Wallace Beery
Date of birth: 1885-03-31
Place of birth: Clay County, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Wallace Fitzgerald Beery
Biography
From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 movies over a 36-year span. He was the brother of actor Noah Berry.
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The Lost World
1925-02-02
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric c
Three Ages
1923-09-24
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villa
Grand Hotel
1932-05-25
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind
The Champ
1931-11-21
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Treasure Island
1934-08-17
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c
Viva Villa!
1934-04-27
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in
The Last Trail
1921-11-01
The successful operations of a lone bandit known as "The Night Hawk" terrorize a frontier town, and
The Hour and the Man
1914-01-09
A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was
Looking for Trouble
1914-01-21
Mr. Simp is subservient to all his wife does or says, and as his wife is a militant suffragette, Mr.
The Girl, the Cop, the Burglar
1914-03-11
Thomas Terpin. James Riding and Jack Hazard are sitting in the club when the talk drifts to a daring
One-to-Three
1914-02-18
Willie Brace. Harry Bitt and Johnny Argue are three typical hall-room boys. They come up with a sche
And He Came Back
1914-04-15
Mr. Secondchoice becomes very much peeved when he discovers early one morning that his wife has deco
The Bargain Hunters
1914-04-08
This is a pleasing story of a young married couple, who are the victims of a boarding house. They de
Mrs. Manly's Baby
1914-02-25
Mrs. Manly and Mrs. G. Howe Wise are close friends and sisters in the same Suffrage Legion in a smal
The Winner
1914-04-17
Dan Ryan and Fritz Noodle, two would-be politicians, succumb to the charming mannerisms of the Widow
Grass County Goes Dry
1914-03-13
Grass County Goes Dry
Making Him Over -- For Minnie
1914-05-06
Ruth, a young manicurist, is desperately in love with Jimmie White, a mechanic. Ruth's friends make
Wrong All Around
1914-04-22
Howard Simpkins suspects his wife and is therefore jealous.
A Queer Quarantine
1914-03-28
Jack Hastings writes a letter to his sweetheart, Kate, to come to his assistance as Count Caesar de
Three Little Powders
1914-05-13
Mrs. Wallace Williams is much given to conversation and, when she and her husband have a word battle
Curing a Husband
1914-04-29
His greatest fault was drink.
Jane
1914-06-09
Because her father breaks her engagement to a young man, Jane, a spoiled girl of luxury, retires to
Oh, Doctor
1914-03-17
Beulah Crane, a student at boarding school, becomes very much interested in a young fellow she think
Actor Finney's Finish
1914-05-20
James Finney, a would-be actor, is discharged from the Gaiety Theater and thrown bodily into the str
This Is the Life
1914-06-10
Farmer Stebbens and his son, Hiram, attend a convention in New York City, and while there become acq
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
1914-06-17
The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine
Sweedie the Swatter
1914-07-13
Mrs. Highstrung's maid leaves her at a very inopportune time, as she has just received a telegram fr
The Epidemic
1914-06-24
Argentino Boldo has a valuable book in his possession that Texas Tommy, Hesitation Nell and One-Step
The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps
1914-07-15
He was too big for this world when a Phrenologist told him he was a modern Napoleon.
Countess Sweedie
1914-11-16
Countess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the "hash house" w
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
1914-11-09
Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in
The Fickleness of Sweedie
1914-10-05
Henry Bigger, a short fat fellow, and Danny Slimson, short but slim, are rivals for the hand of Swee
Sweedie at the Fair
1914-11-23
Sweedie, the cook at the Rich household, buys a donkey from the captain of the police, but forgets t
Sweedie's Hero
1915-05-20
Sweedie gets a job as mop artist in a hotel. She starts out from home encumbered with baggage and a
Sweedie Collects for Charity
1914-12-28
Mrs. Goodheart, a charity worker, comes home one evening very much discouraged as she is unable to g
The New Teacher
1915-02-01
The country school board assigns a new teacher, and the lot falls to none other than Sweedie.
Their Cheap Vacation
1914-12-21
The Newlyweds read in the newspaper of an ideal automobile trip which only costs $12. Mr. Newlywed d
The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify
1914-12-09
Rube Homer Splivins imitates the actions of a famous matinee idol in order to woo his lady love.
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
1914-12-07
Sweedie is the scrub lady in the theater. She makes eyes at the stage manager and the hypnotist and
Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind
1914-12-30
Two excellent fables in one reel. "The Fable of Another Side-Track an dthe Fatal Album," and "The F
Madame Double X
1914-12-14
Mr. Von Crooks and his son are in love with Madame Double X. One night Von Crooks, Jr., elopes with
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
1915-01-04
Sweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of Puff
The Victor
1915-02-15
When Mrs. Justwed receives a note from her mother telling her that she expects to arrive next day, h
Sweedie and Her Dog
1915-01-18
Mr. Dingy engages Sweedie as their cook. She insists upon bringing her dog "Skinny" and her parrot a
Sweedie's Suicide
1915-01-11
Sweedie decides to commit suicide when she is jilted by her sweetheart, the captain of the police de
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915-01-25
Mildred refuses Archie's proposal of marriage. Shortly after Fred arrives and she accepts him as her
The Our Gang Story
1994-01-01
Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed s
The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed
1914-06-29
The coming "champ" decides he is so good he can go around a Dub like a Cooper around a Barrel.
Love and Soda
1914-08-31
The plumber, a powerful fellow, decides to give up his trade and become a soda fountain clerk in ord
The Plum Tree
1914-09-18
A young woman's father arranges a loveless marriage for her to a banker to whom he owes money, but s
Three Boiled Down Fables
1914-11-11
#1: The Household Comedian; #2: Why Essie's Friends Got the Fresh Air; #3: The Prevailing Craze.
The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth
1914-08-12
Old man Suggs was feeling Kippy one day, so his son Joel, a little short of pocket money, persuades
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914-08-05
The Busy Business Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird with the intention of tearing off a week
When Knights Were Bold
1914-09-07
The Earl is disgusted when his parents insist that he marry the girl of their choice, not his own. H
Sweedie's Clean-Up
1914-09-28
Sweedie's father is the owner of a grocery store, and Sweedie takes care of the trade while father p
The Prevailing Craze
1914-11-11
Dancing instructor Madame Cassell spends the day having her feet trampled by auto enthusiast Wally t
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
1914-08-24
Sweedie, the cook at the Prim household, is a little too rough to suit Mr. Prim, who is about three
Topsy-Turvy Sweedie
1914-08-10
Mr. Rhyme, a poet, is distracted at his work by the different noises in his home. To cap the climax
In and Out
1914-08-03
Hans and Fritz are two street musicians. Hans plays the flute and Fritz the bass violin. They have g
Sweedie and the Lord
1914-06-27
Mr. and Mrs. Skidoo receive a letter from Lord Bunkum, saying he is coming to pay them a visit. They
A Pound for a Pound
1915-02-16
Starvation faces the little post of Red Gold. Jack Thorpe, in a final effort to obtain food for his
Rivalry and War
1914-10-26
Krautmeyer owns a bakery while Schmidt runs a delicatessen store next door. They fight continually a
The Ups and Downs
1914-01-01
The Ups and Downs of life on the range with a young Wallace Beery.
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914-08-17
The boy has a camera and snaps Sweedie, the cook, while sitting on the bench in the back yard. Later
She Landed a Big One
1914-10-19
Sweedie tells her beau that her love has grown cold, so he decides to jump in the lake and end it al
Sweedie's Skate
1914-09-21
Sweedie the cook adorns herself in her employer's jewels and goes to the skating rink where she is t
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
1914-10-02
"Chick" Evans, western amateur golf champion, is seen playing golf with his sister. Sweedie is the c
Cheering a Husband
1914-01-01
Light comedy silent short starring Wallace Beery.
Done in Wax
1915-04-22
Once upon a time a professor ordered the wax figure of King Woof, a celebrated eastern potentate who
Sweedie Learns to Ride
1915-03-22
Sweedie, with her arms splattered by dough, looks out the window and sees her mistress just mounting
Ain't It the Truth?
1915-02-22
When Donald Wellington is ordered from the house by his sweetheart's father, they decide to elope. H
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
1915-03-01
Sweedie has fallen in love with the grocery boy, and in order to gaze upon his smiling face orders g
Love and Trouble
1915-03-15
Sweedie holds a clandestine meeting with her beau in the kitchen of her employers, a young married c
Father's New Maid
1915-03-08
Mr. Grouch has a decided antipathy for young men who call on his daughter. He shows it by ejecting a
The Bouquet
1915-04-15
The girl gets a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her fiancé, who wants her to enjoy the fragrance b
The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man
1914-06-22
Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn thin
A Maid of War
1914-11-30
While Sweedie is studying her war map in her grog shop, two bums enter the place and start drinking
Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915-05-13
Sweedie, the theater's scrubwoman, in love with the unappreciative props, become enamored with the i
Maggie's First False Step
1917-02-25
Maggie's First False Step
Just a Few Little Things
1916-07-26
Archie, a man well past the age of forty-five proposes to Mildred, a young and pretty girl and is re
A Bedroom Blunder
1917-10-07
A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the l
The Slim Princess
1915-05-24
Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All effo
The Fable of the Roistering Blades
1915-08-25
Out in the celery belt there is a stunted flag station whose leading citizens still wear gum arctics
Cactus Nell
1917-06-03
Cactus Nell
A Capable Lady Cook
1916-11-17
Hubby can't stand his wife's cooking and he goes to the employment agency and gets Sweedy as a new c
Bombs and Banknotes
1917-01-02
The Janitor arrives, turns his things over to the valet, puts on overalls and jumper and gets to wor
Are Waitresses Safe?
1917-11-18
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock
Sweedie's Finish
1915-06-10
Sweedie, the servant girl, is in love with a fireman, but her affections are not returned. The firem
Sweedie, the Janitor
1916-11-10
A janitor finds a piece of jewelry dropped by a young woman, which he in turn gives to his wife. Fee
The Janitor
1916-07-06
John, the janitor, has a pet monkey that accompanies him on his different jobs. Because of the monke
That Night
1917-12-16
There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune
Only a Janitor
1919-01-20
A mild-mannered, well-meaning but bumbling janitor gets unwittingly involved in a battle between two
The Love Burglar
1919-07-13
A young man infiltrates the underworld by pretending to be a convicted burglar. While undercover, he
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1919-12-21
At a London auction, Princess Sonia bids against her husband, exiled Prince Victor, for a Corot land
Patsy
1921-02-01
Patsy is the awkward sister of the lovely Grace. She is also in love with Grace's boyfriend. Mother
A Beach Nut
1919-03-24
A Beach Nut
The Rookie's Return
1920-12-26
A young soldier is discharged from the service and has trouble making a living. However, when he inh
Soldiers of Fortune
1919-11-22
Civil engineer Robert Clay is commissioned by wealthy New Yorker Mr. Langham to open iron deposits i
813
1920-11-14
Robert Castleback is in possession of secret papers which could bring a certain prince to power unde
Sleeping Acres
1921-01-01
Australian actor Snowy Baker's first American movie made for producer Willian N. Selig who specializ
The Ne'er to Return Road
1921-10-09
A mother is waiting for her boy, not knowing that he is dead. An escaped convict falls exhausted at
The Policeman and the Baby
1921-09-04
A crook returns home to find his mother dead and about to be buried in Potters Field. This prompts h
Sweet Revenge
1913-09-17
Mr. Phil Culture provokes his friends by boasting of his remarkable strength and physical perfection
Love Incognito
1913-09-24
Jack has fallen in love with an unknown beauty, and when he and his friend Tom meet her on the stree
A Successful Failure
1913-10-01
Ray and Roy Cheep are both in love with the charming manicurist, but each is unaware of his brother'
Dad's Insanity
1913-10-08
Dad's Insanity
Day by Day
1913-10-22
Day by Day film
The Right of Way
1913-09-19
The Right of Way
Their Wives' Indiscretion
1913-11-05
Tom Brown cannot persuade his wife to go calling with him. Mr. Jones, an intimate friend, is disappo
The Usual Way
1913-11-19
The Usual Way
Hello, Trouble
1913-12-17
Hello, Trouble
Kitty's Knight
1913-12-03
"Pudge" Malone, an artist's model, is in love with Kitty Casey, but Mike McMann is fast making his w
At the Old Maid's Call
1913-12-24
At the Old Maid's Call
A Foot of Romance
1914-01-07
Jim Foley is a splendid fellow, but his huge feet, which are almost as large as his heart, are conti
Smithy's Grandma Party
1913-12-10
Smithy's Grandma Party
The Flame of Life
1923-02-05
Joan Lowrie and her brutal father, Dan, labor in the English coal mines of the 1870's. Fergus Derric
Wild Honey
1922-03-06
Lady Vivienne is implicated in a murder as a result of refusing the romantic suit of Henry Porthen.
I Am the Law
1922-06-01
Brothers Tom and Bob Fitzgerald are both members of the Northwest Mounted Police. Bob falls in love
Only a Shop Girl
1922-12-15
Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culpr
Unseen Hands
1924-05-25
A wealthy mine owner's wife gets him to hire Jean Scholast, a footloose adventurer, as a reward for
Bavu
1923-05-07
An illiterate, uncouth brute rises to power during the Russian Revolution, plots to wreak vengeance
Another Man's Wife
1924-09-07
Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken
Coming Through
1925-02-17
Because he wants a promotion, Tom Blackford marries Alice Rand, the daughter of his boss, John Rand.
The Devil's Cargo
1925-02-02
John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspap
Let Women Alone
1925-01-04
A woman is led to believe her scheming husband is dead in this melodrama taken from the story by Vio
In the Name of Love
1925-08-10
Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his child
Rugged Water
1925-08-17
After years of service, the Captain of the Setuckit Life Saving Station on Cape Cod retires, Calvin
Fireman, Save My Child
1927-08-01
Two firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief's spoiled an
Two Flaming Youths
1927-12-17
Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby G
Wife Savers
1928-01-07
While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, mu
Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver
The Big House
1930-06-14
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he m
China Seas
1935-08-09
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo:
The Sea Hawk
1924-06-14
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Mo
The Last of the Mohicans
1920-11-21
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War
The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to ra
Into Society and Out
1914-02-04
This amusing and diverting comedy depicts the trials and tribulations of a French nobleman to win th
Money Talks
1914-07-20
Mr. Forflush has a great desire for spending money, but his salary does not warrant the luxuries his
The Image Book
2018-10-11
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, tele
Min and Bill
1930-11-29
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy,
Tugboat Annie
1933-08-04
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholi
Beggars of Life
1928-09-22
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond.
A Date with Judy
1948-07-29
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance
Salute to the Marines
1943-09-02
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese inva
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
The Bugle Sounds
1942-01-30
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Jackass Mail
1942-07-01
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
This Man's Navy
1945-01-04
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New J
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 Mighty Barnum
1934-12-23
20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Bee
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t
When Comedy Was King
1960-03-29
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, B
The Spanish Dancer
1923-10-06
The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells p
West Point of the Air
1935-03-23
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
The Mighty McGurk
1947-01-02
A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan boy recently arrived from Eng
The Mollycoddle
1920-06-13
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time
Flesh
1932-12-08
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to Ame
A Message to Garcia
1936-04-10
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Port of Seven Seas
1938-07-01
In the French port of Marseille, a young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius.
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921-03-13
A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one
Billy the Kid
1930-10-16
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted
Victory
1919-12-07
Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.
The Man from Dakota
1940-02-16
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Slave Ship
1937-06-16
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced again
Barnacle Bill
1941-04-07
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.
20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it i
Way for a Sailor
1930-11-01
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
White Tiger
1923-12-17
Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin
The Red Lily
1924-09-08
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, t
Hell Divers
1932-01-16
The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Stablemates
1938-10-07
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down
Big Jack
1949-04-12
Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
Rationing
1944-03-24
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative
Ashes of Vengeance
1923-08-06
This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and
The Signal Tower
1924-07-19
A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out
The Bowery
1933-10-07
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had g
Behind the Door
1919-12-14
Oscar Krug is looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors because of his German name. When the US is
A Lady's Morals
1930-11-08
Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.
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
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
Teddy at the Throttle
1917-04-01
Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Glo
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937-12-31
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own
Casey at the Bat
1927-03-08
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable abili
The Christmas Party
1931-12-17
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his footbal
My Wife's Relations
1922-05-15
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him ni
Barbary Coast Gent
1944-09-01
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and
Partners in Crime
1928-03-01
After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Ri
Alias a Gentleman
1948-02-03
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
A Blind Bargain
1922-12-03
Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Old Hutch
1936-09-25
Life changes in surprising ways when a lazy, unemployed husband and father finds a box containing th
The Man from Hell's River
1922-05-01
A girl engaged to a member of the Royal Mounted Police is forced to marry a vicious blackmailer afte
A Clever Dummy
1917-07-15
An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to pro
Chinatown Nights
1929-03-29
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Ch
The Little American
1917-07-12
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home i
Behind the Front
1926-02-22
During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not kn
We're in the Navy Now
1926-11-06
"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with P
The River of Romance
1929-06-28
Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been br
Stormswept
1923-02-18
Despondent over the infidelity of his wife, William McCabe wanders on the waterfront considering sui
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921-03-06
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine f
Adventure
1925-04-26
David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fe
Old Ironsides
1926-12-06
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Iron
Wyoming
1940-09-13
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nic
Going Hollywood
1933-12-22
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love.
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year hi
The Round-Up
1920-10-10
A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the fam
The Drums of Jeopardy
1923-11-01
The story centers around two small statuettes containing valuable emeralds, which are said to projec
Robin Hood
1922-10-18
Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince Joh
Sweedie Learns to Swim
1914-10-11
Sweedie, the cook, decides that it would be nice to learn to swim, so goes to a "dry land" swimming
The Sagebrush Trail
1922-04-30
Having banned the carrying of firearms in his jurisdiction, Larry Reid, the sheriff of Silvertown (R
Patria
1917-01-14
Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States,
Johanna Enlists
1918-09-14
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army re
The Pony Express
1925-09-03
The Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by P
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
The Good Old Soak
1937-04-23
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
So Big
1924-12-28
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peak
We're switching to Hollywood
1931-06-09
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973-01-01
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
Now We're in the Air
1927-10-21
Wally and Ray are cousins intent upon getting the fortune of their Scots grandad, an aviation nut. T
The Night Club
1925-04-26
After having been stood up at his own wedding, a young man vows that he will have nothing more to ev
The Laundress
1914-11-02
Wallace Beery dresses up as a lady to fool the man.
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
The Virgin of Stamboul
1920-03-27
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Th
Drifting
1923-08-26
In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mi
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004-02-25
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
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
Mr. Dippy Dipped
1913-09-03
Mr. Dippy and his daughter Ruth are both very fond of the water and spend a good deal of time at the
His Athletic Wife
1913-08-26
Mrs. Strong, by reason of a good right arm, is absolute manager of her husband and his finances. Whi
Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
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
The Wanderer
1925-08-19
Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to
The Eternal Struggle
1923-10-08
Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vanc
The Great Divide
1925-02-15
Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken br
The Unpardonable Sin
1919-04-01
Based on the Rupert Hughes novel, this film concerns the German atrocities committed in Belgium at t
The Life Line
1919-10-05
Jack Hearne, known as the Romany Rye, prefers living with the gypsies rather than claiming the right
Trouble
1922-08-07
Danny, a ragamuffin orphan, is adopted by a brutal plumber and his frail wife. His fear of hunger, r
The Big Killing
1928-07-01
The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hi
Hurricane's Gal
1922-07-01
Allen Holubar silent seafaring pirate ship adventure thriller
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Madonna of the Streets
1924-10-19
Rev. John Morton, who is determined to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus, inherit
The White Mouse
1921-11-06
Sergeant Blake of the Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the border to break up a ring of smugglers
The Rosary
1922-01-16
After his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off with on
The Golden Snare
1921-07-10
Sgt. Philip Raine of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the mountains to capture killer B
The Northern Trail
1921-07-03
A thousand dollar prize is offered to the winner of a dog race, and Jan Ducet would have used the mo
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923-10-15
Wallace Beery repeats his role of King Richard, a role he played so sucessfully in Robin Hood the pr
A Dash of Courage
1916-05-07
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fe
Hearts and Sparks
1916-06-04
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)
Volcano
1926-05-23
Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, e
Dynamite Smith
1924-10-12
Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees
The Broken Pledge
1915-06-17
Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three
Sweedie Goes to College
1915-02-08
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for coll
Stairs of Sand
1929-06-08
An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in lov
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982-05-05
Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of soun