Acting
Marie Dressler
Born November 9, 1868 · Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Died July 28, 1934 · aged 65
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Depression-era film star. Successful on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she was also successful in film. Leaving home at the age of 14, Dressler built a career on stage in traveling theatre tr…
Known For
Dinner at Eight · 1933Dinner at Eight
★ 6.81933
MovieComedyDrama
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.
That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
That's Entertainment! III · 1994That's Entertainment! III
★ 7.11994
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Let Us Be Gay · 1930Let Us Be Gay
★ 4.31930
MovieComedyDrama
A housewife divorces her self-centered husband. Years later, she attends a party where her ex is pursuing another woman. Unbeknownst to him, she is the same ex-wife he'd neglected, now transformed into a fashionable socialite.
Broadway to Hollywood · 1933Broadway to Hollywood
★ 5.01933
MovieMusicDrama
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Anna Christie · 1930Anna Christie
★ 6.01930
MovieDramaRomance
Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
Emma · 1932Emma
★ 6.61932
MovieDramaComedy
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
Tugboat Annie · 1933Tugboat Annie
★ 7.31933
MovieComedyDrama
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. Alec wants to quit school to work on the tug full time, but Annie will not sacrifice her son's education. A grown Alec has followed in his mother's footsteps and becomes a mariner, but a more upscale one as the captain of a luxury liner. Alec returns home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - with a grand plan to save Annie from the life that drunkard Terry has provided her. But ultimately, it's Annie and Terry that need to be Alec's savior, and by their move show him the meaning of true commitment.
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Broadway to Hollywood · 1933Broadway to Hollywood
★ 5.01933
MovieMusicDrama
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy · 1964The Big Parade of Comedy
★ 7.21964
MovieComedyDocumentary
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
All in Good Fun · 1955All in Good Fun
★ 4.01955
MovieComedy
Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.
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