Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 28.279 |
Birthday | 1899-03-27 |
Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Also Known As | Gloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Mae, Глорія Свенсон, |
1950
Sunset Boulevard
8.314/2504
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Sunset Boulevard
1928
Sadie Thompson
6.783/30
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Ha...
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Sadie Thompson
1932
Queen Kelly
6.536/42
A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
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Queen Kelly
1919
Don't Change Your Husband
6.7/14
Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries tw...
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Don't Change Your Husband
1956
Nero's Mistress
5.621/29
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When A...
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Nero's Mistress
1922
Beyond the Rocks
6.2/17
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhapp...
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Beyond the Rocks
1921
The Affairs of Anatol
5.6/9
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he let...
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The Affairs of Anatol
1919
Male and Female
6.3/20
When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
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Male and Female
1920
Why Change Your Wife?
5.9/14
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sal...
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Why Change Your Wife?
1927
The Love of Sunya
7.1/7
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
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The Love of Sunya
1929
The Trespasser
6.7/10
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives...
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The Trespasser
1931
Indiscreet
5.8/10
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
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Indiscreet
1941
Father Takes a Wife
6.1/5
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
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Father Takes a Wife
1934
Music in the Air
4.8/6
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
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Music in the Air
1960
When Comedy Was King
6.7/6
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
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When Comedy Was King
1926
Fine Manners
7.5/2
The film depicts what happens when a rich boy accidentally meets a crude girl on New Year's Eve.
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Fine Manners
1931
Tonight or Never
6.2/6
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
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Tonight or Never
1925
Stage Struck
6.4/11
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one da...
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Stage Struck
1923
Zaza
6.095/21
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away...
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Zaza
1917
The Sultan's Wife
5.2/3
On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.
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The Sultan's Wife
1918
Shifting Sands
5.8/10
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.
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Shifting Sands
1924
Manhandled
6.5/13
Comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.
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Manhandled
1974
Killer Bees
4.3/16
A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
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Killer Bees
1933
Perfect Understanding
6.1/7
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds hi...
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Perfect Understanding
1952
Three for Bedroom C
0/0
After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover their compartment has also been assigned to a handsome...
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Three for Bedroom C
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
6/2
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at wor...
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A Trip to Paramountown
1931
The House That Shadows Built
7/1
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the...
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The House That Shadows Built
1917
Teddy at the Throttle
6.2/13
Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie...
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Teddy at the Throttle
1925
Madame Sans-Gêne
0/0
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
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Madame Sans-Gêne
1946
Dear Miss Gloria
0/0
A short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria," advice columnist to the lovelorn.
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Dear Miss Gloria
1922
Her Husband’s Trademark
0/0
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are rivals for the hand of Lois Miller. Berkeley marries...
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Her Husband’s Trademark
1950
The Golden Twenties
0/0
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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The Golden Twenties
1921
The Great Moment
0/0
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin,...
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The Great Moment
1925
The Coast of Folly
0/0
Silent film drama...
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The Coast of Folly
1918
Station Content
1/1
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him.
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Station Content
1934
The Camera Speaks
4/1
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.
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The Camera Speaks
1920
Something to Think About
6.5/4
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs...
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Something to Think About
1919
For Better, for Worse
6.2/9
Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children....
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For Better, for Worse
1918
Society for Sale
0/0
Successful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in society as titled gentry. They fall in love and when it...
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Society for Sale
2012
Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim
5/1
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Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim
1930
What a Widow!
6.5/2
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a ric...
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What a Widow!
1922
My American Wife
0/0
A 1922 film.
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My American Wife
1915
His New Job
5.7/69
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a di...
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His New Job
1916
The Danger Girl
5.5/9
Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.
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The Danger Girl
1931
Round About Hollywood
6/1
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showin...
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Round About Hollywood
1917
The Pullman Bride
0/0
The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
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The Pullman Bride
1923
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
0/0
John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life...
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923
Prodigal Daughters
1/1
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her dau...
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Prodigal Daughters
1924
The Humming Bird
6/1
A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.
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The Humming Bird
1933
The Film Parade
0/0
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-mi...
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The Film Parade
1917
Whose Baby?
0/0
Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
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Whose Baby?
1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
0/0
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9/4
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines t...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
1965
The Love Goddesses
6.3/22
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry change...
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The Love Goddesses
1918
Every Woman's Husband
0/0
A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does not always know best when her father commits suici...
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Every Woman's Husband
1916
A Social Cub
0/0
A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson
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A Social Cub
1924
A Society Scandal
0/0
Hector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberately compromises her. Colbert's lawyer, Daniel Farr,...
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A Society Scandal
1915
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
0/0
In honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to dinner that evening, but forgets to tell him she has moved...
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The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
1916
The Nick of Time Baby
0/0
The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
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The Nick of Time Baby
1926
The Untamed Lady
0/0
A spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.
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The Untamed Lady
1924
Her Love Story
0/0
When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's Guards, her father quickly arranges her marriage w...
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Her Love Story
1924
Wages of Virtue
0/0
A carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they are caught again in a web of jealousy, deceit and mur...
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Wages of Virtue
1915
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
0/0
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster Baker. Gloria Swanson made her first credited appe...
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The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
1915
At the End of a Perfect Day
0/0
The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young man...
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At the End of a Perfect Day
1915
The Ambition of the Baron
0/0
A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political intrigue.
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The Ambition of the Baron
1915
Sweedie Goes to College
0/0
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for college tuition. She applies and is accepted.
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Sweedie Goes to College
1915
The Romance of an American Duchess
0/0
The Duke de Longtour, a European nobleman, with impoverished estates, comes to America and wins the hand of Stephana Martin, an American heiress, defe...
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The Romance of an American Duchess
1915
The Broken Pledge
0/0
Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three boys, unpledged to anything save fun and the joy o...
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The Broken Pledge
1916
Sunshine
0/0
A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.
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Sunshine
1922
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
0/0
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff t...
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The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1916
A Dash of Courage
0/0
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The...
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A Dash of Courage
1916
Hearts and Sparks
0/0
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and starring Gloria Swanson. When Mack Sennett fi...
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Hearts and Sparks
1916
Haystacks and Steeples
0/0
A farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
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Haystacks and Steeples
1917
Baseball Madness
0/0
Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria Swanson.
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Baseball Madness
1918
Her Decision
0/0
A secretary (Gloria Swanson) uses her boss to get money for her unfortunate sister (Ann Kroman) but eventually falls in love with him.
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Her Decision
1918
You Can't Believe Everything
0/0
Patricia Reynolds, the belle of the summer resort she is visiting with her friend, Amy Powellson, attracts the attention of Arthur Kirby, whom Amy lov...
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You Can't Believe Everything
1918
The Secret Code
0/0
Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is...
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The Secret Code
1918
Wife or Country
0/0
Sylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out, she is persuaded to help the German cause and later c...
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Wife or Country
1921
Under the Lash
0/0
The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen visits their home.
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Under the Lash
1921
Don't Tell Everything
0/0
Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.
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Don't Tell Everything
1922
Her Gilded Cage
0/0
A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
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Her Gilded Cage
1973
The Age of Ballyhoo
0/0
A television documentary about the Twenties told through the use of Hollywood movies, audio recordings and newsreels of the period. Narrated by Gloria...
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The Age of Ballyhoo
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
4.5/2
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires...
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
1949
Down Memory Lane
0/0
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo a...
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Down Memory Lane
1974
Airport 1975
5.671/248
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls....
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Airport 1975
1915
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
0/0
Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three hear...
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The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
1917
Dangers of a Bride
0/0
Dangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby Vernon starring Gloria Swanson.
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Dangers of a Bride
1914
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
0/0
Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was t...
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The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
0/0
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1995
The Casting Couch
10/1
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes...
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The Casting Couch
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
0/0
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6/1
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.7/49
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
1923
Hollywood
7/1
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...
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Hollywood
1980
Men Who Rate a 10
0/0
Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men whose sex appeal transcends age and the ages.
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