The Affairs of Anatol 1921  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Theodore Roberts, Theodore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond Hatton, William Boyd
Loose lifestyles following World War I are the subject of this film about a bored husband Anatol DeWitt Spencer (Wallace Reid) who has numerous affairs while his wife, Vivian (Gloria Swanson), finds a lover of her own.
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Airport 1975 1974  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Karen Black, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair
This sequel to "Airport" falls short of the original as a small plane crashes into the flight deck of a 747. Heston is on the way to save the day as a flight attendant pilots the plane.
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Don't Change Your Husband 1919 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton, Theodore Roberts, Julia Faye, Irving Cummings, James Neill, Ted Shawn
Leila (Gloria Swanson) is frustrated with husband James' (Elliott Dexter) sloppy habits and workaholic attitude. So, she divorces him and marries playboy Schuyler (Lew Cody) who turns out to be a two-timer. Now, she tries to woo her ex-husband back.
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Down Memory Lane 1949  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Steve Allen, Donald Novis, Gloria Swanson, Ben Turpin, Franklin Pangborn, Irving Bacon, James Finlayson, Mack Sennett
Steve Allen introduces classic Mack Sennett comedies and presents film clips from the sound through silent eras.
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Indiscreet 1931  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Barbara Kent, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Lake, Maude Eburne, Henry Kolker, Nella Walker, Harry Watson
Wealthy Jerry Trent (Gloria Swanson) tries to keep her past from current beau Tony (Ben Lyon). Enter sister with a former boyfriend of Jerry's, and the "fun" begins. Gloria got big bucks for this one, but even she couldn't bail it out from the weak script and songs.
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The Love of Sunya 1927 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Parker
Cast: Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Anders Randolf, Andres de Segurola, Hugh Miller, Ian Keith, Pauline Garon, Florabelle Fairbanks, Raymond Hackett, Ivan Lebedeff
Lavish sets and costumes highlight this tale of a reincarnated woman, Sunya (Gloria Swanson), who originally lived in ancient Egypt. A priest (Hugh Miller), who had caused her ancient death, helps her make decisions on which lover to choose by using his powers to foresee the future.
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Male and Female 1919 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Reardon, Bebe Daniels, Robert Cain, Julia Faye, Rhy Darby
Members of a shipwreck survive because they forget class distinctions and work as a unit; however, when they finally return to England all the old biases return. Watch for the scene in which a lion's paw rests on a woman's shoulder–one of the most memorable of Cecil B. DeMille's scenes.
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Perfect Understanding 1933 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cyril Gardner
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Sir Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Peter Gawthorne, Genevieve Tobin
Gloria Swanson produced this tale of a triangle involving Nicholas (Laurence Olivier), his new bride, and a former lover. It is not one of Olivier's better-known efforts, and far from his best.
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Queen Kelly 1929 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sidney Bracey, Wilhelm von Brincken, Sylvia Ashton, Tully Marshall, Gordon Westcott, Wilson Benge, Florence Gibson
Originally completed in 1929 this film, financed by Gloria Swanson, was not released in the U.S. until it was restored in 1985. A convent inhabitant, Patricia (Swanson), is kidnapped and seduced by the betrothed prince Wolfram (Walter Byron) of mad Queen Regina (Seena Owen), the ruler of a small country in Europe. Wolfram is imprisoned while Patricia eventually inherits a string of brothels from her aunt in East Africa. Patricia marries a lecherous old man, and tragedy eventually follows. A treatise on the degradation of the human race and the last silent film by Erich von Stroheim.
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Sadie Thompson 1928 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh, Blanche Friderici, Charles(1) Lane, James A. Marcus, Florence Midgley, Sophia Artega, Will Stanton, Charles Sullivan
Gloria Swanson plays the prostitute Sadie Thompson who arrives on Pago Pago in the South Pacific and finds true love with Marine Sgt. Tim O'Hara (Raoul Walsh). Now, Sadie runs head-on into hypocritical preacher Alfred Hamilton (Lionel Barrymore) who is not pleased with her relationship with Tim and tells her that he will expose Sadie's prostitution background to the authorities if she will not leave the island. But, one night Hamilton seduces Sadie, and then his guilt causes him to commit suicide. This allows Sadie to reunite with Tim, and they prepare to begin a new life together. Swanson received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Sunset Blvd. 1950  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Sunset Boulevard
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Webb, Fred Clark, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Lloyd Gough, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton, Anna Q. Nisson, H.B. Warner
Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) is an aging ex-Hollywood star who longs for a comeback. Aspiring screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) recognizes her weaknesses and moves into her home by flattering her with stories of her future regained stardom. In addition to three Oscars (Best Writing, Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Musical Score), the film received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Holden), Actress (Swanson), Supporting Actress and Actor (Nancy Olson and Erich von Stroheim), and Director.
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Three for Bedroom C 1952 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Milton Bren
Cast: Gloria Swanson, James Warren, Fred Clark, Hans Conried, Steve Brodie, Margaret Dumont, Ernest Anderson, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Janine Perreau
Due to a mix-up in reservations, three passengers on the Super Chief train find they are assigned to the same compartment.
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Tonight or Never 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig, Alison Skipworth, Warburton Gamble, Greta Meyer, Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Mayne
Young opera singer Nella Vago (Gloria Swanson) lacks passion in her performances. But, a holiday in Venice improves her ability to exhibit passion after she meets and falls for handsome Jim Fletcher (Melvin Douglas), and her career zooms upward.
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The Trespasser 1929 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, William(2) Holden, Kay Hammond, Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Friderici, Mary Forbes, Brooks Benedict, Henry Armetta
This is Gloria Swanson's first talkie film. She plays a young wife whose husband (Robert Ames) annuls their marriage when he succumbs to family pressure over his marital choice.
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Why Change Your Wife? 1920 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff, Sylvia Ashton, Clarence Geldart, Mayme Kelso, Lucien Littlefield, Edna Mae Cooper, Jane Wolfe, William Boyd
Robert (Thomas Meighan) divorces his wife, Beth (Gloria Swanson), for another woman (Bebe Daniels) only to fall in love with Beth again at a summer resort.
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| 1. The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
2. Airport 1975 (1974)
3. Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
4. Down Memory Lane (1949)
5. Indiscreet (1931)
6. The Love of Sunya (1927)
7. Male and Female (1919)
8. Perfect Understanding (1933)
9. Queen Kelly (1929)
10. Sadie Thompson (1928)
11. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
aka: Sunset Boulevard
12. Three for Bedroom C (1952)
13. Tonight or Never (1931)
14. The Trespasser (1929)
15. Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
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