The Divorcee
Jan 20, 1919Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.
Drama
Naomi Childers
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White Heat
Dec 30, 1934In this melodrama filmed on location in Hawaii, a sugar plantation manager finds himself falling in love with a native girl, but instead of committing to her, he marries a socially prominent young woman from San Francisco. The spoiled girl does not easily adapt to the rigors of plantation life and she gets terribly bored. She is just about to give in to the romantic overtures of a persistent native when her former lover shows up. The husband gets jealous and is about to attack him when the wife sets fire to the cane field. The husband's native lover saves him from death. Afterward, his wife leaves to be with her old flame, and the manager is free to be with the woman he's loved all along.
Drama
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Jul 22, 1939This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.
History
Madame Parkington
Oct 12, 1944Une vieille femme aisée qui doit encore s'occuper, malgré son grand âge, de gérer les problèmes causés par les différents membres de sa famille. Le livre est construit sur un système d'alternance entre les situations auxquelles elle doit faire face aujourd'hui (que ce soit régler les problèmes financiers de son gendre ou rencontrer le nouveau mari de sa fille) et la réminiscence des souvenirs de son passé, notamment sa première rencontre avec M. Parkington, un personnage haut en couleur qui la sort de son milieu pour lui faire goûter la « grande vie »
Drama
Their Mutual Friend
Sep 16, 1913Disgusted by the unsanitary conditions of the flat in which she lives, Patty Gordon, a pretty young artist, writes anonymously to John Richardson, asking him to investigate the conditions of his tenements. Plainly dressed, Richardson goes down to the tenements and rents an apartment for himself, so that he may see firsthand whether or not there is cause for complaint. He is accompanied by his dog, Dick, a valuable thoroughbred collie, who, seeing Patty's door open, enters and makes friends with her.
Drama
The Gay Lord Quex
Dec 21, 1919Having followed the road of romance through many countries, Lord Quex finally falls in love with Muriel Eden. After resisting Lord Quex because of his reputation, Muriel finally capitulates to his charms and agrees to marry him. In her heart, however, Muriel still treasures an affection for Caption Bastling, a fortune hunting womanizer, and when Muriel is told of Lord Quex's continuing contact with the Duchess of Dowager, a situation brought about through the scheming of the Duchess, Muriel turns to Bastling and agrees to meet him at her friend Sophie Fullgarney's manicurist shop.
Drama
The Portrait
Mar 10, 1914Keen competition is aroused among a group of young artists in New York City by the announcement of a valuable prize for the greatest portrait of the year, six months being given as the time limit of the competition.
Drama
Iron and Steel
Feb 21, 1914Herr Ludwig Kronitz is a king in his own works and rules with a controlling hand. He is known as the "Man of Iron." He has made a fortune out of the manufacture of guns, and is hard and unscrupulous.
Drama
Week-end at the Waldorf
Oct 04, 1945Une journée dans la vie de quatre clients de l'hôtel Waldorf à New-York : une star de cinéma, un magnat des affaires, une dactylo et un soldat.
Comedy
Shadows of Suspicion
Feb 03, 1919When the Great War begins, English sportsman Cyril Hammersley is thought to be a slacker because he refuses to join the army for pacifistic reasons. His American fiancée, Doris Mathers, knows that he is not a coward, but she questions his patriotism when Sir John Rizzio intimates that Hammersly may be a German spy.
Drama
Lord and Lady Algy
Sep 01, 1919Lord and Lady Algy separate amicably after he breaks his promise not to gamble again on the horses. When the wife of soap magnate Brabazon Tudway, is courted by Algy's philandering elder brother, Algy tries to help his brother escape Tudway's wrath by hiding Mrs. Tudway in his apartments. Tudway discovers her there ....
Comedy
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Apr 09, 1917When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.S. and captures New York. But the American forces have prepared adequately for such an event, and hidden booby traps, trick fortifications, and remote-controlled bombs...
Drama
Mr. Barnes of New York
May 22, 1922An English naval officer and a Corsican youth have a duel, and the Corsican is killed. The young man's sister, Marina Paoli, swears vengeance on the killer. Mr. Barnes of New York, who happened to see the duel, finds the name Gerard Anstruther engraved on the pistols.....
Romance
The World and Its Woman
Sep 06, 1919A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and find their way to America.
Drama
The Price of Fame
Nov 13, 1916They were twins, and the passing years had in the sifting melting-pot of life. William looms brilliantly, a success, while John is deep in the discouraging shadows, a failure. Another span of fleeting years, and William attains the summit of a meteoric career; he is a candidate for the United States Senate.
Earthbound
Aug 10, 1920When Jim Rittenshaw learns that his friend Richard Desborough is having an affair with Jim's wife Daisy, Jim kills Richard. The murdered man's ghost then takes up residence and attempts to positively influence the lives of those he had wronged.
Fantasy
The Devil's Prize
Nov 06, 1916Social-climbing Arnold St. Clair abandons his pregnant lover Myra to marry wealthy Adeline Stratton. Myra, looking to protect her child, marries Hugh Roland. Adeline's uncle Mark discovers Arnold's secret, and to keep him quiet, Arnold kills him.
Drama
Women Are Trouble
Jul 31, 1936A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
Crime
Fast and Loose
Feb 17, 1939
Within the Law
Mar 17, 1939Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Crime
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
May 29, 1940This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Documentary
A Failure at Fifty
Jul 01, 1940The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Drama
You, the People
Nov 30, 1940This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
Crime
Love Crazy
May 23, 1941Les circonstances, une vieille flamme et une belle-mère conduisent un couple marié heureux au bord du divorce et de la folie.
Comedy
Miracle Money
Mar 26, 1938In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
Crime
Dangerous Partners
Jun 07, 1945A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Adventure
Le Maître de la prairie
Apr 25, 1947Tyrannique et violent, le colonel Jim Brewton est éleveur de bétail dans Nouveau-Mexique de la fin du XIXè. Sa femme, la fragile Lutie Cameron, ne supporte plus son tempérament irascible, et trouve du réconfort dans les bras de son amant, Brice Chamberlain. Elle quitte son mari, lui laissant la garde de leurs deux enfants, dont l'un, Brock, est illégitime. La réconciliation du couple ne se fera qu'au prix de la mort de Brock.
Drama
The Street Called Straight
Feb 01, 1920
Blondie Johnson
Feb 25, 1933A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Crime
Lost Angel
Dec 23, 1943Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
Drama
Human Desire
Oct 31, 1919The orphan Bernice (Stewart) is raised almost to womanhood by the good sisters in an Italian convent. Worshiping a picture of the Madonna and Child, she is seized by a great desire to have a child she can call her own. Running away to America, where she has been told babies are plentiful, she is taken in by Robert Bruce, an artist whose wife has refused to divorce him, and poses for his projected masterpiece, a Madonna. Bernice falls in love with the baby borrowed for this posing and is filled with sorrow when the child is taken away. Robert, who has become sincerely but honorably in love with the girl, adopts a baby for her. His wife meets Bernice and the baby, believes the worst, and insults her. Bernice takes the child and leaves the house, becoming lost in the city and finally finding refuge in a hospital where the child dies. Robert learns from his wife the reason for Bernice's departure, locates the girl, and, after divorcing his wife, marries her.
Drama
Trial Marriage
Mar 10, 1929Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him. She defies his wishes by dancing at a charity ball in a revealing costume, however, and he dissolves the contract, not knowing that she is with child. A year passes. Constance marries Oliver Mowbray, and Thorvald marries Constance's sister, Grace. Both couples are quite unhappy and later obtain divorces. Oliver and Grace go to Europe, and Constance and Thorvald are married in a civil ceremony, united by their love both for each other and for their child.
Drama
Success
Feb 25, 1923The often-told film story of a drunken actor hitting the skids, making a comeback, and helping his grown daughter in the bargain.
Drama
Main Street on the March!
Dec 09, 1941This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
Documentary
Little White Lie
Mar 03, 1945An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.
Drama
The Man on the Rock
Sep 03, 1938A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.
History
Downstairs
Aug 06, 1932In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.
Drama
Lame de fond
Nov 11, 1946Quand Ann Hamilton fait la connaissance d'Alan Garroway, célèbre inventeur d'un procédé révolutionnaire, c'est le coup de foudre. Ils se marient et partent pour Washington ou Ann fait son entrée dans la haute société de la ville. D'abord intimidée par ce milieu, elle finit, par amour pour son époux, à surmonter ses appréhensions. Puis le couple part pour Middleburg, en Virginie. Ann apprend alors que son mari a un frère, et qu'un mystère semble hanter les lieux.
Drama
Ruée vers l'or Maisie
Jul 26, 1940Maisie devient attaché à un fermier de terre pauvre et sa famille alors qu'ils tentent de joindre les deux bouts se joindre à des centaines d'autres à creuser de l'or dans une ville fantôme batée-précédemment.
Comedy
Rio Rita
Mar 11, 1942Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Comedy
Deux Nigauds à Hollywood
Oct 05, 1945Buzz et Abercrombie sont coiffeurs et garçons de course à Hollywood. Leur amie Claire leur procure un poste d'impresario. Ils vont s'occuper à leur manière, de la carrière d'un jeune chanteur, Jeff qui doit remplacer dans un film, l'acteur principal qui s'est désisté. Hors ce dernier change d'avis et nos impresarios vont tout faire pour aider Jeff à garder son role...
Comedy
Small Town Girl
Apr 10, 1953Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
Music
An Officer and a Gentleman
Mar 14, 1914Restless Wives
Jan 06, 1924
Dial 1119
Nov 03, 1950Echappé d'un asile, un meurtrier cherche à se venger de l'homme qui est responsable de son internement : le Dr John Faron. Il tue à trois reprises, et prend des personnes en otage dans un bar...
Thriller
The Writing on the Wall
Feb 14, 1916Irving Lawrence owns some of the most decrepit tenements in town and is an all-around bad guy. He won't cooperate with the efforts of his wife, Barbara, to help the poor and sees other women behind her back. Muriel, one of his cast-offs, meets and marries Barbara's brother, Payne. Lawrence makes trouble for Muriel and fabricates a scandal involving his kindly brother Schuyler and Barbara.
Drama
The Dust of Egypt
Oct 04, 1915Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thousand years. Originally a six reel feature, only short fragments of The Dust of Egypt survive today.
Comedy
Anselo Lee
Nov 06, 1915Drama
