Gwen Lee

Gwen Lee (born Gwendolyn Lepinski) was an American stage and screen actress.

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Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Brenon
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Bernard Siegel  •  Loretta Young  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Brenon
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Bernard Siegel  •  Loretta Young  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

Fury (1936)

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Jack Benny  •  John Gilbert  •  Norma Shearer

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Conrad Nagel  •  Jack Benny  •  John Gilbert  •  Norma Shearer

Libeled Lady (1936)

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Spencer Tracy

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Spencer Tracy

The Plastic Age (1925)

Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Donald Keith  •  Clara Bow  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Mary Alden

Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Donald Keith  •  Clara Bow  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Mary Alden

Double Wedding (1937)

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Florence Rice  •  John Beal

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Florence Rice  •  John Beal

Heaven on Earth (1927)

Young Edmond Durand (Conrad Nagel) has been reared under the autocratic influence of his aunt (Marcia Manon), who directs a large silk mill in southern France. He revolts against a stifling career planned for him and leaves home with Marcelle, a Gypsy girl (Renée ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Renée Adorée  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Gwen Lee  •  Julia Swayne Gordon

Young Edmond Durand (Conrad Nagel) has been reared under the autocratic influence of his aunt (Marcia Manon), who directs a large silk mill in southern France. He revolts against a stifling career planned for him and leaves home with Marcelle, a Gypsy girl (Renée ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Renée Adorée  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Gwen Lee  •  Julia Swayne Gordon

The Actress (1928)

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Owen Moore  •  Gwen Lee  •  Lee Moran

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Owen Moore  •  Gwen Lee  •  Lee Moran

Free and Easy (1930)

Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Buster Keaton  •  Anita Page  •  Trixie Friganza  •  Robert Montgomery

Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Buster Keaton  •  Anita Page  •  Trixie Friganza  •  Robert Montgomery

West of Broadway (1931)

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  John Gilbert  •  El Brendel  •  Lois Moran  •  Madge Evans

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  John Gilbert  •  El Brendel  •  Lois Moran  •  Madge Evans

Absolute Quiet (1936)

Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Irene Hervey  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Stuart Erwin

Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Lionel Atwill  •  Irene Hervey  •  Raymond Walburn  •  Stuart Erwin

My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)

A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Edna May Oliver  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Rita Johnson

A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Edna May Oliver  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Rita Johnson

Meet the Baron (1933)

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Jack Pearl  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Ted Healy

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Jack Pearl  •  Jimmy Durante  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Ted Healy

Julius Sizzer (1931)

After the success of "Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Scarface," here is the inevitable parody, in which Liddle Sizzer engages in a vicious Chicago gang war. He's aided by his innocent twin brother, Julius, a greenhorn from the Old Country. Both are played by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Benny Rubin  •  Gwen Lee  •  Lena Malena  •  Matthew Betz

After the success of "Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Scarface," here is the inevitable parody, in which Liddle Sizzer engages in a vicious Chicago gang war. He's aided by his innocent twin brother, Julius, a greenhorn from the Old Country. Both are played by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Benny Rubin  •  Gwen Lee  •  Lena Malena  •  Matthew Betz

Untamed (1929)

In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Ernest Torrence  •  Holmes Herbert

In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Ernest Torrence  •  Holmes Herbert

Women Love Diamonds (1927)

A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Pauline Starke  •  Owen Moore  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Pauline Starke  •  Owen Moore  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Cissy Fitzgerald

Traveling Husbands (1931)

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Frank Albertson  •  Constance Cummings  •  Hugh Herbert

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Sloane
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Frank Albertson  •  Constance Cummings  •  Hugh Herbert

The Pagan Lady (1931)

Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Francis Dillon
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Charles Bickford  •  Roland Young

Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Francis Dillon
CAST:  Evelyn Brent  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Charles Bickford  •  Roland Young

Orchids and Ermine (1927)

Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Santell
CAST:  Colleen Moore  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Gwen Lee

Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Santell
CAST:  Colleen Moore  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Gwen Lee

One in a Million (1935)

A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in a romantic relationship with the boss's son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Dorothy Wilson  •  Charles Starrett  •  Holmes Herbert  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in a romantic relationship with the boss's son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Dorothy Wilson  •  Charles Starrett  •  Holmes Herbert  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
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