The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) is a lost silent comedy starring veteran actress May Robson and released by Cecil B. DeMille's Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC).
Robson had first appeared in the Broadway play version of this story in 1907 when she was 49. In this film she returns to enact the same part 20 years later at the age of 69. A previous 1914 movie version of the play had been produced minus May Robson.
, 1h7 Réalisé parErle C. Kenton OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame ActeursJean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King, Astrid Allwyn, Maude Eburne, Irene Ryan Note58% Le Dr Christian s'intéresse à un jeune garçon, prodige du violon, dont la mère est professeur de musique divorcée. Son intérêt ne se limite pas à la carrière musicale du garçon - il pense qu'il serait préférable que le garçon retrouve ses parents ensemble, et se propose de le faire.
, 1h3 Réalisé parErle C. Kenton OrigineEtats-Unis GenresComédie ActeursFrankie Thomas, Hal E. Chester, David Gorcey, William Benedict, Mischa Auer, Mary Boland Note59% Madame Berry, d'une famille mondaine, fait appel à un psychiatre pour prendre soin de son fils Randolph qui présente un comportement antisocial et reste cloué au lit toute la journée. Le médecin détermine que si il s'exposait à d'autres jeunes d'une stature sociale moindre, il sortirait de sa coquille pour reprendre sa place dans la société.
Réalisé parErle C. Kenton OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie ThèmesFilm sur un écrivain, Journalisme ActeursJean Arthur, George Murphy, Robert Middlemass, Victor Kilian, Douglass Dumbrille, Gene Morgan Note63% "Red" Foster (George Murphy) and other reporters board an ocean liner arriving from Europe. Red has been sent to cover a seemingly routine suicide. Cassie (Jean Arthur), the ship's manicurist, is homesick for America, but has somehow lost her citizenship. The captain (Thurston Hall) becomes aware of her plan to jump ship, and tells her she will be watched closely. She tells Red that she has a suicide note that reveals that man held by the police for a sensational murder is innocent and names the true killer. However, she will only give it to him if he marries her and makes her an American citizen again. He reluctantly agrees, and the captain marries them. Afterward, however, he learns that she has lied; the note is merely a letter of recommendation.
, 1h9 Réalisé parErle C. Kenton OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie ActeursJean Arthur, Victor Jory, Helen Lowell, Robert (Tex) Allen, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick Note66% Matthew Putnam (Victor Jory) is summoned back to his small hometown of Rockridge by his aged, bedridden aunt Nettie (Helen Lowell) after seven years of enjoying himself in Europe, were he had been sent to study. She is tired and wants him to take charge of Putnam Dairies, the family business and the town's major employer. Every mother with a marriageable daughter is excited by the return of the wealthy young man, including Mathilda Sherman (Clara Blandick). However, Matthew shows no interest in Mathilda's daughter Irene (Geneva Mitchell).