Helen Hayes Movies

  • 1940
    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.51940HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
  • 1972
    The Female Instinct

    The Female Instinct

    The Female Instinct

    01972HD

    A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

    The Female Instinct
  • 1953
    Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

    6.51953HD

    In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for...

    Main Street to Broadway
  • 1952
    Mr. Lincoln

    Mr. Lincoln

    Mr. Lincoln

    01952HD

    A five-part biographic series about Abraham Lincoln for the educational TV series Omnibus, filmed on location in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

    Mr. Lincoln
  • 1998
    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    71998HD

    Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies....

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
  • 1978
    A Family Upside Down

    A Family Upside Down

    A Family Upside Down

    71978HD

    An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown...

    A Family Upside Down
  • 1952
    My Son John

    My Son John

    My Son John

    5.21952HD

    In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.

    My Son John
  • 1972
    Harvey

    Harvey

    Harvey

    6.81972HD

    Elwood P. Dowd's constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. To his sister, his obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in her...

    Harvey
  • 1938
    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    71938HD

    This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

    Hollywood Goes to Town
  • 1934
    Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

    5.7861934HD

    Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance...

    Crime Without Passion
  • 1933
    The White Sister

    The White Sister

    The White Sister

    5.41933HD

    An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

    The White Sister
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    6.51987HD

    The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 1933
    Another Language

    Another Language

    Another Language

    6.31933HD

    A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages.

    Another Language
  • 1932
    The Son-Daughter

    The Son-Daughter

    The Son-Daughter

    71932HD

    Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.

    The Son-Daughter
  • 1969
    Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    71969HD

    A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

    Arsenic and Old Lace
  • 1971
    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    5.91971HD

    Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a...

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
  • 1928
    The Dancing Town

    The Dancing Town

    The Dancing Town

    61928HD

    Young kids face off in a dance competition.

    The Dancing Town
  • 1960
    The Bat

    The Bat

    The Bat

    51960HD

    A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by...

    The Bat
  • 1961
    The Challenge of Ideas

    The Challenge of Ideas

    The Challenge of Ideas

    3.51961HD

    Various celebrities and news-media figures discuss the polarization of politics between the Western Allies of the United States and the Soviet bloc,...

    The Challenge of Ideas
  • 1917
    The Weavers of Life

    The Weavers of Life

    The Weavers of Life

    01917HD

    The Weavers of Life