
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. Read More »
Tag Archives: Norma Shearer
A Lady of Chance (1928) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee

Dolly, alias “Angel Face,” meets a naive young man at a hotel who appears to be rich. Read More »
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) Bayard Veiller, Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, H.B. Warner

Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life. Read More »
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, George Barraud

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. Read More »
We Were Dancing (1942) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick

Princess Victoria ‘Vicki’ Wilomirska and Baron Nicholas Eugen August Wolfgang ‘Nikki’ Prax Read More »
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt

Young Prince Karl Heinrich has spent his entire life behind the palace gates protected from the world. Read More »
The Devil’s Circus (1926) Benjamin Christensen, Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack, Carmel Myers

The action begins in 1913, where our hero Carl (Charles Emmett Mack) is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Read More »
Smilin’ Through (1932) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard

John has lead a solitary life for thirty years since the death of Moonyeen Clare. Read More »
Idiot’s Delight (1939) Clarence Brown

When song-and-dance man Harry Van returns from World War I, he finds work hard to come by. Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton

In 1845 London, the Barrett family is ruled with an iron fist by its stern widowed patriarch, Edward Moulton-Barrett. Read More »