Ferdinand Gottschalk

A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the...

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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...

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he...

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design...

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's...

Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance...

The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.

Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.

A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted...

A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want...

The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is...

Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June...

A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the...

A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.

Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently...

Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry charms her way into the heart of gouty King Louis...

The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with...

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.

A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the...

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck...

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a...

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals...

An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.

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...

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony...

Alternate-language French version of Folies Bergère de Paris (1935).

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they...

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house,...

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his...

Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.

One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.

The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and...

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks...

Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real...

Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an...

In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have...

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love,...

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by...

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her...

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police...

With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy...

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in...

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

A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster...