Joan Blondell Movies

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again...

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend...

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary...

Part of the Screen Snapshots series.

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

A Musical Revue set in Hades.

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their...

Jerry and Louise are two shy types who meet and wed through a lonely hearts club. They soon learn that being a married couple is not like the movies...

Silent home movies, in both black and white and color, of Dick Powell and Joan Blondell from around the time of their wedding. Footage features Joan...

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three...

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to...

A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.

Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join...