Known for Acting
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years. Then, a trip to the Italian Riviera unexpectedly reunites Mary with her former beau, Tommie. After some vicious gossip makes Rexford distrust her, he begins work on a divorce. Mary must now choose between the man she has married and the man she once loved.
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker in the barber shop to keep an eye on her.
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and Ladislao Vajda
Karl's so lethargic and sleepy, he dozes off at his club, and nobody notices him for days. To give him some pep, George takes him and their wives camping in the Catskills, but Karl still finds places to snooze away while all have a bad time.
Once again finding themselves out of work, Karl and George get a job assembling pre-fab houses -- with disastrous results.
