Kay Francis Movies

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and...

When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.

A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide...

Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell...

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing...

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

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