Marion Mack

Conducteur de locomotive, Johnnie Gray habite à Marietta, en Géorgie. Il est fiancé à Annabelle Lee. La guerre de Sécession éclate : le père et le frère de la jeune fille sont incorporés. Pas Johnny, qu'on juge plus utile à son poste et qu'entache ainsi, aux yeux de tous et même de sa fiancée, un soupçon de couardise. Un jour, des soldats nordistes volent sa locomotive, la «General», et enlèvent dans la foulée sa fiancée, Annabelle Lee. De peur d'être définitivement pris pour un lâche, Johnnie s'en va-t-en guerre : il se lance seul à la poursuite des voleurs...

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.

Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, and gets to meet 40 actors, actresses and directors, none of whom tip big enough to enable Mary to earn enough money to pay for an operation. Will Mary become an actress and make some big money?

A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.

Two autograph hounds attend an air show at Santa Anita racetrack.

Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, and gets to meet 40 actors, actresses and directors, none of whom tip big enough to enable Mary to earn enough money to pay for an operation. Will Mary become an actress and make some big money?

After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.