Sylvia Sidney Movies

A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk...

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a...

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of...

A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can...

Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town....

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a...

Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day...

A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.

A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.

A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is rumoured to be a witch.

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel...

The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because...

Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their...

A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love....

This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a series of devastating losses.