Marie Dressler Movies

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach...

The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth...

A compilation of thirteen rare silent films digitized by the Library of Congress, selected for the 2022 Domitor conference theme “Copy/Rights...

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of...

Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of sound and color changed movies.

It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.

Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers...

Tillie and her neighbor Mr. Pipkins are both distraught over their respective marriages. One day, they sneak off to have a lively time at Coney...

Here you will see Marie Dressler, Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Walter Huston and a host of other Canadians who achieved world renown on the silver...

While plotting together to win back their lovers, the rich Madeleine and the penniless Pierre fall for each other.

Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.

A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.

Tillie Todd gifts her wealthy Aunt Sally a dime-store tomato pincushion, falsely claiming it’s handmade. Cousin Percy exposes the lie, vying...

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.

Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.

Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.