Movies: Van Johnson

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scienti...

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest....

When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?...

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At th...

Only one enemy has ever beat him. Now he needs her to save his life....

Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls on a bus trip across the country....

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In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe, two teenagers were living in an artificial paradise, maintained by electronic means, and once decide to ...

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits...

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels....

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy...

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett....

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn....

During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy....

After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue....

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. The narrator says that moviegoers will have to decide whether these fledgling actors and actresses hav...

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol....

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny....

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to tra...

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out....