Janet Gaynor Movies

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a...

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her...

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall...

Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly...

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe,...

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob...

A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds...

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.

This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to...

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

Mother - The hand that rocks the family - and rocks it often! A family comedy.