживает себе немало врагов среди лиц, приближенных к султану. Чтобы избежать неминуемой гибели, Элу пришлось воспользоваться ковром-самолетом...
Heidi Kramer
Восьмилетняя Хейди стала сиротой, ее своенравная и жестокая тетушка Дет забирает девочку и увозит ее в дом деда, расположенный высоко в альпийских горах. Здесь белокурая Хейди знакомится со своим молчаливым дедом Адольфом Крамером, который поначалу не признает внучку, но благодаря ангельскому терпению девочки и ласковым словам сердце старика оттаивает и он понимает, что этот ребенок дорог ему больше всего на свете...
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
После смерти мужа Джойс Уильямс остается с маленькой дочкой Присциллой без средств к существованию. Поэтому она без колебаний принимает приглашение своего свёкра полковника Уильямса, возглавляющего шотландский полк в Британской Индии, и переезжает к нему — в небольшой гарнизон на границе с территориями, заселёнными воинственными кочевниками. Непоседа Присцилла, пристающая ко всем со своими вопросами, увлекается военной жизнью и вскоре заводит дружбу с суровым сержантом Макдаффом. Последний достаёт ей военную форму, делает из деревяшки «ружьё» и даёт ей прозвище — «рядовой Вилли Винки». Тем временем ситуация на границе обостряется, гарнизону грозит нападение кочевников…
Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker, also on the ship, marries Randall to give Chin-Ching a family.
Dimples Appleby
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit.
Barbara Barry
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
Helen 'Star' Mason
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
Elizabeth Blair
В детском приюте «Лэйксайд» под жестким контролем надзирательницы Хигенс воспитываются двадцать девочек сирот, среди них кудрявая Элизабет Блэр — ее родители артисты цирка трагически погибли. Элизабет чудный ребенок, она — душа компании и всегда придумывает что-нибудь забавное и необыкновенное.
Lloyd Sherman
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her husband and young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.
Molly Middleton
Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. Don and Elsa decide to get a divorce, unaware of the effect their problems are having on their daughter Molly. When Elsa announces plans to remarry, Molly runs away from home.
Shirley Blake
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
Herself (uncredited)
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Молодая пара мошенников Джерри Дэй и его красивая жена Тони ведут беспечный образ жизни. Проживая в дорогих отелях и путешествуя по миру, они выдают себя за состоятельных людей и всяческими уловками находят деньги на свою праздную жизнь. Тони давно просит Джерри завязать с преступными «делишками», но тот не спешит встать на правильный жизненный путь. Однажды он сообщает своей жене, что намерен получить с опекуна своей пятилетней дочери семьдесят пять тысяч долларов за отказ от отцовства. Приехав в гости к бывшим родственникам, он знакомится с маленькой Пенни — милой и жизнерадостной девчушкой. Отцовские чувства овладевают новоиспеченным отцом и он отказывается от денег. Забрав дочь с собой в Нью-Йорк, Джерри решает бросить жульничать и устроиться на честную работу. Однако, привыкшему жить в достатке, Джерри начинает не хватать денег на содержание жены, квартиры и обучение дочери.
Shirley Ellison
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little girl named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." Then, when Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?
Mary Doran
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
Marthy 'Marky' Jane
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, where his girl, Bangles Carson sings, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but is unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his daughter, Marthy Jane (Shirley Temple), as security, or in bookie's terms, a "marker". Having lost his bet, he commits suicide, leaving "little Miss Marker" under the care of Sorrowful Jones. As Steve hides out in Chicago to avoid investigation for his crooked bets, he entrusts Sorrowful to watch over Bangles during his absence, at which time the "gold digger" helps "tight-wod" with his trouble. When Big Steve learns Bangles is involved with Sorrowful, he returns to New York to do something about it.
Shirley
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Shirley Dugan
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Mary Lou Rogers
Young Mary Lou tries to help her brother Sonny raise money so that he can attend a military academy.
Child
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.
Mary Lou Rogers
Mary Lou is excited because today is her older brother Sonny's birthday. Sonny wants a motorcycle, but his father has decided to buy him a dog instead, mainly because he himself wants to have a dog that he can take hunting. After a dispute with his father, Sonny leaves home. As he walks along a railroad track, he finds a frightened lost dog, and soon he begins to feel differently about dogs.
Mary Lou Rogers
Sonny Rogers has just gotten elected class president, he's a star baseball player, and has a cute girlfriend. But, thanks to the conniving of his rival, Harry Vanderpool, he and his whole family are going to have to move to Seattle! Sonny needs the help of his pals and his pesky little sister, Mary Lou, to get out of this one.
Mary Lou Rogers
Sonny falls for the pretty new girl next door and decides to take her to a part. First, however, he has to get his sister Mary Lou to go to sleep, which is proving to be a harder task than he anticipated.
Madame Cradlebait
Shirley has gone to Africa to civilize the cannibals; something she is able to do with the assistance of Diperzan.
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.
Shirley
A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial.
Shirley acts as a rich "gold digger" trying to elect a cowboy politician to the office.
Shirley
Diaper Dampsey must defend his diaper-weight championship, but someone has kidnapped his girlfriend to make him lose!
Child
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Shirley is an aspiring actress is rejected by casting, but gets her chance to perform when the star doesn't feel like performing.
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.
Shirley
Shirley gets kidnapped by Indians, but by the end there is a big pie fight.
Gloria Shelton
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
Charmaine
A group of soldiers in a café watch a dancer as she entertains them, but later two of them become rivals over her.
Lulu Parsnips
A little girl falls asleep as her parents and their friends discuss the film "The Front Page", and she dreams about reporters, a cop, and an escaped convict.
