Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Mickey's Movies (1928): A movie shoot in Mickey McGuire's neighborhood inspires him to make his own film. Starring Mickey Rooney; Directed by Earl T. Montgomery.Mickey's Adventures: Mickey's Ape Man (1933): A movie theater contest for "the best imitation of the Ape-Man" has Mickey McGuire training in the woods. Starring Mickey Rooney, Billy Barty, Jimmy Robinson, Kendall McComas; Directed by J.A. Duffy.Mickey's Adventures: Shamrock Alley (1933): "Big Boy" is on a mission to replace a broken...

Virtuoso pianist Julia Wilkens is engaged to marry Stanley, a wealthy gentleman, but a fateful turn of events brings about a chance encounter with young workingman John Russell, with whom she is instantly smitten. She is confident about choosing true love over financial security, yet when she discovers that John can barely support himself, she is forced to view Stanley in a whole new light. Marian Marsh's first significant role was as Trilby O'Farrell in Svengali (1931), which starred John...

While searching for a gold mine, Harold Lounsbury is lost in the wilderness. A year later, he is seen near Yuba, California and his fianc?, Virginia Tremont, joins an expedition to search for him. She is thrown off her horse crossing a river, and the party's guide, Bill Bronson leaps in the river to save her. The savage current sweeps them far downstream and they are left stranded in a remote cabin. Surrounded by three foot snow drifts and arctic blasts, the odd couple are faced with a...

A bookie, Jimmie Allen, is infuriated when dance hall girl Pearl turns him down and bamboozles him out of his money. Fixed on getting revenge, Jimmie pretends to be a talent scout and casts Pearl in a deliberately shoddy staging of "The Mikado," using an out-of-work Gilbert and Sullivan troupe as his unsuspecting accomplices. Things don't go according to plan when the production quickly becomes the smash hit of Broadway. Now Jimmie has an entire theatre company looking to him for leadership,...

Death Fangs (1934): Along with Rin Tin Tin, Flash the Wonder Dog was one of the most famous canine film stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Inspired by the Lindbergh kidnapping of two years prior, Flash rescues the infant son of a rich couple. Legendary stuntman Dave Sharpe, who appeared in thousands of films, plays Flash's owner. All In One (1938): A dog may be man's best friend, but his car isn't far behind. This industrial film shows how the virtues of different breeds of dogs can all...

A homeless vagrant, David Holm, is selected by the Angel of Death to be his successor. David reflects on his life, recalling how he was once a loving husband and father before being led astray by the temptations of alcohol and easy living. Seeing the good man he could be again, David vows to be the first to beat Death at his own game and escape eternal damnation.Considered one of the first great works of Swedish cinema, The Phantom Chariot was released on New Year's Day, 1921. Writer, director...

Sheila Tracy, a carefree college girl, inherits her wealthy father's fortune after he dies in an accident. With thousands of dollars burning a hole in her pocket, she is soon enticed by one of her late father's favorite places, the race track. But it's not just gambling on horses that Sheila is interested in. She begins a romance with Bill Foster, a handsome young stablehand. Bill, who is broke, is unable to propose marriage to the willful heiress. To further complicate matters, Ralph Jordan,...

Patricia Belmont is a perpetually bored heiress from New York with a stuffy fiance and an overprotective father. She longs for the excitement she has never known in her life. On a whim, she decides to take a Transatlantic cruise. There she meets Bill Smith, a fun-loving insurance salesman down on his luck. The two begin a whirlwind romance, but upon their return to New York, Bill discovers that Patricia is engaged to be married. To make matters worse, her father is infuriated at his daughter...

Jack Hoxie (1885-1965) was one of the leading Western film stars of the silent era. Born in Indian territory to a doctor and his Native American wife, Hoxie became a working cowboy as soon as he was of age. Joining the rodeos and Wild West shows that were then incredibly popular, it wasn't long before a film producer saw the young daredevil in action and signed him to a movie contract. His younger half-brother Al Stone (1901-1982) soon changed his surname to Hoxie and joined Jack in Hollywood,...

Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (1884-1933) left the state from which she took her name as a teenager with dreams of becoming a movie star. Her crass, brazen personality, forged in poverty, made this harder than she expected, but her leggy figure guaranteed her regular work as a chorus girl on Broadway. Moonlighting in vaudeville, she developed a cowgirl character that caught the attention of Hollywood, and was cast in her first film, The Wildcat (1917). Over the next few years, Texas would...

Grotesque criminal mastermind "The Frog" has stolen an explosive element powerful enough to destroy the world. Called in to stop him is "Officer 444", a mystery man culled from the ranks of the New York Police Department. 444 may have been trained to the peak of perfection, but he finds he's all too human when he's seduced by the Frog's sultry female accomplice, the Vulture. But the femme fatale's affection is all just a distraction while her master plants bombs in the tunnels of New York. Now...

In the tradition of Dragnet, this riveting crime series presents true tales of robbery and murder based on actual case files of the Los Angeles County Sheriff. Richard Travis stars as Sheriff Barrett, leading us through each tension-filled half-hour as he and his officers scour the City of Angels for any and all lawbreakers. Joining him at the end of each episode is real-life L.A. sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz, whose department worked closely with the producers to ensure the accuracy of the...