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...

Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry.

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

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...

While vain Lenore Hastings busies herself with her romantic pursuits, Lenore's kid sister Mildred tries to keep the family of her boyfriend Thomas...

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

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

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

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

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

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...

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

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

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

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

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

A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable...