Janet Gaynor

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Sunrise review by from London

An extraordinary film, unmissable 4 May 2004
...siting city woman(Margaret Livingston) and encouraged by her to murder his wife(Janet Gaynor). Director FW Murnau tells this essentially simple tale with an incredible v... Read customer review

Frank Borzage - Volume One - 7th Heaven / Street Angel review by RJNeb2 from London

7th Heaven 8 February 2010
...nticist and the film is infused with a starry-eyed approach to the subject with Janet Gaynor simping away tearily all over her statuesque leading man. Any semblance of the ... Read customer review

A Star Is Born on DVD (1937)
Starring: Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Adolphe Menjou
Director: Willam A Wellman, William A. Wellman
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A classic which has been remade twice in 1954 featuring Judy Garland and in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand, this, the 1937 version is regarded by many to be the premier version of the tragic tale of a movie star declinig in popularity who marries a shy girl and helps her become a star.

63% from 177 members

Frank Borzage - Volume One - 7th Heaven ... on DVD (1929)
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn Williams
Director: Frank Borzage
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This film was the last silent film Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor made as a team, and their soulful chemistry is more evident in this film than any other they made together. The story revolves around the relationship between Mary, a poor farm girl, and Tim, who Mary meets just before he is posted ..read more »

75% from 71 members

Sunrise - Blu-ray (1927)
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Director: F.W. Murnau
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SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man agrees to take his wife into the city by rowboat...with plans to drown her on the way. In the midst ..read more »

76% from 155 members

Frank Borzage - Volume Two - Lucky Star ... on DVD (1927)
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard
Director: Frank Borzage
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LUCKY STAR is the tale of a young Jewish boy taken in by a rich widow. His new home is the perfect setting for him to make-believe that he is a sheriff fighting German outlaws. In LILIOM, a brutish carnival barker is fired from his job and left on the brink of financial ruin. Desperate to make ..read more »

61% from 57 members

Sunrise on DVD (1927)
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Director: F.W. Murnau
Certificate:
SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man agrees to take his wife into the city by rowboat... with plans to drown her on the way. In the ..read more »

75% from 1,775 member

George O'Brien - 4 times - show films
Margaret Livingston - 4 times - show films
Andy Devine - 3 times - show films
Charles Farrell - 3 times - show films
Owen Moore - 3 times - show films

F.W. Murnau - 4 times - show films
William A. Wellman - 3 times - show films
Frank Borzage - 3 times - show films
Willam A Wellman - 2 times - show films