Anna Christie 1930  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion, Marie Dressler, Lee Phelps, James T. Mack
This is a good version of Eugene O'Neill's play about former prostitute Anna Christie (Greta Garbo) who, after a life of trial and tribulation, finds happiness with a sailor, Matt Burke (Charles Bickford). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Actress (Garbo), and Cinematography.
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The Big Parade of Comedy 1969  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Stan Laurel, Lucille Ball, Marie Dressler, Carole Lombard, Lionel Barrymore, Marion Davies, Spencer Tracy, Oliver Hardy
Scenes from comedies are presented in this video made up from great moments in both silent and sound film.
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 Dinner at Eight 1933 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Jean Hersholt, Madge Evans, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, Grant Mitchell
Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke) arranges a dinner party that she believes will help her husband Oliver's (Lionel Barrymore) career. Among the guests are business executive Dan Packard (Wallace Beery) and his wife Kitty (Jean Harlow) who just happens to be having an affair with another guest, Dr. Wayne Talbot (Edmund Lowe). Also at the dinner party are matinee idol Larry Renault (John Barrymore), who is involved with the Jordans' daughter Paula (Madge Evans), and aging stage actress Carlotta (Marie Dressler). The personal lives of the guests at this dinner party are scrutinized, and the result is a highly entertaining, sophisticated comedy.
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The Divine Lady 1929  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, Dorothy Cumming, William Conklin, Montagu Love, Helen Jerome Eddy, Julia Swayne Gordon, Michael Vavitch, Evelyn Hall
Amidst exciting sea battles, this film tells the story of the scandalous affair between Lady Hamilton (Corinne Griffith) and Lord Horatio Nelson (Victor Varconi), which leads to her influence providing supplies for Nelson's fleet and, ultimately, the British victory. Frank Lloyd won an Academy Award for Best Director.
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Emma 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Leila Bennett, George Meeker, Purnell Pratt, Barbara Kent, Kathryn Crawford, Dale Fuller, Wilfred Noy, Andre Cheron, Wade Boteler, Lee Phelps
An elderly nanny, Emma (Marie Dressler), raised the Smith children. Following the death of their mother, she marries their father Frederick Smith (Jean Hersholt). Frederick dies, and Emma is the sole inheritor of his fortune. The children then accuse Emma of murdering their father. Emma is put on trial and is acquitted. She leaves the Smith family and goes to work for another family. Dressler was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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The Hollywood Review of 1929 1929  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Riesner
Cast: Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Bessie Love, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Jack Benny, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Buster Keaton
This was the premier for a series of films starring Hollywood production company stars. Silent-screen M.G.M. stars appear in speaking roles, and musical numbers contribute to the film.
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Min and Bill 1930 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Frank McGlynn Sr., Don Dillaway, Russell Hopton, DeWitt Jennings, Jack Pennick, Gretta Gould
Marie Dressler won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her role as Min, the salty owner of a seaside inn who goes to extremes protecting those she loves.
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Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Tillie's Big Romance
For the Love of Tillie
Director: Mack Sennett
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Slim Summerville, A. Edward Sutherland, Charley Chase, Glen Cavender
In this film, which marks the first feature-length comedy, Charles Chaplin plays the role of a con man who talks the farmer's innocent daughter (Marie Dressler) into eloping with him and then runs off with the money. But, never fear, good triumphs over evil by story's end.
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Tugboat Annie 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Willard Robertson, Frankie Darro, Tammany Young, Jack Pennick, Paul Hurst, Oscar Apfel
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery provide enjoyable fare as Tugboat Annie and her boozing husband in this lighthearted comedy.
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The Vagabond Lover 1929 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite
College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Min and Bill (1931) |
1. Anna Christie (1930)
2. The Big Parade of Comedy (1969)
3. Dinner at Eight (1933)
4. The Divine Lady (1929)
5. Emma (1932)
6. The Hollywood Review of 1929 (1929)
7. Min and Bill (1930)
8. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
aka: Tillie's Big Romance
aka: For the Love of Tillie
9. Tugboat Annie (1933)
10. The Vagabond Lover (1929)
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