List of the best Aline MacMahon movies: Kind Lady(1935), The Merry Frinks(1934), Babbitt(1934), Back Door to Heaven(1939), Heroes for Sale(1933), The Mouthpiece(1932), The World Changes(1933), The Lady Is Willing(1942), Silver Dollar(1933), When You're in Love(1937), The Eddie Cantor Story(1953), Dragon Seed(1944) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Mary Herries
Aline MacMahon Basil Rathbone Mary Carlisle Frank Albertson Dudley Digges Doris Lloyd Nola Luxford Murray Kinnell Eily Malyon Justine Chase Barbara Shields
elderly woman con artist doctor artist nephew maid creepy suspenseful disturbing london mansion con game kindness abduction family escape 1930s
Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her way home from a concert on Christmas Eve she discovers a poor, would-be artist outside her... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
67 Minutes
Hattie "Mom" Frink
Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Helene Lowell Joan Wheeler Frankie Darro Ivan Lebedeff
An under-appreciated mother inherits a fortune and abandons her family.
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Guy Kibbee Aline MacMahon Claire Dodd Maxine Doyle Glen Boles Minna Gombell Alan Hale Berton Churchill Russell Hicks Nan Gray Arthur Aylesworth
husband father businessman wife child gripping somber profound united states small town business money morality family consumerism high society temptation wretched excess transformation 20th century
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Wallace Ford Aline MacMahon Jimmy Lydon Robert Vivian
The life of a young slum kid, who starts out stealing small things in order to fit in with the "crowd", winds up in reform school, and eventually spends much of his life in prison. Upon his... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Mary Dennis
Richard Barthelmess Loretta Young Aline MacMahon Gordon Westcott Robert Barrat Berton Churchill Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Charley Grapewin James Murray Edwin Maxwell
veteran soldier businessman communist wife doctor bleak gritty chicago laundromat hospital prison pennsylvania capitalism communism labor union drug addiction great depression social activism discovery
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Miss Hickey
Warren William James Flood Sidney Fox Aline MacMahon Mae Madison John Wray
Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Anna Nordholm
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.
Romance
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Buddy
actress doctor baby ex-wife police officer manager cheeky melodramatic amusing new york city theater doctor's office apartment marriage of convenience adoption romance schemes illness love transformation
In order to adopt an abandoned baby, an actress arranges a marriage of convenience with a doctor.
Biography
USA
1933
83 Minutes
Sarah Martin
Edward G. Robinson Bebe Daniels Aline MacMahon Jobyna Howland DeWitt Jennings Robert Warwick Russell Simpson Harry Holman Charles Middleton John Marston Marjorie Gateson
politician chester a. arthur wife mine owner mistress ulysses s. grant engaging spirited denver washington, d.c. mine colorado marriage wealth politics philanthropy affair egoism transformation discovery
Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth leads to greater prosperity and political power. In Denver Yates buys a mansion and builds ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1937
104 Minutes
Artist Jimmy Hudson (Cary Grant) is stuck in Mexico unable to pay his hotel bill. Meanwhile, Louise Fuller (Grace Moore) opera singer is stuck in the same town unable to return to the US ... See full summary »
Musical, Biography
USA
1953
116 Minutes
Grandma Esther
Keefe Brasselle Marilyn Erskine Aline MacMahon Arthur Franz Alex Gerry Greta Grandstedt Gerald Mohr Jackie Barnett William Forrest Richard Monda
Eddie Cantor and his wife Ida arrive at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, for a private screening of The Eddie Cantor Story . Just before the film rolls, Cantor whispers, "Ida, ... See full synopsis »
Drama
1944
145 Minutes
Ling Tan's Wife
Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Aline MacMahon Akim Tamiroff Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead Henry Travers Robert Lewis
wife son mother patriarch gutsy powerful solemn rousing southern china farm war feminism farming resistance fighters rural life sacrifice love transformation quest 1930s
A Chinese villager (Katharine Hepburn), her husband and in-laws (Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon) burn their land to foil Japanese invaders.
Comedy
1942
84 Minutes
Lizzie Wilkins
Marjorie Main ZaSu Pitts Aline MacMahon Susan Peters Lee Bowman Guy Kibbee Virginia Grey Richard Quine Ruby Dandridge Al Shean Gerald Oliver Smith
When a busybody (Marjorie Main) tries setting up her nephew with a friend's daughter, he instead falls for the daughter of his aunt's enemy.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Trixie Lorraine
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Betty
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Musical
UK|USA
1963
99 Minutes
Ida
Judy Garland Dirk Bogarde Jack Klugman Aline MacMahon Gregory Phillips Russell Waters Pauline Jameson Jeremy Burnham
singer mother doctor father son rousing melodramatic tender london england london palladium lost loves career vs. family singing mother/son relationship failed romance father/son relationship love discovery rivalry
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.
Adventure
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Nonna Bartoli
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Robert Douglas Aline MacMahon Frank Allenby Nick Cravat Lynne Baggett Gordon Gebert
archer wife leader rebel niece tyrant spirited thrilling melodramatic italy castle village kidnapping rebellion father/son relationship estrangement freedom marriage underdog revenge
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Drama
USA
1944
121 Minutes
Aunt Martha
Anne Baxter Ralph Bellamy Ruth Warrick Aline MacMahon Scott McKay Marie McDonald Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Percy Kilbride
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.
Drama
1963
107 Minutes
Aunt Hannah
Jean Simmons Robert Preston Pat Hingle Aline MacMahon Thomas Chalmers John Cullum Ronnie Claire Edwards Michael Kearney John Henry Faulk Lylah Tiffany Mary Perry
A boy, his mother (Jean Simmons) and relatives react to the car-crash death of his father (Robert Preston) in 1915 Knoxville, Tenn.
Romance
1935
92 Minutes
Betty Collins
Joan Crawford Brian Aherne Frank Morgan Aline MacMahon Eric Blore Arthur Treacher Fred Keating Jessie Ralph Frank Conroy Etienne Girardot Edward Brophy
socialite archaeologist father millionaire butler grandmother airy witty charming lighthearted new york city yacht greece island connecticut museum class distinctions deception vacation love triangle
An heiress and a young archaeologist fall in love during a chance meeting, but they find that money poses a problem.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Kate Canady
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Donald Crisp Cathy O'Donnell Alex Nicol Aline MacMahon Wallace Ford Jack Elam John War Eagle James Millican Gregg Barton
lawman rancher son foreman spirited fiery brooding thrilling new mexico desert ranch family deception justice father/son relationship power struggle pursuit revenge fall 1860s
Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
Drama
USA
1963
107 Minutes
Kapiolani Kahana
Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux George Chakiris France Nuyen James Darren Aline MacMahon Elizabeth Allen Vaughn Taylor Marc Marno Philip Ahn Harold Fong
In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Sarie McCoy
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Florence Goodwin
Ida Lupino John Garfield Thomas Mitchell Eddie Albert George Tobias Leo Gorcey John Qualen Aline MacMahon
tailor cook daughter gangster auctioneer dark melodramatic brooklyn, n.y. pier ocean courtroom friendship extortion organized crime father/daughter relationship marriage conspiracy rivalry temptation escape
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Drama
USA
1961
100 Minutes
Dr. Lucy Grainger
Fredric March Ben Gazzara Dick Clark Ina Balin Eddie Albert Phyllis Love Edward Andrews Aline MacMahon Arthur Hill Rosemary Murphy
doctor boss nurse pregnant woman intern tense moving engaging gripping hospital new york city pathology aging medical profession birth illness rivalry discovery 1950s
Medical drama set at one of New York City's hospitals during the early 1960s.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Miss Taylor
Edward G. Robinson H.B. Warner Marian Marsh Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Frances Starr Ona Munson Boris Karloff Robert Elliott Aline MacMahon Purnell Pratt
editor news reporter murderer publisher secretary love interest melodramatic dark new york city journalism ethics suicide deception family love fall wretched excess 1930s
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.