Classic Film Club

Awards

AWARDS

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

OSCAR NOMINEE
WINNER

7th Heaven

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7th Heaven
  • 7th Heaven
  • 1927
  • Romance

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • 1927
  • Drama

Street Angel

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Street Angel
  • Street Angel
  • 1928
  • Drama

A Star is Born

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A Star is Born
  • A Star is Born
  • 1937
  • Drama

JANET GAYNOR

Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor
  • © Twentieth Century Fox
  • (Janet Gaynor in 7th Heaven, 1927)

Biography


Other Pictures

Janet Gaynor (1929)
  • © Fox Film Corporation
  • (Janet Gaynor in Lucky Star, 1929)

Films

NOTED FILMS

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • 1925
  • A Jewish merchant prince suddenly finds his family scattered and he a galley slave after a childhood friend, now a Roman officer, turns on him. Also told is the story of Christ, as the two narratives unfolded concurrently.

7th Heaven

7th Heaven
  • 7th Heaven
  • 1927
  • A destitute woman is taken in by a Paris sewer worker in this 1920s romance.   Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell star.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • 1927
  • An adulterous farmer plans on drowning his wife, but has second thoughts. George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor star.

Street Angel

Street Angel
  • Street Angel
  • 1928
  • Janet Gaynor stars in this silent film about an Italian girl who falls on desperate times but still manages to find love.

Lucky Star

Lucky Star
  • Lucky Star
  • 1929
  • A disabled veteran returns to his small town after World War I and leads a lonely existence confined to his small home.   He strikes up a friendship with a local girl and soon develops feelings for her.   But her mother is dead-set against any kind of relationship.

    Frank Borzage directs Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

A Star is Born

A Star is Born
  • A Star is Born
  • 1937
  • A starlet marries a star as he fades and she gains prominence. Janet Gaynor and Fredric March star.
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