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1. Show People (1928)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson, Paul Ralli
Votes: 4,007 | Gross: $1.10M
2. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Passed | 130 min | Comedy, Music
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Christy Cabanne, Norman Houston | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer
Votes: 2,257
3. Tell It to the Marines (1926)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon
Votes: 1,621 | Gross: $0.74M
4. Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three women performing in a Broadway show face temptation, love, money, betrayal and tragedy as the cost of fame.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joan Crawford, Sally O'Neil, William Haines
Votes: 291
5. Free and Easy (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 1,025
6. The Stolen Jools (1931)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Directors: William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman, Russell Mack | Stars: Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wallace Beery
Votes: 1,194
7. Souls for Sale (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Director: Rupert Hughes | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr, Richard Dix
Votes: 1,106
8. Brown of Harvard (1926)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 1,530
9. Craig's Wife (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell
Votes: 1,013
10. Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Comedy
The tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Mary Pickford, William Haines, Walter James, Gordon Griffith
Votes: 1,065 | Gross: $1.10M
11. Way Out West (1930)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught, and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 738
12. West Point (II) (1927)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Wealthy Brice Wayne enters West Point, excelling at football but angering fellow cadets with arrogance until he resigns, but returns to lead the team and reunite with Betty Channing.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, William Bakewell, Neil Neely
Votes: 1,976
13. The Tower of Lies (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lon Chaney, Ian Keith, Claire McDowell
Votes: 114 | Gross: $0.22M
14. The Marines Are Coming (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When Lt. "Wild Bill" Traynor, bad boy of the Marine Corps, arrives at a San Diego Marine Base, he is surprised to discover he has been assigned to duty under his old rival, Captain Benton (... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: William Haines, Esther Ralston, Conrad Nagel, Armida
Votes: 244
15. Spring Fever (1927)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy
To impress a wealthy young woman, a clerk pretends he is a pro-golfer.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, George K. Arthur, George Fawcett
Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $0.41M
16. Just a Gigolo (1931)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Haines plays the role of a festive British nobleman whose relatives have arranged a marriage for him. He goes to a European summer resort and poses as a gigolo to meet the girl they have ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith, Charlotte Granville
Votes: 908
17. Estrellados (1930)
96 min | Comedy
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet.
Directors: Salvador de Alberich, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo
Votes: 64
18. A Man's Man (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
Peggy goes Hollywood in an attempt to break into movies and marries a gullible soda jerk, who buys worthless stock from an assistant director who claims he can make the wife,who he has his own designs on,into a star.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: William Haines, Josephine Dunn, Sam Hardy, Mae Busch
Votes: 62
19. Wine of Youth (1924)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
Unlike earlier generations of Marys who used every trickery to secure husbands, Mary the Third questions the validity of marriage in her search for adventure. Unable to decide between quiet... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, James Morrison, Johnnie Walker, Niles Welch
Votes: 414
20. A Slave of Fashion (1925)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lew Cody, William Haines, Mary Carr
Votes: 181 | Gross: $0.18M
21. Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Drama
Jimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams, Karl Dane
Votes: 42
22. New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years. Jimmy's latest... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Jimmy Durante, Ernest Torrence, Leila Hyams
Votes: 456
23. Speedway (1929)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Bill Whipple is Jim MacDonald's happy-go-lucky mechanic, who thinks that he is the world's greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence, Karl Dane
Votes: 704
24. The Midnight Express (1924)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Oakes, the playboy son of a railroad president, is disowned by his father, and takes a job in the railroads yards under an assumed name. Mary Traves still believes he has the right ... See full summary »
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, William Haines, George Nichols, Lloyd Whitlock
Votes: 58
25. Young and Beautiful (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A press agent convinces his boss to sign his girlfriend, June Dale to a studio contract. His relentless publicity stunts to brighten her star drive her into the arms of a wealthy admirer.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: William Haines, Judith Allen, Joseph Cawthorn, Ted Fio Rito Orchestra
Votes: 328
26. Circe the Enchantress (1924)
Passed | 74 min | Drama
Cecilie Brunner was once a good and lovely woman. After the death of her mother, she becomes a cynical vamp. She falls in love with surgeon Peter Van Martyn.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Mae Murray, James Kirkwood, Tom Ricketts, Charles K. Gerrard
Votes: 41
27. Married Flirts (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Nellie Wayne loses her husband Pendleton to Jill Wetherell by neglecting him and her appearance to pursue her literary ambitions. She goes to Europe, where she becomes fashionable and a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch, Huntley Gordon
28. Are You Listening? (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A radio writer/producer accidentally kills his wife, then attempts to escape the on-air hunt for him.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: William Haines, Madge Evans, Anita Page, Karen Morley
Votes: 523
29. Three Weeks (1924)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Aileen Pringle, Conrad Nagel, John St. Polis, H. Reeves-Smith
Votes: 15 | Gross: $0.41M
30. The Smart Set (1928)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
An American polo player, arrogant and full of himself, must vindicate his actions to win the heart of a girl, Polly, after getting himself booted off the U.S. polo team.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Holt, Alice Day, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 1,072
31. Fast Life (1932)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Two sailors are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all that ... See full summary »
Directors: Harry A. Pollard, Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Madge Evans, Conrad Nagel, Arthur Byron
Votes: 556
32. Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
An exploration of actress Marion Davies, including her relationship with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and her life both before and after her movie career.
Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeanine Basinger, Cari Beauchamp, Robert Board
Votes: 211
33. Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
80 min | Comedy, Sport
Jim Kelly, an arrogant smart aleck and pitcher loses his girlfriend Sally and his teammates, but wises up in time to save the day.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Sally O'Neil, Harry Carey, Frank Coghlan Jr.
Votes: 510
34. 1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.
Stars: Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Christine Johnston
Votes: 429
35. Remote Control (1930)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A radio announcer suspects a cohort of sending coded messages over the air to his bank-robber friends.
Directors: Nick Grinde, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Charles King, Mary Doran, John Miljan
Votes: 652
36. The Denial (1925)
50 min | Drama
Beautiful Mildred Hucks is in love with young Lyman Webb, but her mother is determined to marry her off to an elderly millionaire. When the Spanish-American War breaks out in 1898, Lyman ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, William Haines, Lucille Ricksen
37. A Tailor Made Man (1931)
81 min | Comedy
The adventures of a trouser presser whose cheerful self-reliance enables him to mix with society people and assume the management of a big store.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Dorothy Jordan, Joseph Cawthorn, Marjorie Rambeau
Votes: 57
38. So This Is Marriage? (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
After 5 years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Clyde Cook
39. A Little Journey (1927)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Romance
A girl travelling by train to meet her boyfriend meets another young man and falls in love with him.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Claire Windsor, William Haines, Harry Carey, Claire McDowell
Votes: 9
40. The Girl Said No (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Marie Dressler
Votes: 868
41. The Duke Steps Out (1929)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz
Votes: 219
42. Mike (1926)
70 min | Drama
Mike, the daughter of a railroad section boss, lives with her father and three other children in a remodeled boxcar attached to a railroad work train. Harlan, a section hand, saves the life... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Sally O'Neil, William Haines, Charles Murray, Ned Sparks
Gross: $0.25M
43. Navy Blues (1929)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him. Their daughter takes offense at ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Karl Dane, J.C. Nugent
Votes: 568
44. Excess Baggage (1928)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy
Director: James Cruze | Stars: William Haines, Josephine Dunn, Neely Edwards, Kathleen Clifford
Votes: 25
45. Brothers Under the Skin (1922)
60 min | Comedy
Newton Craddock is a shipping clerk in the same company where Thomas Kirkland is Vice President. Another thing they have in common is that they both have jealous wives who like spending all... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Helene Chadwick, Mae Busch, Norman Kerry
46. Lovey Mary (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lovey Mary, an orphan girl, reluctantly takes charge of her sister's child when her sister Kate is jailed.
Director: King Baggot | Stars: Bessie Love, William Haines, Mary Alden, Vivia Ogden
47. Telling the World (1928)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Davis follows Chrystal to China. When Chrystal arrives in China, Davis has to save her from an execution.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Eileen Percy, Frank Currier
48. Young and Beautiful (1943)
18 min | Short, Musical
Mother and daughter enter beauty contest and raise funds for a Gracie Fields benefit.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Jinx Falkenburg, Gracie Fields
49. Three Wise Fools (1923)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Three elderly bachelors adopt a girl who's the daughter of the woman they were in love with in their youth.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Claude Gillingwater, Eleanor Boardman, William H. Crane, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 37 | Gross: $0.24M
50. Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923)
70 min | Drama
Faulke, a swindling white trader who persuaded Madge to leave Captain Blackbird, insists that her daughter Lorna marry native leader Waki, although she loves Lloyd Warren. While searching ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: House Peters, Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, Mary Jane Irving
Votes: 17