W.C. Fields Movies

Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with...

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths. Some of t...

The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and tele...

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent),The Pharmacist, The Fatal G...

Bobby Jones is playing golf with his buddies, oblivious to the fact that they are being watched by a drunken juggler.

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...

Pa Potter invests four thousand dollars in worthless oil stock. Or is it worthless?

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one ti...

A beautiful but naive model who came from the slums falls for the leader of a dance band. When the bandleader's estranged wife is murdered, he is arre...

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...

A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.