Norma Shearer Movies
- 1942
We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing4.21942HD
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American...
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards6.51940HD
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...
- 1926
The Devil's Circus
The Devil's Circus7.21926HD
In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circumstance, Carl rejects God and resumes his fast...
- 1922
The Man Who Paid
The Man Who Paid01922HD
In her first leading role, a very young Norma Shearer played Jeanne, a wild girl of the Canadian Northwest who marries and has a child with a mystery...
- 1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story01990HD
Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and...
- 1944
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After61944HD
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
- 1939
Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight5.71939HD
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
- 2003
Complicated Women
Complicated Women6.72003HD
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...
- 2007
Girl 27
Girl 276.42007HD
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other...
- 1931
Private Lives
Private Lives6.31931HD
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples...
- 1929
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney5.41929HD
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton...
- 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Hollywood Goes to Town71938HD
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...
- 1931
Strangers May Kiss
Strangers May Kiss5.11931HD
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the...
- 1926
Upstage
Upstage61926HD
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose...
- 1925
A Slave of Fashion
A Slave of Fashion21925HD
Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in...
- 1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Joan Crawford: Always the Star7.51996HD
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work....
- 1932
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude5.71932HD
After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the...
- 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Sports on the Silver Screen101997HD
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...
- 1939
From the Ends of the Earth
From the Ends of the Earth01939HD
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at...
- 1922
The Taming of the Shrewd
The Taming of the Shrewd01922HD
Part 5 of The Leather Pushers boxing film series.