Ava Gardner Movies

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by...

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is...

A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope with stereophonic sound. These two episodes explore...

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later...

A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.

Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.

An aging couple search for peace and family harmony when their only son returns home after a long absence with his fiancee.

Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.

Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But...

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is...