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.

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...

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

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...

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

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

In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to...

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

A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.

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

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl,...

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.

Brazilian documentary film directed by Salvyano Cavalcanti de Paiva that showcases the evolution of Brazilian artists in the American film industry...

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...

A party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by bandits. Lawrence, their guide, explains that it is a...

Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as...

A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable...

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.