List of the best Alan Dinehart movies: Street of Women(1932), Dance, Girl, Dance(1933), King of the Royal Mounted(1936), Big Town Girl(1937), No Marriage Ties(1933), No Marriage Ties(1933), Baby, Take a Bow(1934), The Whistler(1944), A Very Honorable Guy(1934), Step Lively, Jeeves(1937), The World Changes(1933), Slightly Honorable(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Kay Francis Alan Dinehart Marjorie Gateson Gloria Stuart Allen Vincent
wife mistress architect brother daughter designer emotional passionate tender new york city bridge nightclub family home marital problems social climbing affair father/daughter relationship car accident divorce temptation
A married architect, stuck in a loveless marriage, due to his daughter, has an an affair with a dress designer (Natalie). Just when he's ready to ask his wife for a divorce, his daughter falls in love with Natalie's brother.
Music
1933
74 Minutes
Mae Busch Alan Dinehart Evelyn Knapp Edward Nugent Gloria Shea Theodore von Eltz George Grandee Ada May
Two-bit hoofer Joe hires starry-eyed Sally for his vaudeville act, but the pressures of show business, coupled with Joe's irresponsibility, lead to a breakup.
Adventure
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Frank Becker
Robert Kent Rosalind Keith Alan Dinehart Frank McGlynn Arthur Loft Grady Sutton Jack Luden Artie Ortego
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her father. An evil lawyer plans to keep the mine for himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Larry Edwards
Claire Trevor Donald Woods Alan Dinehart Alan Baxter Murray Alper Spencer Charters Maurice Cass Irving Bacon George Chandler
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
"Perk" Perkins
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
"Perk" Perkins
Musical
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Welch
Shirley Temple James Dunn Claire Trevor Alan Dinehart Ray Walker Dorothy Libaire Ralf Harolde James Flavin Richard Tucker Olive Tell John Alexander
ex-convict wife daughter friend thief private investigator amusing endearing outlandish frenetic family home new york state redemption new life family suspicion theft precocious child escape discovery
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
59 Minutes
Gorman
widower wife hit man criminal thrilling dark shocking suspenseful street apartment united states suicide murder deception car crash contract killing escape rescue 1940s
A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.
Comedy
USA
1934
62 Minutes
The Brain
Joe E. Brown Alice White Robert Barrat Alan Dinehart Irene Franklin Hobart Cavanaugh Arthur Vinton G. Pat Collins
gambler doctor hit man girlfriend patient crafty suspenseful amusing apartment nightclub new york city laboratory bar gambling debt love triangle scientific experiments deadline transformation underdog
Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Cedric B. Cromwell
Arthur Treacher Patricia Ellis Robert Kent Alan Dinehart George Givot Helen Flint John Harrington George Cooper Arthur Housman Max Wagner Franklin Panghorn
butler englishman con artist jeeves gangster reporter cheery witty airy england new york city crime scam kidnapping deception inheritance pursuit rivalry underdog 1930s
Butler Jeeves goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to the fortune of Sir Francis Drake.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Ogden Jarrett
Paul Muni Mary Astor Aline MacMahon Donald Cook Alan Dinehart Guy Kibbee Margaret Lindsay Jean Muir Anna Q. Nilsson Patricia Ellis Douglas Dumbrille
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
83 Minutes
District Attorney George Joyce
Pat O'Brien Edward Arnold Broderick Crawford Ruth Terry Alan Dinehart Eve Arden Claire Dodd Evelyn Keyes Phyllis Brooks Janet Beecher
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Comedy
USA
1936
82 Minutes
Frederick Gillespie
Irvin S. Cobb Rochelle Hudson Johnny Downs Norman Foster Alan Dinehart Sara Haden
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Merrydew
Reginald Owen Warburton Gamble Anna May Wong June Clyde Alan Dinehart John Warburton J.M. Kerrigan Alan Mowbray Doris Lloyd Billy Bevan Leila Bennett
sherlock holmes doctor watson lawyer widow pretty woman intricate tense london apartment murder greed investigation inheritance aristocracy secret society mystery discovery 19th century
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
80 Minutes
Forrest Stanton
Mae West Victor Moore William Gaxton Lester Allen Alan Dinehart Mary Roche Lloyd Bridges Almira Sessions Sam Ash
actress producer rival singer niece moralist amusing campy new york city broadway theater office police station broadway show business morality controversy schemes rivalry transformation 1940s
When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
56 Minutes
Prosecutor
Joan Bennett Donald Cook Skeets Gallagher ZaSu Pitts Lilian Bond Alan Dinehart Herbert Mundin Howard Phillips William Pawley
Incredibly fast-moving courtroom yarn in which Bennett is defended by ex-beau Cook when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance, while the trial is broadcast live on the radio.
Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Pat O'Shea
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Willard Parker Hobart Cavanaugh Frank Dawson Alan Dinehart Russell Hicks Ann Savage Grady Sutton Nella Walker
A literary agent is pursued by the charming writer of a popular magazine while she attempts to sway one of her clients, a handsome but innocent college professor, to star in an upcoming movie based on his best-selling novel The Whirlwind.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
80 Minutes
David Z. "Dave" Hilliard
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Reginald Owen Ralph Morgan Etienne Girardot Alan Dinehart Jo Ann Sayers Joan Marsh John Hubbard Tom Collins Sidney Blackmer
amateur sleuth bookseller wife wealthy man inspector butler amusing crafty household library murder investigation literature wealth family mystery discovery 1930s
Rare booksellers Joel and Garda Sloane are engaged to find who is stealing rare books from a private library.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
67 Minutes
Charles Wallingham
James Cagney Bette Davis Alice White Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Mayo Methot Alan Dinehart
confidence man love interest competitor friend girlfriend witness brash cheeky lighthearted new york city office hospital cruise ship deception inheritance unlikely romance mistaken identity ethics change of heart love
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Comedy
USA
1935
86 Minutes
Slick Doherty
Will Rogers Dorothy Wilson Russell Hardie Charles Sellon Louise Henry Charles Richman Alan Dinehart Esther Dale Etienne Girardot John Ince Bill Robinson
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Allan Duncan
Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland John Carradine Walter Catlett Maurice Cass Alan Dinehart Etienne Girardot E.E. Clive Margaret McWade Margaret Seddon
A young lawyer is unable to get the Pembertons to sign a land sale contract until their daughter falls in love with him.
Comedy
1943
75 Minutes
Collender Martin
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Hugh Herbert Jonathan Hale Danny Mummert Alan Dinehart Douglas Leavitt
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Therme Roberts
Pat O'Brien Bette Davis Lewis Stone Allen Jenkins Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Glenda Farrell Alan Dinehart George Chandler
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work. He regards the assignment as "kindergarten" work. When a young woman asks him to help ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
James McKay
Eleanor Powell James Stewart Virginia Bruce Una Merkel Sid Silvers Frances Langford Raymond Walburn Alan Dinehart Buddy Ebsen Juanita Quigley Reginald Gardiner
dancer sailor manager lighthearted playful club city submarine dance show business romance sabotage love pursuit 1930s
Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige, and falls in love. Nora wants to become a dancer on Broadway. Ted rescues the Pekinese of ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Arthur Skinner
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Mr. Gilbert Kruger
Dick Powell Ann Dvorak Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Raymond Walburn David Rubinoff Benny Baker Andrew Tombes Alan Dinehart Paul Harvey Edwin Maxwell
singer dancer manager politician wife rival playful cheeky engaging bus new york city town rally hotel ambition politics radio romance performance rise
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »