May McAvoy
Oyuncu · 1899 – 1984 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in The Enchanted Cottage, Esther in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer. McAvoy appeared in her first film, entitled Hate, in 1917. After appearing in more than three dozen films, she co-starred with Ramón Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in director Fred Niblo's 1925 production of Ben-Hur, released by MGM. The feature-length film was one of the most lavish and spectacular productions of the silent movie era. Although her voice was not heard in The Jazz Singer, McAvoy did speak in several other films, including the second "all-talkie" released by Warner Brothers, The Terror, which was directed by Roy Del Ruth and co-starred Conrad Nagel. For years a rumor circulated that McAvoy retired from the screen at the transition to sound films because of a lisp or speech impediment. In truth, she married the treasurer of United Artists, who asked her not to work. Later, she returned to films and played small roles during the 1940s and 1950s, making her final film appearance in a small part in the 1959 version of Ben-Hur.
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Film7.9TarihDramJudah Ben Hur zengin yahudi bir prenstir. Bir gün çocukluk arkadaşı Messela ile buluşup konuşurlar ve hasret giderirler. Bu konuşmaların sonunda iki taraf siyasi fikirlerini ortaya döktüklerinde tartışmaya başlarlar. Ben Hur arkadaşına hiç bir koşulda destek vermeyeceğini söyler. Bunun üzerine arkadaşı Messela onu kürek mahkumu olarak sürgüne gönderir. Zengin hayatına veda eden prens bu olay üzerine intikam yemini edecektir.
Film7.3DramRomantikTold in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · 313 votes
Film7.3MaceraDramErstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · 117 votes
Film6.3DramSavaş1919'da ABD Donanması subayı ve pilotu Frank Wead, deniz havacılığının önemini fark eder ve geliştirmek için mücadele eder. Üstlerinin direncine rağmen başarılı olur. Bir kazada felç kalınca yazar ve senarist olur. Pearl Harbor saldırısından sonra orduya geri döner ve uçak gemilerine destek sağlayan sistemlerin kurulmasına katkıda bulunur.
Film5.8MüzikKomediA U.S. Navy sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · 12 votes
Film6.1DramMüzikJakie Rabinowitz, babasının aile geleneği olarak kendisi için planladığı kantörlük yerine caz şarkıcısı olmak için evden kaçar. Kendine Jack Robin adını veren Rabinowitz, yıllar sonra ünlü bir adam olarak geri döner ve sonunda sinagogda Kol Nidre'yi okuyarak ölmekte olan babasıyla barışır.
Film7.0DramWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Executive Suite
1954 · 64 votes
Film5.8BelgeselAn MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daughter are shopping and observe a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie.
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · 4 votes
Film6.9KomediDramA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925 · 48 votes
Film6.8SuçGerilimWhen a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
Mystery Street
1950 · 69 votes
Film6.0KomediMüzikDoc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Rio Rita
1942 · 19 votes
Film7.0KomediMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · 13 votes
Film5.6DramRomantikYoung undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Ringside Maisie
1941 · 5 votes
Film6.7KomediDramA mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · 6 votes
Film6.8KomediRomantikCircumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Love Crazy
1941 · 39 votes
Film7.0RomantikEddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · 6 votes
Film6.9KomediDramPirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
The Yellow Cab Man
1950 · 7 votes
Film6.5DramMay McAvoy is a woman who is blinded in an auto accident and relies on prayer to regain her sight.
The Road to Glory
1926 · 2 votes
FilmKomediDramA farce in which the German Kaiser and the Crown Prince are defeated and made sport of by a plucky American girl and several American prisoners of war.
Film7.0DramGrizel is the daughter of the Painted Lady, who believes that her lover will one day return. Grizel is ostracized by the other children of the town. Tommy and his sister come to the town. Tommy is friendly, but Elspeth keeps her distance. When the Painted Lady dies, Dr. Gemmell makes Grizel his housekeeper. Time passes and after the doctor dies, Grizel, who is now twenty-one years old, loves Tommy, who is an author in London. Tommy visits the town but cannot decide whether he loves Grizel. Grizel knows that Tommy does not love her, and after he returns to London her unhappiness leads to insanity. Tommy returns and marries Grizel, although he believes that she will hate him when she gets better. After two years under Tommy's care, she regains her sanity. After Tommy lets her know that he cared for her out of his love for her; not for pity, Grizel is happy.
Sentimental Tommy
1921 · 2 votes
Film6.6KomediAileWhile playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.
1-2-3-Go!
1941 · 5 votes
- FilmBelgeselTV Movie
Documentary about the Welsh silent movie actor.
Gareth Hughes
2000
Film9.0DramRomantikMrs. Martin lives in New York's East Side with her son, Dan, who sells papers, and her daughter, Jenny, who works in a local doughnut shop. During the summer, Mrs. Martin becomes ill, and a trip away from the city is recommended; unable to finance such an undertaking, Jenny converts the backyard into a blooming garden, and in the outdoor activity thus provided her mother recovers.
Through a Glass Window
1922 · 1 votes
Film5.4SuçAksiyonA group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.
Born to Sing
1942 · 5 votes