5 Movies Starring Janet Gaynor

7th Heaven

7th Heaven

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1879 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Borzage

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Austin Strong (play)

Benjamin Glazer (screenplay)

H.H. Caldwell (titles)

Katherine Hilliker (titles)

Fullplot:

In Paris, in the early years of the twentieth century, lives Chico, a sewer worker with lofty aspirations. One night, Chico saves a young prostitute named Diane from the murderous rage of her tyrannical sister. Despite her lifestyle, Diane is honest and innocent, and when the police arrive to arrest her, Chico spontaneously claims that she is his wife. Forced to maintain this facade or else both face prison sentences, Chico reluctantly allows Diane to live with him -- and in the process, love gradually blossoms between them. However, the dark spectre of World War I has begun to descend upon France, and Chico and Diane cannot help but fall under its shadow.

Sunrise

Sunrise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1927-11-04

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (24480 Reviews)

Director:

F.W. Murnau

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Carl Mayer (scenario)

Hermann Sudermann (from an original theme by)

Katherine Hilliker (titles)

H.H. Caldwell (titles)

Fullplot:

In this fable-morality subtitled "A Song of Two Humans", the "evil" temptress is a city woman who bewitches farmer Anses and tries to convince him to murder his neglected wife, Indre.

Street Angel

Street Angel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1928-04-09

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1365 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Borzage

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

H.H. Caldwell (titles)

Katherine Hilliker (titles)

Monckton Hoffe (play)

Philip Klein (adaptation)

Marion Orth

Henry Roberts Symonds (adaptation)

Fullplot:

In Naples, where prostitutes can pay their rent, Angela is sentenced to a year in the workhouse when she tries to steal(while streetwalking) to pay for medicine for her dying mother. She escapes and is hidden by a circus, where she's a natural talent and meets Gino, a painter. When she breaks her ankle in a fall, her career ends. What can she and Gino do? He wants to go to Naples, but the law may still be looking for her, and Gino doesn't know about her past. Starving artist and a beauty with a secret: is there room in this world for them?

State Fair

State Fair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1933-02-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

(477 Reviews)

Director:

Henry King

Cast:

Writer:

Philip Stong (novel)

Sonya Levien (screenplay)

Paul Green (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Frake family attend the Iowa State Fair. Father Abel enters his Hampshire boar, Blue Boy, in the hog contents. Mother Melissa enters the mincemeat competition. And their children, Margy and Wayne, find love with newspaper reporter Pat Gilbert and trapeze artist Emily Joyce. But will everyone return home safe and happy or will hearts be broken?

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1937-04-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (5005 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dorothy Parker (screen play)

Alan Campbell (screen play)

Robert Carson (screen play)

William A. Wellman (from a story by)

Robert Carson (from a story by)

Fullplot:

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a test, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamor machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol Norman marry; but his career abruptly dwindles to nothing

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