Jean Hersholt

Torment

Maurice Tourneur

Owen Moore, Bessie Love

Torment is a 1924 American silent film crime drama produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National. This film stars Bessie Love, Owen Moore, and Jean Hersholt.

A Stormy Knight

Elmer Clifton

Franklyn Farnum, Jean Hersholt

While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has successfully resisted the institution of marriage, is interrupted by cries for help. Opening his door, he finds a soaking wet, pretty girl, who pleads with him to come to her aid.

The Wrong Mr. Wright

Scott Sidney

Jean Hersholt, Enid Bennett

Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he goes to Atlantic City to meet his lost sweetheart, he discovers she has grown fat and ugly, so he pretends to be "Mr. Wright". All kinds of comic hilarity ensue. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Carey Wilson, Janet Gaynor

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.

Greed

Erich von Stroheim

Zasu Pitts, Gibson Gowland

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios

H. Bruce Humberstone

Broderick O'Farrell, Norman Kerry

The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal's advertising manager. The sceneic resources of the studio are showcased throughout, with a "See America First" wagon visible in one scene, and a scattering of panoramic shots of Universal City and the Universal zoo.

Complicated Women

Hugh Munro Neely

Jane Fonda, Frances Dee

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Ernst Lubitsch

Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer

A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

Dinner at Eight

George Cukor

Marie Dressler, John Barrymore

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.

The Greater Glory

Curt Rehfeld

Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson

A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.

Grand Hotel

Edmund Goulding

Greta Garbo, John Barrymore

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

Stella Dallas

Henry King

Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett

An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.

Modern Love

Arch Heath

Charley Chase, Kathryn Crawford

In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her boss decides to hold a dinner party for the man at the girl's house. When her husband finds out that the client wants to take her back to Paris so she can "study," he comes up with a plan to stop it, and it begins with his being the "server" at the dinner party.

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Rudy Behlmer, Loring d'Usseau

Ken Murray, Eddie Albert

A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.

Skyscraper Souls

Edgar Selwyn

Warren William, Maureen O'Sullivan

Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was directed by Edgar Selwyn and is based upon the novel Skycraper by Faith Baldwin. The film depicts the aspirations and lives of several people in the Seacoast National Bank Building. Among them is David Dwight, the womanizing bank owner who keeps his estranged wife happy by paying her bills. His secretary Sarah wants him to get a divorce so they can marry.

Heidi

Allan Dwan

Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.