Lionel Barrymore
Date of birth: 1878-04-28
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lionel Herbert Blythe, Lionel Blythe, لیونل بریمور
Biography
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in MGM's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six films focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series entitled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people
Estrellados
1930-07-07
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the S
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942-08-01
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from menta
Key Largo
1948-07-16
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th
The Romance of Elaine
1915-06-14
The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, ali
The End of the Tour
1917-01-29
A lonely wife runs off with a traveling actor, taking her boy with her but leaving her daughter behi
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself
Public Hero Number 1
1935-05-31
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which
Grand Hotel
1932-05-25
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
West of Zanzibar
1928-11-24
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired wit
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008-12-09
The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit comedy, "Y
Mata Hari
1931-12-26
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo
On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are
Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications p
The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scienti
Since You Went Away
1944-06-30
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose pa
The Little Colonel
1935-02-22
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Con
Sadie Thompson
1928-01-07
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912-10-31
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated
Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywo
A Guy Named Joe
1944-02-25
A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female
Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russ
Test Pilot
1938-04-16
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the l
Lady Be Good
1941-09-18
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family
Treasure Island
1934-08-17
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c
Camille
1936-12-26
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gamb
Lone Star
1952-10-24
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is en
David Copperfield
1935-01-18
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de
Malaya
1949-12-27
After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after
Yesterday and Today
1953-12-02
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the m
Saratoga
1937-07-23
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat
Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver
Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story b
A Free Soul
1931-06-02
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when hi
The Sheriff's Baby
1913-03-29
After the death of his wife the baby was all the sheriff had left, the promise of hope in the future
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941-08-22
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
A Cry for Help
1912-12-23
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and tr
Gold and Glitter
1912-11-11
As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after
The Informer
1912-11-21
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his broth
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913-02-27
In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's
A Chance Deception
1913-02-24
The jealous husband saw a flirtation; the Raffles, a necklace. The husband's suspicions were further
So Runs the Way
1913-10-11
The young wife only reflected her aspiring mother's teaching. Her one ambition seemed to be for disp
The Wrong Bottle
1913-03-06
Happy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into he
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913-01-16
Summoned to the trading post, granddad promised the girls the money from the deal. He remained true
Just Gold
1913-05-24
The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth ch
The Unwelcome Guest
1913-03-15
Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated
Night Flight
1933-10-06
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
Brutality
1912-12-02
An abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece does
Heredity
1912-11-04
Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roots back to
My Hero
1912-12-12
Stern parents have ever been relentless obstacles in love's young dream, but it is perhaps quite dou
Near To Earth
1913-03-20
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger bro
Broken Lullaby
1932-01-24
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, lik
The Well
1913-06-12
Success is often coveted instead of honestly earned. Through honest effort the farmer was enjoying t
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913-06-02
The heartless woman with her partner answered the ranchero's call for a wife. Then the adventuress s
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913-06-09
Hard as nails and as strong winded as a gale in March, Red Hicks may have been a bit "chesty," but h
In Diplomatic Circles
1913-06-26
The reporter assigned to obtain a copy of the message from the Japanese Government unraveled the mys
A Gamble with Death
1913-06-30
The stakes were to go to the one who outlived the other two. In a quarrel one ended the chance of an
The Enemy's Baby
1913-06-10
A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he woul
The Mirror
1913-07-24
The girl's lessons from the young station agent on the manipulation of the telegraph code served her
I Was Meant for You
1913-08-01
Theron is Lavina's natural choice, though she imagines herself in love with Luke, who is secretly lo
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913-08-07
In this picture it is shown how a convict's life still remains under the ban of the law, even after
The Crook and the Girl
1913-08-25
In the guise of a gardener he came to steal the paper telling the whereabouts of the second will. Th
The Work Habit
1913-08-21
After a lifetime of hard work, Dad consents to live with his married daughter in the city. The young
Fighting Blood
1911-06-28
After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels w
The Stolen Treaty
1913-09-13
On the day of the meeting which should settle the controversy regarding the Panama Canal, the Japane
The Temptress
1926-10-03
A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer.
All for Science
1913-11-24
After all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943-05-08
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challe
The Mysterious Island
1929-10-05
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientis
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiance
The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British
Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of g
The Girl from Missouri
1934-08-03
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914-02-23
After his daughter's return the jeweler attempted to break the partnership he had with the crook. Hi
Judith of Bethulia
1914-03-08
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Je
The Road to Glory
1936-09-04
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are kille
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
The Stranger's Return
1933-07-28
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she une
The Show
1927-01-22
Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions.
Should Ladies Behave
1933-12-01
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daugh
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know h
The New York Hat
1912-12-05
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a styli
A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paral
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigo
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940-04-12
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
A Family Affair
1937-03-12
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions an
A Misunderstood Boy
1913-04-19
Everything he did seemed to be misconstrued, except by the little lady he loved. The town roisters m
Death's Marathon
1913-06-14
Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible
The Perfidy of Mary
1913-04-05
Rose and her cousin Mary dwell in the land of romance, but real Romeos are scarce in this prosaic ag
The Tender Hearted Boy
1913-01-23
A butcher boy steals meat to give to a beggar woman and is ultimately rewarded for his kindness.
Pa Says
1913-07-21
First Pa said Theodore was a lizzy-nizzy. He let that go, but when Pa said he was too sporty because
The Vengeance of Galora
1913-07-28
In her own outraged sense of injury Galora sought to bring the young express agent into the justice
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913-08-18
Two wives of Jenksville at least did not intend their husbands should be corrupted by the arrival of
Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Guilty Hands
1931-08-22
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and th
The Splendid Road
1925-12-06
Young Sandra De Hault arrives by ship in Sacramento, California, during the 1849 Gold Rush. While on
The Barrier
1926-03-21
Years after Alaskan storekeeper Gale had rescued his ward Necia from Bennett, her murderous sea-capt
The Woman Who Did
1925-11-18
A young woman doesn't want to get married, but simply live together with the man she loves. This lea
Road House
1928-07-25
Larry Grayson, jazz age son of permissive parents, drifts from wild parties with his classmates to m
The House of Discord
1913-12-13
In her youth the mother was saved from the fatal mistake by an accident, but it caused her years of
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935-09-13
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by
Woman Against Woman
1914-06-27
Woman Against Woman is a tale of two sisters. Bessie, the older and more sensible one, is forever lo
The Bartered Crown
1914-01-10
It was a hard struggle Mina, the little lace-maker, had with the world, supplying the needs of herse
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914-07-04
The young lawyer took the cracksman's part when he was falsely accused. Later, the chemist, in reven
Men and Women
1914-08-01
Robert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the pr
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938-07-29
A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ru
The Power of the Press
1914-10-01
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the re
The Seats of the Mighty
1914-12-07
A story of treachery and intrigue, with the outcome of the story contingent upon a packet of "secret
Arsène Lupin
1932-02-26
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even
The Span of Life
1914-12-07
Unscrupulous gambler and drug addict Dunstan Leech has embezzled money entrusted to him. Hoping to c
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949-02-15
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and
The Flaming Sword
1915-06-28
Steve, a young college chap who has been unfortunate in his business career, after a life of dissipa
Under the Gaslight
1914-12-01
Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malic
The Exploits of Elaine
1914-12-29
Elaine Dodge is the beautiful young daughter of Taylor Dodge, president of the Consolidated Insuranc
The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
1915-04-01
Judge Randolph Legarde becomes a dual personality when he is kicked in the head by a horse.
A Yellow Streak
1915-12-06
Wall street broker Barry Dale is systematically ruined financially by his alleged best friend Richar
Dora Thorne
1915-11-03
Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but work
A Modern Magdalen
1915-02-17
Although laborer Joe Mercer loves factory girl Katinka Jenkins, she agrees to become the mistress of
His Father's Son
1917-03-19
Thrown out of his dad's house without a penny to his name, playboy J. Dabney Barron is told not to r
The Painted Lady
1912-10-24
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice
The Brand of Cowardice
1916-10-23
Cyril Hamilton is a chicken-hearted easterner who heads west. He makes up for his past misdeeds by r
The Millionaire's Double
1917-04-30
After his wife has run off with another man, New Yorker Bide Bennington decides to stay in Europe. A
National Red Cross Pageant
1917-12-01
The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sel
The White Caps
1905-09-14
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When
The Miser's Heart
1911-11-20
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them
The Chief's Blanket
1912-10-10
When the Great Chief's body is placed before the funeral pile by his mourning braves, his sacred bla
The Battle
1911-11-06
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Ar
The Wrongdoers
1925-09-03
Philanthropical druggist Daniel Abbott, occasionally robs the rich to take care of the poor, goes to
I Am the Man
1924-12-15
A jealous politician tries to force a woman to marry him by framing her father for a crime.
Boomerang Bill
1922-01-15
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of
A Man of Iron
1925-06-28
A Man of Iron is a 1925 silent film drama.
3 Men in White
1944-05-25
Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936-02-15
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of
The Yaqui Cur
1913-05-16
The prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack o
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942-11-01
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn t
The Switchtower
1913-06-15
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent hi
The Wanderer
1913-05-02
A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph s
So Near, Yet So Far
1912-09-29
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suito
Sweepings
1933-04-14
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest depart
The Bells
1926-07-29
A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant stay
Friends
1912-09-22
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912-12-16
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young b
Strongheart
1914-03-08
STRONGHEART (1914) is a Native American Indian drama. Based on a famous play of the time, the film f
Wife Tamers
1926-03-25
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him u
Let Freedom Ring
1939-02-24
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
Right Cross
1950-10-06
A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager's daughter and her Mexican-American boxer
One Man's Journey
1933-08-31
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have
Bannerline
1951-10-12
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Three Wise Fools
1946-09-26
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Between Two Women
1945-03-28
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
The Washington Masquerade
1932-07-09
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a ve
Our Mr. Sun
1956-11-19
One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children
This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
Carolina
1934-02-02
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory
The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG
Super Duper Bloopers
1986-01-01
This compilation of flubs and bloopers features TV goofs from Star Trek, M*A*S*H, sports games, news
Almost a Wild Man
1913-06-19
Rooly, Pooly and Dooly were "picture sandwiches," but hardly shining lights, even in that capacity.
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fir
The Christmas Party
1931-12-17
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his footbal
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Unseeing Eyes
1923-11-18
The sister of a silver mine owner hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brother's rescue.
The Eternal City
1923-12-17
War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Ita
Classmates
1914-02-14
Bert Stafford, who is in love with Sylvia Randolph, his mother's ward, despises Duncan Irving, a poo
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938-12-09
A Fireside chat with Lionel Barrymore is, in fact, a trailer for A Christmas Carol (1938) starring R
Paris at Midnight
1926-04-17
In a Paris boarding house, a mysterious stranger seems to somehow solve the problems and conflicts o
Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls
Drums of Love
1928-01-24
A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928-11-15
An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until
The Penalty
1941-03-13
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his
The Devil's Garden
1920-11-22
William Dale, a servant for Lord Barradine, marries Mavis, a maid. Dale wants to move up in life, an
Three Friends
1913-01-02
Each night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared anew th
Body and Soul
1927-10-01
A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a se
The Lucky Lady
1926-04-25
Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette plays hooky
The Stars Look Down
1940-01-22
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better su
The Bad Man
1941-03-28
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia
An Indian's Loyalty
1913-08-15
Suspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand's accusation, but the foreman's susp
Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to ac
The Strong Man's Burden
1913-09-05
A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal younger brothe
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th
Christopher Bean
1933-11-17
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his pain
The Face in the Fog
1922-10-07
Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of ter
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949-06-23
Released as part of the studio's 25th anniversary (Silver) celebration, the film shows highlights of
The Lion and the Mouse
1928-05-21
Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unawar
From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Fe
Fate
1913-03-22
Sim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called lovers o
My Baby
1912-11-14
When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the onl
The One She Loved
1912-10-21
Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year or more of
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913-01-06
D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film
Breakdowns of 1949
1949-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It
The Mesmerist
2003-11-07
Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and B
Wildfire
1915-01-25
John Keefe, a gambler, shoots and kills Robert Barrington in an argument over a card game. Keefe ste
America
1924-02-21
The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002-09-10
In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the Biogra
Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
Brooding Eyes
1926-03-15
Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925-08-18
Mary Hale hates her job in a department store, and when wealthy Gordon Kent comes around, she flirts
Women Love Diamonds
1927-02-12
A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.
The Little Tease
1913-04-12
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost g
Fifty-Fifty
1925-11-15
Shortly after his marriage, a millionaire begins an affair with another woman. His wife tries to win
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story
1951-03-12
Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films.
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943-09-09
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiti
Oil and Water
1913-02-10
A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their i
The Quitter
1916-07-10
When his friends decide that "Happy Jack" Lewis needs a wife, they place an ad in the paper for one.
A Timely Interception
1913-06-07
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired fro
The God Within
1912-12-26
The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and d
Enemies of Women
1923-04-15
The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into
The Great Adventure
1921-01-06
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must kee
The River Woman
1928-12-01
A drama of the underworld of the old Mississippi River
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Jim the Penman
1921-04-04
A bank clerk forges a check to help his girlfriend's father. He's found out, but instead of being ar
The Copperhead
1920-01-25
A farmer in Illinois played by Lionel Barrymore is recruited by Abraham Lincoln to pose as a copperh
Children of the Whirlwind
1925-08-15
A recent parolee tries to go straight with the help of a friendly artist, but his old gang, his swee
The Woman in Black
1914-11-30
Young gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the
The Thirteenth Hour
1927-10-17
A detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.
The Lady and the Mouse
1913-04-26
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if
Film Fun
1955-08-19
A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.
The Movies March On
1939-07-03
A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of sile
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
The Upheaval
1916-08-28
Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his
Dorian's Divorce
1916-06-05
Wealthy clubman Richard Dorian is a lighthearted soul who can't seem to take anything seriously, inc
Screen Actors
1950-05-13
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy
The House of Darkness
1913-05-10
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano.
Decameron Nights
1924-01-02
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Meddling Women
1924-11-15
Grace Ainsworth wants to return to her career as an opera singer, and her mother-in-law supports her
The Master Mind
1920-09-12
The defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a comp
Hooray for Hollywood
1976-01-01
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreel
The Way of the World
1947-01-01
A long-retired director of early silent films recalls his exciting career as a filmmaker.
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970-01-01