|
US
premiere
|
Title
|
Released
by
|
Joan's
character
|
Notes
|
DVD/VHS
availability
|
|
2/23/25
|
Lady
of the Night (silent)
|
MGM
|
uncredited
|
Double
for Norma Shearer.
|
Not
available (NA)
|
|
7/15/25
|
Pretty
Ladies (silent)
|
MGM
|
Bobby,
showgirl
|
Billed
for the first and only time by her real name, "Lucille
LeSueur."
|
NA
|
|
11/9/25
|
Old
Clothes (silent)
|
MGM
|
Mary
Riley, poor girl who befriends kid
|
A Jackie
Coogan vehicle.
|
NA
|
|
11/22/25
|
The
Only Thing (silent)
|
MGM
|
Young
Lady Catherine
|
Story
by Elinor Glyn.
|
NA
|
|
12/7/25
|
Sally,
Irene, and Mary (silent)
|
MGM
|
Irene,
showgirl
|
Constance
Bennett, Sally O'Neil co-star.
|
NA
|
|
3/21/26
|
Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp (silent)
|
First
National
|
Betty,
daughter of shoe mogul
|
A Harry
Langdon vehicle.
|
VHS;
DVD as
part of 3-film
Harry Langdon set
|
|
5/24/26
|
Paris
(silent)
|
MGM
|
The
Girl, cabaret girl
|
Charles
Ray, Douglas Gilmore co-star.
|
NA
|
|
6/14/26
|
The
Boob (silent)
|
MGM
|
Jane,
prohibition agent
|
A George
K. Arthur vehicle.
|
NA
|
|
1/15/27
|
Winners
of the Wilderness (silent)
|
MGM
|
Rene
Contrecoeur, general's daughter
|
A Tim
McCoy vehicle; set in 18th century.
|
NA
|
|
2/5/27
|
The
Taxi Dancer (silent)
|
MGM
|
Joselyn
Poe, taxi dancer
|
Joan's
first top billing.
|
NA
|
|
2/26/27
|
The
Understanding Heart (silent)
|
MGM
|
Monica
Dale, forest ranger
|
Another
top billing for Joan; Francis X. Bushman, Jr., co-stars.
|
NA
|
|
6/4/27
|
 The
Unknown (silent)
|
MGM
|
Nanon,
carney girl
|
Lon
Chaney stars, Tod Browning directs. Joan said Chaney's concentration
made her take acting seriously for first time.
|
DVD,
as part of
Lon Chaney set
|
|
7/9/27
|
Twelve
Miles Out (silent)
|
MGM
|
Jane,
kidnapped by rum-runner
|
John
Gilbert stars.
|
NA
|
|
10/18/27
|
Spring
Fever (silent)
|
MGM
|
Allie
Monte, country-club girl
|
A William
Haines vehicle.
|
NA
|
|
1/2/28
|
West
Point (silent)
|
MGM
|
Betty
Channing, hotel-owner's daughter
|
A William
Haines vehicle.
|
NA
|
|
1/21/28
|
The
Law of the Range (silent)
|
MGM
|
Betty
Dallas, Texas ranger's girlfriend
|
A Tim
McCoy vehicle.
|
NA
|
|
2/11/28
|
Rose-Marie
(silent)
|
MGM
|
Rose-Marie,
wild mountain girl
|
Joan
has top billing; originated onstage as a comic operetta.
|
NA
|
|
4/30/28
|
Across
to Singapore (silent)
|
MGM
|
Priscilla
Crowninshield, neighbor and love interest of seafaring brothers
|
Ramon
Novarro stars.
|
NA
|
|
8/11/28
|
Four
Walls (silent)
|
MGM
|
Frieda,
gangster's moll
|
Joan's
second and last appearance with John Gilbert.
|
NA
|
|
9/1/28
|
Our
Dancing Daughters (silent)
|
MGM
|
Diana
Medford, socialite party girl
|
This
one made Joan a star and had huge box-office.
|
VHS
|
|
12/1/28
|
Dream
of Love (silent)
|
MGM
|
Adrienne,
gypsy girl
|
Co-stars
Nils Asther, their 2nd of 3 films together.
|
NA
|
|
3/16/29
|
The
Duke Steps Out (silent)
|
MGM
|
Susie
the co-ed
|
Joan's
third appearance with William Haines; she's billed second.
|
NA
|
|
8/14/29
|
Hollywood
Revue of 1929
|
MGM
|
appears
as herself
|
MGM's
talking picture debut, showcasing most of its stable of stars; Joan
sings and dances.
|
NA
|
|
8/24/29
|
Our
Modern Maidens (silent)
|
MGM
|
Billie
Brown, socialite party girl
|
Joan's
last silent; her only film appearance with husband Doug Fairbanks,
Jr. One of first films, if not the first, to feature
deco style.
|
VHS
|
|
11/23/29
|
Untamed
|
MGM
|
Bingo,
jungle girl and oil heiress
|
Joan's
talkie acting debut; her first of 6 films with Robert Montgomery.
|
NA
|
|
3/20/30
|
Montana
Moon
|
MGM
|
Joan
Prescott, rich rancher's daughter
|
TCM
says this might be the first "singing cowboy" film.
|
NA
|
|
7/19/30
|
Our
Blushing Brides
|
MGM
|
Jerry,
shopgirl
|
Joan's
second film with Robert Montgomery.
|
NA
|
|
12/30/30
|
Paid
|
MGM
|
Mary
Turner, ex-con
|
Joan's
first major dramatic role.
|
NA
|
|
2/21/31
|
Dance,
Fools, Dance
|
MGM
|
Bonnie
Jordan, ex-socialite cub reporter
|
Joan's
first of 8 films with Clark Gable.
|
VHS
|
|
5/30/31
|
Laughing
Sinners
|
MGM
|
Ivy
Stevens, cafe entertainer
|
Second
film with Gable, who replaced Johnny Mack Brown after MGM execs
noted the Crawford/Gable chemistry in their first film.
|
VHS
|
|
8/29/31
|
This
Modern Age
|
MGM
|
Valentine
Winters, socialite daughter
|
Noted
stage actress Pauline Frederick co-stars as Joan's mother.
|
NA
|
|
11/21/31
|
Possessed
|
MGM
|
Marian/Mrs.
Moreland, kept woman
|
Third
film with Gable.
|
VHS
|
|
4/12/32
|
Grand
Hotel
|
MGM
|
Flaemmchen,
a little stenographer
|
All-star
cast (Garbo, Barrymores, Beery), Oscar winner for Best Picture.
This one firmly established Joan as a superstar.
|
VHS,
DVD
|
|
4/30/32
|
Letty
Lynton
|
MGM
|
Letty
Lynton, stalked socialite
|
Third
film with Robert Montgomery, third and last with Nils Asther. A plagiarism lawsuit won against MGM
prevents this from being shown or sold today.
|
NA
|
|
10/12/32
|
Rain
|
United
Artists
|
Sadie
Thompson, prostitute
|
Joan
reprises the role made famous by Jeanne Eagels on Broadway in
1922. Critical and public response to Joan was poor at time,
though her performance much more lauded today.
|
VHS,
DVD
|
|
3/3/33
|
Today
We Live
|
MGM
|
Diana
Boyce-Smith, rich Englishwoman pursued by 2 men
|
Directed
by Howard Hawks; story by William Faulkner; Joan co-stars with Gary
Cooper for only time; her first of 7 appearances with husband Franchot
Tone, whom she met on set.
|
VHS
|
|
11/24/33
|
Dancing
Lady
|
MGM
|
Janie
Barlow, aspiring showgirl
|
Joan's
fourth appearance with Gable, second with Tone; Fred Astaire's film
debut; Three Stooges on hand.
|
VHS;
DVD as part
of Clark Gable
Signature Collection
|
|
5/9/34
|
Sadie
McKee
|
MGM
|
Sadie
McKee, maid-turned-club entertainer-turned rich wife
|
Third
film with Tone.
|
VHS,
DVD
|
|
9/1/34
|
Chained
|
MGM
|
Diane
Lovering, kept woman
|
Fifth
film with Gable.
|
VHS
|
|
12/23/34
|
Forsaking
All Others
|
MGM
|
Mary,
socialite pursued by 2 men
|
Sixth
film with Gable, fourth with Montgomery. From 1933 play starring
Tallulah Bankhead.
|
VHS
|
|
6/14/35
|
No
More Ladies
|
MGM
|
Marcia,
socialite with philandering husband
|
Fifth
film with Montgomery, fourth with Tone. First film with director
George Cukor.
|
NA
|
|
10/4/35
|
I
Live My Life
|
MGM
|
Kay,
socialite in love with archaeologist
|
Co-stars
Brian Aherne.
|
VHS
|
|
8/28/36
|
The
Gorgeous Hussy
|
MGM
|
Peggy
O'Neal, innkeeper's daughter who hobnobs with President Andrew Jackson
|
Unsuccessful
period piece set in 1830s based loosely on true story; fifth film
with Tone; first film with Robert Taylor, Melvyn Douglas, James
Stewart.
|
VHS
|
|
11/20/36
|
Love
on the Run
|
MGM
|
Sally
Parker, socialite pursued by 2 men
|
Seventh
film with Gable, sixth with Tone.
|
VHS
|
|
2/19/37
|
The
Last of Mrs. Cheyney
|
MGM
|
Fay
Cheyney, jewel thief
|
First
a 1925 play, then a 1929 Norma Shearer film. Joan co-stars with
William Powell for only time.
|
VHS
|
|
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