List of the best Adolphe Menjou movies: The Sniper(1952), Little Miss Marker(1934), A Gentleman of Paris(1927), The Bachelor's Daughters(1946), The Front Page(1931), Hi Diddle Diddle(1943), Turnabout(1940), Letter of Introduction(1938), Road Show(1941), Father Takes a Wife(1941), The Sorrows of Satan(1926), Men Call It Love(1931) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Police Lt. Frank Kafka
Adolphe Menjou Arthur Franz Gerald Mohr Marie Windsor Frank Faylen Richard Kiley Mabel Paige Wilma Francis Geraldine Carr
police detective murderer beautiful woman psychiatrist deliveryman doctor tense creepy disturbing san francisco police station emergency room murder obsession mental illness crime police work pursuit temptation fall
A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Sorrowful Jones
Adolphe Menjou Shirley Temple Dorothy Dell Charles Bickford Lynne Overman Frank McGlynn John Sheehan Garry Owen Willie Best Tammany Young
little girl girlfriend gangster gambler bookie father charming heartwarming uplifting playful horse track gambling house new york city chicago hospital party abandoned child starting over gambling suicide
Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.
Comedy
USA
1927
65 Minutes
Marquis de Marignan
Adolphe Menjou Shirley O'Hara Arlette Marchal William B. Davidson Lawrence Grant Nicholas Soussanin Ivy Harris
Romance
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Gail Russell Ann Dvorak Claire Trevor Billie Burke Jane Wyatt Eugene List Damian O'Flynn John Whitney Russell Hicks Earle Hodgins
A semi-trifle with Adolphe Menjou as a department store floor walker who is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls---two-bordering-on-three of which were well beyond the "girl" stage-... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1931
101 Minutes
Walter Burns
Adolphe Menjou Pat O'Brien Mary Brian Edward Everett Horton Walter Catlett Mae Clarke George E. Stone
reporter editor convict amusing witty new york city prison newsroom investigative journalism murder conspiracy discovery pursuit 1930s
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Comedy
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe Pola Negri Billie Burke June Havoc Walter Kingsford Marek Windheim Eddie Marr Paul Porcasi
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Phil Manning
Adolphe Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard William Gargan Verree Teasdale Mary Astor Georges Renavent
wife husband client co-worker genie advertising executive hilarious crafty quirky house advertising office doctor's office role reversal body swap husband/wife relationship pregnancy magic spell argument transformation discovery
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Drama
USA
1938
104 Minutes
John Mannering
Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds George Murphy Rita Johnson Eve Arden Ann Sheridan
An aging actor, about to marry for the fourth time, is surprised when a young woman, who is the daughter he never knew he had, appears with a "letter of introduction". It seems that she is ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Col. Carleton Carroway
Adolphe Menjou Hal Roach Carole Landis John Hubbard Charles Butterworth Patsy Kelly George E. Stone Margaret Roach Polly Ann Young Edward Norris
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
79 Minutes
Frederic "Freddie" Osborne Senior
Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Desi Arnaz John Howard Helen Broderick Florence Rice Neil Hamilton Grady Sutton George F. Meader Mary Treen Ruth Dietrich
Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1926
90 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Ricardo Cortez Lya De Putti Carol Dempster Ivan Lebedeff Marcia Harris Lawrence D'Orsay Nellie Savage
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Tony
Adolphe Menjou Leila Hyams Norman Foster Mary Duncan Hedda Hopper Robert Emmett Keane Harry Northrup
wife husband playboy friend socialite butler melodramatic intricate new york city balcony kitchen party beach car divorce infidelity seduction drinking relationships suspicion
A well-off bachelor finds himself at a loss for what to do when a married woman comes on to him while he's thoroughly involved with someone else's wife.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
115 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds The Ritz Brothers Kenny Baker Vera Zorina Helen Jepson Bobby Clark Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy
producer young woman roommate brother cook director lighthearted playful hollywood, calif. movie set soda shop car hamburger stand party movies unrequited love false accusations singing ventriloquism naivete
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In."
Drama
USA
1939
88 Minutes
Jim Mason
Adolphe Menjou Dolores Costello Roger Daniel
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Adolphe Ballou
Beautiful Englishwoman Peggy Vane tires of being gossiped about in Paris, where scandalmongers have labeled her "the worst woman in Paris" because of her numerous suitors. Her constant ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
USA
1923
81 Minutes
Pierre Revel
Edna Purviance Adolphe Menjou Carl Miller Lydia Knott Charles French Clarence Geldart Betty Morrissey Malvina Polo Henry Bergman Harry Northrup Charles Chaplin
artist aristocrat clerk train conductor bleak emotional paris love class distinctions desire abandonment love fall discovery 1920s
A kept woman runs into her former fiancé and finds herself torn between love and comfort.
Drama
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Tom Moody
Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou William Holden Lee J. Cobb Joseph Calleia Sam Levene Edward Brophy Beatrice Blinn William H. Strauss Don Beddoe
boxer promoter father girlfriend violinist gangster gritty engaging emotional city boxing ring boxing music family love death rise fall escape transformation
Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer.
Biography
USA
1934
87 Minutes
Bailey Walsh
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Alice Faye Adolphe Menjou Gregory Ratoff Ted Healy Patsy Kelly Tony Martin
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Musical
USA
1942
88 Minutes
George Latimer
Jackie Cooper Adolphe Menjou Bonita Granville George Bancroft Ted North Todd Duncan Frank Jenks Jessie Grayson Mona Barrie Lindy Wade Peggy McIntyre
singer father friend son band member coronet player confident spirited unrestrained new orleans school boat chicago club dance hall jazz performance modernization father/daughter relationship romance
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Thaddeus "Tad" Spencer
Sonja Henie Adolphe Menjou Don Ameche Jean Hersholt The Ritz Brothers Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Ned Sparks Montagu Love Leah Ray Albert Conti
ice skater manager reporter wife comedian secretary amusing lighthearted switzerland inn casino ice-skating rink new york city madison square garden olympic games show business ice skating investigation exploitation romance
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Drama
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Elissa Landi Adolphe Menjou David Manners Lynne Overman Raymond Walburn Adrian Rosley Paul Porcasi George Baxter Judith Vosselli Akim Tamiroff Vernon Steele
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Drama
1932
83 Minutes
Bob
Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Ralph Bellamy Dorothy Peterson Thomas Jefferson Charlotte Henry Myrna Fresholt Oliver Eckhardt
lawyer district attorney librarian wife reporter moving melodramatic newsroom cruise ship havana city infidelity unplanned pregnancy secrets scandal double life vacation sacrifice forbidden love discovery
The mistress (Barbara Stanwyck) of a lawyer (Adolphe Menjou) running for governor marries an editor (Ralph Bellamy), who finds she has a baby.
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Adolphe Menjou Ellen Drew Rudy Vallee Fortunio Bonanova Jonathan Hale
War, Drama
USA
1957
86 Minutes
Gen. George Broulard
Kirk Douglas Ralph Meeker Adolphe Menjou George Macready Wayne Morris Richard Anderson Timothy Agoglia Carey Christiane Kubrick Bert Freed
military officer soldier bleak gutsy passionate france battlefield military base horrors of war world war i battle fatigue wretched excess sacrifice fall 1910s
After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Anthony Powell
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Oliver Niles
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Colonel Caleb Jeffers
Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou Marshall Thompson Ruby Dee Will Geer Richard Rober Florence Bates Victor Kilian Katharine Warren Leif Erickson
assassin detective sister slave abraham lincoln criminal suspenseful thrilling train baltimore new york city assassination presidency murder plot police work conspiracy crime pursuit underdog 1860s
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Musical
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Eduardo Acuna
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Leslie Brooks Adele Mara Isobel Elsom Gus Schilling Barbara Brown Douglas Leavitt Catherine Craig Kathleen Howard
dancer band leader father daughter bride sister tender lighthearted buenos aires, argentina wedding club gambling dance romance marriage father/daughter relationship scam forbidden love transformation rise
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Monsieur La Bessiere
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Nicoleff
Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Glenda Farrell Grant Mitchell Dorothy Dare Alice Brady Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Winifred Shaw Joseph Cawthorn
mother daughter son fiancée lover hotel desk clerk amusing lighthearted hotel romance rivalry love wealth performance pursuit underdog 1930s
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Romance
USA
1937
84 Minutes
Monsieur Victor
In Paris, a young American is in debt to a nightclub owner, who forces him to woo an heiress in hopes of reaping her fortune.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
J. Hugh Ramsey
Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Adolphe Menjou Vivienne Osborne Claude Gillingwater Fay Holden Louise Beavers Constance Bergen Purnell Pratt Irving Bacon Ed Gargan
J. Hugh Ramsey, author of "Marriage, the Living Death" decides that the marriage of his friends The Bigelows cannot possibly be as perfect as it appears.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Tom Moran
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Maj. Rinald
Helen Hayes Gary Cooper Adolphe Menjou Mary Philips Jack LaRue Blanche Frederici Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery
ambulance driver nurse commanding officer soldier emotional gripping italy battlefield hospital switzerland world war i horrors of war love triangle love transformation 1910s
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Romance
USA
1921
73 Minutes
Raoul de Saint Hubert
Rudolph Valentino Agnes Ayres Adolphe Menjou Walter Long Lucien Littlefield George Waggner Patsy Ruth Miller
sheik lady valet guide novelist bandit fascinating sultry melodramatic algeria sahara desert tent stronghold cultural differences abduction disguise attempted rape slavery friendship pursuit
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Drama
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Louis Easton
Katharine Hepburn Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adolphe Menjou C. Aubrey Smith Mary Duncan Don Alvarado Richard Carle Tyler Brooke Geneva Mitchell
actress theatrical producer diva uplifting moving manhattan small town theater stage fame aspirations theater production broadway performance transformation rise 1930s
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Gregg
Clark Gable Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Roland Winters Will Geer Emory Parnell Frank Jenks
race car driver opponent reporter mechanic veteran melodramatic thrilling heartwarming racetrack newsroom racing accidental death scandal journalism comeback stunt driving rivalry love transformation 1950s
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
98 Minutes
J.B. Merlin
Eddie Fisher Debbie Reynolds Adolphe Menjou Tommy Noonan Nita Talbot Una Merkel Melville Cooper Bill Goodwin Howard McNear Robert H. Harris Mary Treen
salesgirl business owner son baby coworker landlady hilarious frenetic heartwarming new york city department store apartment restaurant office family home maternity single mothers mistaken identity unusual romance gossip
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1924
80 Minutes
Chancellor
Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke Fred Malatesta Nick De Ruiz Carrie Daumery Clark Gable Bill Quinn
czarina captain lover suitor ambassador rebel playful thrilling cheeky melodramatic europe bedroom royal court palace affair jealousy revolution love triangle political intrigue kidnapping
Alexei saves the Czarina from conspirators and is rewarded with her love. He deserts his sweetheart Anna, but discovers that his Queen is unfaithful too. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
88 Minutes
Wagner
Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou Gloria DeHaven Eugene Pallette Anne Jeffreys Walter Slezak
playwright producer hotel manager hotel owner airy endearing spirited new york city hotel theater broadway scam music money rise underdog quest 1940s
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1930
78 Minutes
Governor Boris Brusiloff
Lawrence Tibbett Grace Moore Adolphe Menjou Roland Young Gus Shy Emily Fitzroy
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1937
84 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Adolphe Menjou Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Mischa Auer Billy Gilbert Alma Kruger J. Scott Smart Jed Prouty Jameson Thomas Howard C. Hickman
A girl (Deanna Durbin) finds a famous conductor (Leopold Stokowski) for her trombonist father's (Adolphe Menjou) out-of-work orchestra.
Comedy
1958
84 Minutes
Frederick W. Sutton
George Gobel Diana Dors Adolphe Menjou Jessie Royce Landis Nita Talbot William Redfield Stephen Dunne John McGiver Steve Pendleton Cheerio Meredith Kay Buckley
An adman (George Gobel) working on a beer account neglects his pregnant beauty-queen wife (Diana Dors).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Thomas Hutchins
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman Adolphe Menjou Eve Arden S.Z. Sakall Selena Royle Edgar Kennedy Sheldon Leonard Franklin Pangborn
singer agent radio personality single mother love interest positive charming uplifting los angeles new york city nightclub radio station romantic dilemma radio performers fame music industry show business love underdog rise
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Adventure
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Pierre
Clark Gable Ricardo Montalban John Hodiak Adolphe Menjou María Elena Marqués J. Carrol Naish Jack Holt Alan Napier George Chandler Richard Anderson
trapper native american warrior native american woman beautiful woman friend spirited emotional wild west wilderness interracial romance culture clash exploitation marriage confrontation survival forbidden love rivalry transformation 1830s
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Action
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Sweetwater' Tilton
Sterling Hayden Vera Ralston David Brian Adolphe Menjou Hoagy Carmichael Chill Wills
logger cabaret performer rival family brooding confident fiery melodramatic spirited montana united states logging business rivalry love family honor rivalry love 1890s
In the late 1800s Montana, two competing logging operators clash over ownership of a logging railroad, land and timber clear-cutting rights.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Melville Crossman
William Powell Betsy Drake Mark Stevens Adolphe Menjou Randy Stuart Lloyd Corrigan Hope Emerson Walter Catlett Don Beddoe
actor actress studio head assistant publicist airy lighthearted los angeles hollywood, calif. new york city theater movie studio grauman's chinese theatre fame redemption reconciliation filmmaking comeback theater production fall
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Drama
USA|West Germany
1953
105 Minutes
Fesker
Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame Cameron Mitchell Adolphe Menjou Robert Beatty Alex D'Arcy Richard Boone
circus performer businessperson wife communist emotional engaging melodramatic czechoslovakia circus circus communism marriage social change escape love transformation underdog 1950s
Czech circus owner-Clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
Comedy
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Professor Josef Stock
Florence Vidor Monte Blue Marie Prevost Creighton Hale Adolphe Menjou Harry Myers Dale Fuller Esther Ralston
professor wife husband best friend doctor private investigator playful cheeky spirited vienna apartment party living room office flirtation marriage infidelity deception investigation false accusations
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had... See full summary »