Fredric March
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1897-08-31
Locus Natus: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Et ut: Фредрик Марч, Frederick March, Фредрік Марч
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has...
release : 1946.12.25popularis : 11.294
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become...
release : 1931.12.24popularis : 12.09
Inherit the Wind
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the...
release : 1960.07.07popularis : 23.684
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master...
release : 1932.08.25popularis : 1.738
Seven Days in May
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
release : 1964.02.01popularis : 9.351
A Star Is Born
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 her...
release : 1937.04.27popularis : 10.264
I Married a Witch
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find...
release : 1942.10.30popularis : 7.839
Hombre
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when...
release : 1967.03.21popularis : 21.992
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which...
release : 1956.04.12popularis : 4.225
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
release : 1954.12.01popularis : 5.063
The Education of Elizabeth
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are...
release : 1921.01.16popularis : 1.543
The Iceman Cometh
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and...
release : 1973.11.10popularis : 4.255
Alexander the Great
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the...
release : 1956.03.28popularis : 15.958
Executive Suite
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
release : 1954.04.30popularis : 4.971
An Act of Murder
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
release : 1948.12.05popularis : 3.385
Death Takes a Holiday
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon...
release : 1934.03.30popularis : 4.581
Nothing Sacred
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
release : 1937.11.25popularis : 17.958
Anthony Adverse
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent...
release : 1936.08.26popularis : 11.235
Susan and God
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
release : 1940.06.07popularis : 4.589
Mary of Scotland
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
release : 1936.07.28popularis : 5.038
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister,...
release : 1934.09.21popularis : 6.807
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...
release : 1935.04.20popularis : 5.889
The Desperate Hours
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
release : 1955.10.05popularis : 12.835
The Wild Party
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets...
release : 1929.04.06popularis : 4.3
Bedtime Story
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few...
release : 1941.12.25popularis : 2.302
The Sign of the Cross
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old...
release : 1932.11.30popularis : 6.662
There Goes My Heart
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
release : 1938.10.14popularis : 2.006
Merrily We Go to Hell
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him...
release : 1932.06.10popularis : 6.496
The Eagle and the Hawk
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the...
release : 1933.05.06popularis : 6.141
Anna Karenina
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
release : 1935.08.30popularis : 4.706
It's a Big Country
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best...
release : 1951.11.20popularis : 2.601
Smilin' Through
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally...
release : 1932.09.24popularis : 8.883
One Foot in Heaven
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
release : 1941.11.01popularis : 6.208
Tick... Tick... Tick...
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
release : 1970.01.09popularis : 1.98
Design for Living
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
release : 1933.12.29popularis : 5.409
The Great Adventure
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
release : 1921.01.06popularis : 1.756
Tomorrow, the World!
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
release : 1944.12.29popularis : 2.752
The Adventures of Mark Twain
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
release : 1944.07.20popularis : 5.156
The Dark Angel
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has...
release : 1935.09.08popularis : 4.047
The Royal Family of Broadway
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a...
release : 1930.12.22popularis : 5.357
Sarah and Son
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the...
release : 1930.03.14popularis : 1.967
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past...
release : 1951.12.20popularis : 8.877
The Road to Glory
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and...
release : 1936.09.04popularis : 3.738
Man on a Tightrope
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of...
release : 1953.05.21popularis : 5.811
Middle of the Night
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a...
release : 1959.05.20popularis : 4.363
The Affairs of Cellini
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
release : 1934.08.24popularis : 2.961
Albert Schweitzer
This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go...
release : 1957.11.22popularis : 8.33
The Buccaneer
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
release : 1938.02.04popularis : 10.207
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is...
release : 1949.10.12popularis : 5.195
Another Part of the Forest
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
release : 1948.05.18popularis : 6.045
Honor Among Lovers
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
release : 1931.02.28popularis : 2.836
The Studio Murder Mystery
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated,...
release : 1929.06.01popularis : 1.725
The Marriage Playground
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their...
release : 1929.12.12popularis : 7.645
Make Me a Star
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
release : 1932.07.01popularis : 3.297
Strangers in Love
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
release : 1932.03.05popularis : 5.263
Manslaughter
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even...
release : 1930.07.22popularis : 3.821
True to the Navy
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets...
release : 1930.05.25popularis : 3.547
Tonight Is Ours
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
release : 1933.01.21popularis : 3.541
Laughter
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions...
release : 1930.09.24popularis : 7.237
The Condemned of Altona
A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the...
release : 1962.10.30popularis : 5.048
The Young Doctors
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
release : 1961.08.23popularis : 2.306
Trade Winds
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her...
release : 1938.12.28popularis : 1.925
Good Dame
A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can...
release : 1934.03.16popularis : 5.364
Ladies Love Brutes
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an...
release : 1930.05.14popularis : 3.196
We Live Again
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that...
release : 1934.11.01popularis : 3.195
So Ends Our Night
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
release : 1941.02.27popularis : 2.859
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more....
release : 2014.08.01popularis : 7.242
All of Me
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
release : 1934.02.01popularis : 2.791
Welcome Home
America prepares to welcome and employ the 12 million service men and women who are coming home from war.
release : 1945.01.01popularis : 1.193
Paris Bound
Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of...
release : 1929.08.03popularis : 1.53
My Sin
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY...
release : 1931.09.26popularis : 8.753
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...
release : 1984.01.01popularis : 4.086
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...
release : 1961.12.31popularis : 2.425
The Devil
Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges...
release : 1921.01.17popularis : 4.939
Paying the Piper
Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps...
release : 1921.01.16popularis : 2.37
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
release : 1933.12.01popularis : 3.92
The Night Angel
In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home...
release : 1931.07.18popularis : 2.11
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...
release : 1954.12.01popularis : 4.659
The 400 Million
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the...
release : 1939.03.07popularis : 2.988
Victory
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
release : 1940.12.21popularis : 1.265
Island of Allah
An old Bedouin tells the story of the twenty-three year old Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Saud’s daring raid on Riyadh to geologists exploring the...
release : 1956.06.26popularis : 1.411
Paramount on Parade
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
release : 1930.04.22popularis : 5.356
Breakdowns of 1936
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
release : 1936.12.30popularis : 3.214
Footlights and Fools
Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
release : 1929.11.08popularis : 0.95
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest...
release : 1938.06.01popularis : 4.973
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...
release : 1940.07.31popularis : 3.496
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
release : 1975.08.06popularis : 4.134
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
release : 1940.05.29popularis : 1.65
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.
release : 1936.04.15popularis : 1.131
Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...
release : 2003.05.06popularis : 4.603
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and...
release : 1986.03.09popularis : 2.818
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed...
release : 1990.06.04popularis : 1.284
Valley of the Tennessee
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
release : 1944.03.14popularis : 1.84
A Christmas Carol
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's...
release : 1959.12.27popularis : 1.245
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
release : 1947.06.07popularis : 4.322
The Winslow Boy
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
release : 1958.11.13popularis : 2.09
The Twentieth Century
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his...
release : 1949.11.17popularis : 2.364
Jealousy
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier...
release : 1929.09.13popularis : 3.419
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with...
release : 2007.05.16popularis : 1.271
The Dummy
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the...
release : 1929.03.09popularis : 2.012