Clark Gable

Born: 1901-02-01

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the greatest male stars of all time. Gable's most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later performances were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her last screen appearance. During his long film career, Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was partnered with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer in three. Gable was often named the top male star in the mid-30s, and was second only to the top box-office draw of all, Shirley Temple. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clark Gable, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Gone with the Wind

as Rhett Butler
Released: 1939-12-15

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...

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It Happened One Night

as Peter Warne
Released: 1934-02-22

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end...

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The Misfits

as Gay Langland
Released: 1961-02-01

While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Lieutenant Fletcher Christian
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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Mogambo

as Victor Marswell
Released: 1953-09-23

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American...

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Teacher's Pet

as James Gannon
Released: 1958-04-01

A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

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Run Silent, Run Deep

as Cmdr, Richardson
Released: 1958-03-27

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-02-01

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...

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The Tall Men

as Col. Ben Allison
Released: 1955-09-22

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from...

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-25

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

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San Francisco

as Blackie Norton
Released: 1936-06-26

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days...

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La Classe américaine

as The Actor (archive footage)
Released: 1993-12-31

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of...

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Wife vs. Secretary

as Van 'V.S.' Stanhope
Released: 1936-02-28

Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his...

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)
Released: 1974-06-21

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...

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It Started in Naples

as Michael Hamilton
Released: 1960-08-06

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged...

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Band of Angels

as Hamish Bond
Released: 1957-08-03

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her...

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Night Nurse

as Nick
Released: 1931-07-16

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her...

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The King and Four Queens

as Dan Kehoe
Released: 1956-12-21

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws...

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Call of the Wild

as Jack Thornton
Released: 1935-08-09

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska...

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Test Pilot

as Jim Lane
Released: 1938-04-16

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-08-27

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman...

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Strange Cargo

as André Verne
Released: 1940-03-01

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

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Red Dust

as Dennis Carson
Released: 1932-10-22

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon...

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Dancing Lady

as Patch Gallagher
Released: 1933-11-24

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton,...

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A Free Soul

as Ace Wilfong
Released: 1931-06-02

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects...

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Hold Your Man

as Eddie Hall
Released: 1933-06-30

Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie...

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Command Decision

as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Released: 1948-12-23

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...

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Never Let Me Go

as Philip Sutherland
Released: 1953-03-18

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

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Betrayed

as Col. Pieter Deventer
Released: 1954-09-07

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry...

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No Man of Her Own

as Jerry 'Babe' Stewart
Released: 1932-12-30

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

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Boom Town

as Big John McMasters
Released: 1940-08-30

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...

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Smash His Camera

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-07-30

A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of...

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Saratoga

as Duke Bradley
Released: 1937-07-23

A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Sporting Blood

as Warren 'Rid' Riddell
Released: 1931-08-08

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through...

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Show-Business at War

as Self
Released: 1943-05-21

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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Adventure

as Harry Patterson
Released: 1945-12-28

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

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They Met in Bombay

as Gerald Meldrick
Released: 1941-06-27

A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in...

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That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
Released: 1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...

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The Painted Desert

as Rance Brett
Released: 1931-01-18

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and...

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Lone Star

as Devereaux Burke
Released: 1952-10-24

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Any Number Can Play

as Charley Enley Kyng
Released: 1949-07-15

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to...

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Chained

as Michael 'Mike' Bradley
Released: 1934-08-31

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to...

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

as Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: 2008-03-03

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of...

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Soldier of Fortune

as Hank Lee
Released: 1955-05-24

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer...

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Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)
Released: 1965-04-30

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.

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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-10-24

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most...

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Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-11

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public....

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Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-12-08

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works...

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Possessed

as Mark Whitney
Released: 1931-11-21

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse...

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Men in White

as Dr. George Ferguson
Released: 1934-04-06

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his...

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Homecoming

as Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson
Released: 1948-04-29

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out...

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The James Dean Story

as Self
Released: 1957-08-13

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and...

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Comrade X

as McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson
Released: 1940-12-13

An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful...

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Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...

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China Seas

as Cpt Alan Gaskell
Released: 1935-08-09

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-07-02

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...

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Honky Tonk

as 'Candy' Johnson
Released: 1941-10-01

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...

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Idiot's Delight

as Harry Van
Released: 1939-01-27

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...

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But Not for Me

as Russell 'Russ' Ward
Released: 1959-08-19

Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward...

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-10-01

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests,...

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The Secret Six

as Carl Luckner
Released: 1931-04-18

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang,...

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The Plastic Age

as Athlete (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-15

Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with...

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Parnell

as Charles Stewart Parnell
Released: 1937-06-04

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but...

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Her Name Was Grace Kelly

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-03-20

Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Grace Kelly remains an icon today....

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Somewhere I'll Find You

as Jonathon 'Jonny' Davis
Released: 1942-08-27

Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far...

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Night Flight

as Jules
Released: 1933-10-06

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

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Across the Wide Missouri

as Flint Mitchell
Released: 1951-10-12

In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then...

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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)
Released: 1986-04-19

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she...

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Too Hot to Handle

as Chris Hunter
Released: 1938-09-16

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter,...

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Key to the City

as Steve Fisk
Released: 1950-02-02

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from...

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The Merry Widow

as uncredited
Released: 1926-09-27

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of...

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The Hucksters

as Victor Albee Norman
Released: 1947-07-17

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult...

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Dance, Fools, Dance

as Jake Luva
Released: 1931-02-07

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a...

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To Please a Lady

as Mike Brannan
Released: 1950-10-13

Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made...

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Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1987-06-08

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1991-07-15

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...

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Strange Interlude

as Dr. Ned Darrell
Released: 1932-12-30

After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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Cain and Mabel

as Larry Cain
Released: 1936-09-26

A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Forsaking All Others

as Jeffrey Williams
Released: 1934-12-23

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

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Forbidden Paradise

as Soldier in Czarina's Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1924-01-02

Film based on the Lajos Biró play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1986-03-09

In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a...

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Starlit Days at the Lido

as Self
Released: 1935-09-28

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The...

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-22

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her...

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The Easiest Way

as Nickolas (Nick) Feliki
Released: 1931-02-07

Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura Murdock decides not to marry the boy next door...

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Callaway Went Thataway

as Clark Gable (uncredited)
Released: 1951-11-15

Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them...

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Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

as uncredited
Released: 2021-09-01

It was the world's largest, most beautiful and fastest cruise ship. Built in Saint Nazaire in...

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Combat America

as Self - Narrator
Released: 1943-01-01

Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows...

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The Finger Points

as Louis J. Blanco
Released: 1931-04-11

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment...

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Making 'The Misfits'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-10-02

A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

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The Romance of Celluloid

as Self
Released: 1937-08-27

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment...

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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

as Rodney Spencer
Released: 1931-10-10

A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in...

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Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self
Released: 1940-05-29

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them....

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Dear Mr. Gable

as (archive footage)
Released: 1968-03-05

Burgess Meredith narrates this insightful MGM-produced documentary about the life and career of...

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Girl 27

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-07-27

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1975-08-06

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...

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The White Sister

as Giovanni Severi
Released: 1933-03-17

An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

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The Christmas Party

as Himself
Released: 1931-12-17

In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his...

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The Johnstown Flood

as Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)
Released: 1926-02-28

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2006-03-21

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

as Self (archiveFootage)
Released: 1997-11-18

Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.

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Hollywood Party

as Himself
Released: 1937-04-03

Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After...

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Film Stars Help Greece

as Self
Released:

Hollywood holds a star-studded event, all proceeds went to Greece.

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Northward, Ho!

as Himself
Released: 1940-02-10

Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest...

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After Office Hours

as Jim Branch
Released: 1935-02-22

A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

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Love on the Run

as Michael Anthony
Released: 1936-11-20

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a...

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Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-02-25

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll...

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Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)
Released: 1982-12-31

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...

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Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1993-02-06

Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean...

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Hell Divers

as Steve Nelson
Released: 1932-01-16

The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

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Polly of the Circus

as John Hartley
Released: 1932-02-27

When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a...

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Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-09-30

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy...

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Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-03

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood...

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Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

as Himself
Released: 1936-01-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish...

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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

as (archive footage)
Released: 1990-06-04

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips,...

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Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-05

This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is...

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Laughing Sinners

as Carl Loomis
Released: 1931-05-30

Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting...

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self
Released: 1940-10-24

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

as uncredited
Released: 1934-03-02

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations...

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North Star

as Archie West
Released: 1925-12-27

During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed...

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Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1999-12-27

The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1934 hit...

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Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2004-11-09

This documentary is featured in the 4-disc Collector's Edition DVD set, released in 2004, for...

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Du Barry, Woman of Passion

as Extra (voice)
Released: 1930-10-10

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...

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Trifles of Importance

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1940-07-13

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant...

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White Man

as Lady Andrea's Brother
Released: 1924-11-01

Lady Andrea Pellor (Joyce) is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her...

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Wings Up

as Narrator / Host
Released: 1943-05-27

Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air...

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Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2007-10-24

On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Western von gestern

as Rance Brett (archive footage)
First aired: 1978-05-05

Western von gestern is a German television series.

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National Archives WWII: Air War

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-05-06

Eleven heart pounding WWII films, more than five hours of vintage content in one definitive...

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Living Famously

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2002-11-25

Documentary series looking at the lives of enduring icons.

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