Our daily bread (1934) is a landmark of socially conscious films, produced and directed by King Vidor...This deeply personal work was rejected by the studios, nor could Vidor obtain bank financing for a film reflecting unfavorably on banks. In the end her mortgaged his home and most of his possessions to finance Our Daily Bread, which was released by United Artists at the insistence of its partner and Vidor's friend, Charlie Chaplin. The film advocates...

Peggy Pepper, a Georgia girl who wants to be a dramatic actress, goes to Hollywood and at first can find work only as a patsy for Billy Boone in slapstick comedies. Billy, however, soon helps Peggy to become both a serious actress and a star. Fame and wealth go to Peggy's head; she becomes vain and snubs Billy in favor of André, her romantic leading man. Peggy eventually comes down to earth, however, and acknowledges her love for the patient Billy....

An uncompromising architect refuses to change his designs, and when he discovers the plans for one of his buildings has been changed, he blows up the structure and attempts to defend his actions.

After King Solomon takes the throne, his relationship with his brother is strained when Solomon is seduced by the Queen of Sheba.

An unhappy man falls in love with a neighbor's daughter in spite of the fact that he is all ready married.

Stella, an uncouth, lower-class woman, marries wealthy, well-bred Stephen Dallas to escape her poor surroundings. When their class differences lead to divorce, she undergoes a self-sacrificing struggle to give their daughter a better life, away from her damaging influence.

While sailing along the Georgia coast, a widower not quite over the untimely death of his wife anchors off a small inlet in search of fresh water. There he finds a dilapidated mansion, a beautiful Southern belle, her terror-stricken grandfather and a homicidal maniac, who won't let anyone leave the mainland alive.

Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.

Patsy Harrington [is] the drudge of her social-climbing family. Secretly in love with Tony Anderson, the boyfriend of her irresponsible but irresistible sister Grace, Patsy yearns to be a 'personality girl.' Rather than cultivate her looks, she decides to become the 'intellectual' of her family, which outrages her mother who believes that beauty and brains don't mix. Meanwhile, the fickle Grace begins cheating on Tony with a millionaire named Bill....

A woman taken into the home of a wealthy rancher becomes the subject of a tug-of-war between his two sons.