Change of Heart 1934  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Mischa Auer, Jane Darwell, Bess Flowers, Dick Foran, Leonid Kinskey
Following college, four graduates head for New York in search of fame and fortune.
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The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Roger Imhof, Jane Withers, Margaret Hamilton, Sig Ruman, John Qualen, Kitty Kelly, Robert Gleckler, Philip Cooper, Dick Foran, George "Gabby" Hayes
In Henry Fonda's film debut, he recreated his stage role of Erie Canal worker Dan Harrow's devoted labor on the Canal in order to save enough money to buy a farm, and, in the process, he falls in love with Molly (Janet Gaynor).
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Seventh Heaven 1927  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: 7th Heaven
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Ben Bard, Charles Farrell, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Albert Gran, Brandon Hurst, George E. Stone, Emile Chautard, Lillian West, Gladys Brockwell, Jessie Haslett, Dolly Borzage, Mary Borzage, Sue Borzage
This story is about Diane (Janet Gaynor), a Parisian waif who, after being exploited by her sister Nana (Gladys Brockwell), finds a life with Chico (Charles Farrell), a sewer worker. When World War I begins, Chico has fallen in love with Diane, but he is sent to the front. Diane gets a report that Chico has been killed, but the report is wrong, and Chico, now blind, finds his way back to Diane. This film won Best Actress (Gaynor), Director, and Screenplay Academy Award honors. This was the first year for the Oscars and covered a two-year period (1927-28).
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Small Town Girl 1936  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker, Robert Greig, Willie Fung, Chester Gan
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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A Star Is Born 1937  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Andy Devine, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, J.C. Nugent, Clara Blandick, Franklin Pangborn, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Wade Boteler, Edgar Kennedy, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This is an excellent production of the story of Norman Maine's (Fredric March) depression as his acting career fades just when his wife Esther Blodgett's (Janet Gaynor) professional star soars. While winning two Oscars, it was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor (Fredric March), Actress (Janet Gaynor), and Director (William A. Wellman).
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State Fair 1933 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers, Norman Foster, Louise Dresser, Victor Jory, Frank Craven, Frank Melton, John Sheehan, Harry Holman, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ruth Warren, Doro Merande
The Frake family heads to the Iowa State Fair in this delightful story about life in mid-America. While their mother Melissa (Louise Dresser) competes in a mincemeat contest, their father Abel (Will Rogers) enters his favorite boar Blue Boy in a hog contest. Meanwhile, the young adult children, Margy (Janet Gaynor) and Wayne (Norman Foster) have their own adventures with trapeze artist Emily Joyce (Sally Eilers) and reporter Pat Gilbert (Lew Ayres) as they spend their week at the fair. Remade in 1945 and 1962. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Street Angel 1928 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guido Trento, Natalie Kingston, Henry Armetta, Louis Liggett, Alberto Rabagliati, Cino Conti, Milton Dickinson, Helena Herman, Dave Kashner, Jennie Bruno
Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress (1927-28) for three films: "Sunrise," "Seventh Heaven," and this one in which Gaynor portrayed a circus performer who became the muse for a struggling artist.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sunrise
Director: F.W. Murnau
Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sally Eilers, Gino Corrado, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton, Arthur Housman, Eddie Boland, Barry Norton, Sally Phipps
Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress (1927-28) for three films: this one, "Seventh Heaven," and "Street Angel." Time has not diminished this powerful story of deceit, attempted murder, and reconciliation.
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The Young in Heart 1938 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Richard Carlson, Minnie Dupree, Lya Lys, Henry Stephenson, Eily Malyon, Walter Kingsford, Eily Malyon, Tom Ricketts, Irvin S. Cobb, Lucile Watson
The Carletons (Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Roland Young, and Billie Burke) are con artists, and when their scam fails, they are told to leave Monte Carlo. While waiting at the train station, they meet an elderly woman, Miss Fortune (Minnie Dupree) who, after a series of incidents, convinces the Carleton family to mend their ways.
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Seventh Heaven (1928) |
1. Change of Heart (1934)
2. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
3. The Johnstown Flood (1926)
4. Seventh Heaven (1927)
aka: 7th Heaven
5. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
6. A Star Is Born (1937)
7. State Fair (1933)
8. Street Angel (1928)
9. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
aka: Sunrise
10. The Young in Heart (1938)
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