Janet Gaynor Movies

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

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her...

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

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall...

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

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

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.

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

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds...

Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds...

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

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

Four orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus. Lost film.