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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: 4,003 | 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: 2,254

3. 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: 1,024

4. 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

5. 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: 1,531

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: 1,190

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: 1,105

8. 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: 1,064 | Gross: $1.10M

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: 1,009

10. 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: 289

11. 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

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 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: 1,071

15. The Wife of the Centaur (1924)

81 min | Drama

Gifted but neurotic novelist Jeffrey Dwyer is attracted to young, innocent Joan Converse, but neglects her when he meets sultry Inez Martin. After a short, passionate affair, Inez discards ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert, Aileen Pringle, Kate Lester

Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.20M

16. 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: 1,074 | Gross: $0.41M

17. 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: 412

18. 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

19. 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: 867

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Memory Lane (1926)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance

On the day of her wedding to Jimmie, Mary finds she has not lost her affection for another sweetheart, Joe. A confrontation arises when Jimmie discovers that Joe has come along on their honeymoon.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel, William Haines, John Steppling

Votes: 25

27. 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: 243

28. 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

29. 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: 736

30. 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

31. 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: 57

32. 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: 509

33. 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

34. 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

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: 651

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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: 41

40. 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

41. Excess Baggage (1928)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy

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Director: James Cruze | Stars: William Haines, Josephine Dunn, Neely Edwards, Kathleen Clifford

Votes: 25

42. 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

43. 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: 521

44. 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

45. 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: 703

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

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: 36 | Gross: $0.24M

50. 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