Franchot Tone Movies

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater,...

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such...

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her...

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize...

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters...

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of...

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of...

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a...

Don Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his...

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which...

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work....

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

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