W.S. Van Dyke Movies

  • 1915
    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    5.9951915HD

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

    The Birth of a Nation
  • 1916
    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.11916HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • 1932
    Tarzan the Ape Man

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    Tarzan the Ape Man

    6.6461932HD

    James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich....

    Tarzan the Ape Man
  • 1936
    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    6.5891936HD

    A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in...

    San Francisco
  • 1934
    The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

    7.481934HD

    A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

    The Thin Man
  • 1939
    Another Thin Man

    Another Thin Man

    Another Thin Man

    7.11939HD

    Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

    Another Thin Man
  • 1940
    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    5.81940HD

    A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

    Bitter Sweet
  • 1938
    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    6.61938HD

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the...

    Marie Antoinette
  • 1934
    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    71934HD

    The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

    Manhattan Melodrama
  • 1941
    Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man

    71941HD

    High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

    Shadow of the Thin Man
  • 1936
    After the Thin Man

    After the Thin Man

    After the Thin Man

    7.31936HD

    Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the...

    After the Thin Man
  • 1941
    Rage in Heaven

    Rage in Heaven

    Rage in Heaven

    6.21941HD

    A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

    Rage in Heaven
  • 1931
    Trader Horn

    Trader Horn

    Trader Horn

    5.31931HD

    While on safari in an unexplored area of Africa, Trader Horn and Peru find missionary Edith Trent killed by natives. They decide to carry on her...

    Trader Horn
  • 1939
    It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

    6.41939HD

    Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by...

    It's a Wonderful World
  • 1933
    Penthouse

    Penthouse

    Penthouse

    6.7371933HD

    Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping...

    Penthouse
  • 1937
    The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    7.51937HD

    A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king...

    The Prisoner of Zenda
  • 1938
    Sweethearts

    Sweethearts

    Sweethearts

    5.51938HD

    The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

    Sweethearts
  • 1935
    Broadway Melody of 1936

    Broadway Melody of 1936

    Broadway Melody of 1936

    6.41935HD

    Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is...

    Broadway Melody of 1936
  • 1935
    Naughty Marietta

    Naughty Marietta

    Naughty Marietta

    5.11935HD

    In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an...

    Naughty Marietta
  • 1940
    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    6.71940HD

    This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a...

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound