Janet Gaynor Movies

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

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

Charley Chase has car trouble.

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...

Ann Barton, the daughter of a once-wealthy family, is forced to clerk at the cigar counter of a village hotel, where she meets James McDonald, a...

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.