Joan Leslie Movies

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his...

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the...

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously granted one year of her life to be lived over.

Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends...

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

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...

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCrea and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business....

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.