List of the best Ann Dvorak movies: I Was an American Spy(1951), Scarface(1932), Thanks a Million(1935), Cafe Hostess(1939), Dr. Socrates(1935), Midnight Alibi(1934), Abilene Town(1946), Flame of Barbary Coast(1945), Bright Lights(1935), College Coach(1933), Sweet Music(1935), The Return of Jesse James(1950) ... ...
6.6/10
Drama, History, War
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Ann Dvorak Gene Evans Douglas Kennedy Richard Loo Leon Lontoc Chabing Philip Ahn Marya Marco Lisa Ferraday Howard Chuman Freddie Revelala
secret agent dancer spy soldier tense thrilling manila, philippines singapore nightclub prison claire phillips marriage world war ii torture loss espionage escape rescue sacrifice 1940s
During WW2, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.
7.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Francesca "Cesca" Camonte
gangster sister criminal fiery frenetic gripping thrilling chicago jealousy crime murder underdog wretched excess rivalry 1930s
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
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 »
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a "percentage girl" at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. She can see no way out of the dreary and sordid routine of entertaining customers - called drinking and dancing... See full summary »
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Josephine "Jo" Gray
Paul Muni Ann Dvorak Barton MacLane Raymond Brown Ralph Remley Hal K. Dawson Grace Stafford Mayo Methot Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Joan Morley
Richard Barthelmess Ann Dvorak Helene Lowell Helen Chandler Harry Tyler Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Vincent Sherman Eric Wilton Robert McWade Paul Hurst
A gambler hides out for some gangsters in an old lady's house. Later he's arrested for murder but the old woman provides him with an alibi by saying he was with her on the night of the murder.
6.3/10
Western
USA
1946
89 Minutes
Randolph Scott Ann Dvorak Edgar Buchanan Rhonda Fleming Lloyd Bridges Helen Boice Howard Freeman Richard Hale Jack Lambert Dick Curtis Eddy Waller
marshal entertainer cattleman merchant sheriff daughter gritty rousing fiery kansas saloon trail mine range land wars cowboys homesteading law and order quest rivalry
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
6.3/10
Western
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Ann "Flaxen" Tarry
John Wayne Ann Dvorak Joseph Schildkraut William Frawley Virginia Grey Russell Hicks Jack Norton Paul Fix Manart Kippen Marc Lawrence Butterfly McQueen
man gambler gambling addict rancher cowboy thief thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal san francisco montana danger fear fighting criminal past adventure discovery rivalry
Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Tito, goes home and PL: learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Fay Wilson
Joe E. Brown Ann Dvorak Patricia Ellis William Gargan Joseph Cawthorn Arthur Treacher Gordon Westcott Joseph Crehan William Demarest
Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1933
75 Minutes
football player college student football coach wife college president husband rousing inspiring emotional university football field household classroom restaurant ethics college athletics college life marital problems infidelity football
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Rudy Vallee Ann Dvorak Helen Morgan Ned Sparks Alice White Allen Jenkins
College band-leader "Skip" Houston keeps his band together after graduation, they turn professional, and they are a big hit on the radio and in nightclubs. He falls in love with Bonnie ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Western
USA
1950
75 Minutes
John Ireland Ann Dvorak Henry Hull Hugh O'Brian Reed Hadley Victor Kilian Byron Foulger Tommy Noonan Clifton Young Margia Dean Sid Melton
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Judith "Judy" Mason
David Manners Ann Dvorak Ken Murray J. Carrol Naish Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Allen Vincent Edward Nugent William Janney
musician singer girlfriend publicist band member star engaging melodramatic confident house concert hall office stage rise to stardom music fame romance arrogance show business discovery
Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Vivian Revere as a Child
Warren William Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Bette Davis Lyle Talbot Humphrey Bogart Patricia Ellis Grant Mitchell Sheila Terry Glenda Farrell
mother lawyer actress secretary mobster husband melodramatic tense new york city school household kidnapping friendship marital problems drug addiction mafia fall temptation transformation love
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Lee Merrick
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Eric Linden Guy Kibbee Frank McHugh Charlotte Merriam Regis Toomey Leo Nomis
race car driver brother mistress best friend competitor confident gutsy melodramatic racetrack club car bar indianapolis racing family accident guilt friendship drinking transformation
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Terry Wilson
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 »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
Madeleine Forestier
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1947
84 Minutes
Olive Jensen
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Mary
Chester Morris Ralph Bellamy Ann Dvorak Joan Perry Melville Cooper Rose Stradner John Eldredge Ann Doran Marc Lawrence Stanley Brown Scotty Beckett
murderer henchman psychologist student wife son brooding intense frightening prison house basement pier hostage situation fugitives psychology paralysis murder abuse quest
Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Nan Reynolds
Bette Davis George Brent Ann Dvorak John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Joseph Cawthorn Harry Tyler Leila Bennett Ronnie Cosby
housewife ad copywriter lover husband son old friend witty melodramatic uneasy advertising office house courtroom divorce advertising ambition infidelity poverty marriage love rise
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
82 Minutes
Ann Rogers
Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Ann Dvorak Tamara Geva James Gleason Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Smiley Burnette Selmer Jackson Eddie Kane Moroni Olsen
mobster singer opera singer musician secretary mother lighthearted winsome new york city office nightclub theater music industry show business opera mother/son relationship love triangle organized crime quest 1930s
Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
Crime, Drama
1935
85 Minutes
Jean Morgan
James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak Robert Armstrong Barton MacLane Lloyd Nolan William Harrigan Russell Hopton Edward Pawley Noel Madison Monte Blue
lawyer gangster showgirl fbi agent sister brutal dark gritty washington, d.c. new york city nightclub cabin crime law and order friendship revenge sacrifice pursuit 1930s
A lawyer (James Cagney) joins the FBI and goes after henchmen of the gangster who put him through law school.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Belle Connors
Cornel Wilde Linda Darnell Anne Baxter Kirk Douglas Ann Dvorak Marjorie Rambeau Henry Hull Colleen Townsend Barton MacLane Griff Barnett William Tracy
After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julia Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1950
108 Minutes
Mary Ashlon
Lana Turner Ray Milland Tom Ewell Louis Calhern Ann Dvorak Barry Sullivan Margaret Phillips Jean Hagen Phyllis Kirk Sara Haden Hermes Pan
model wealthy man wife executive lawyer melodramatic kansas new york city montana success forbidden love affair love fame forbidden love fall 1950s
A girl from Kansas arrives to New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Minerva Harlan
Brian Aherne Constance Bennett Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Patsy Kelly Ann Dvorak Tom Brown Clarence Kolb
matron ex-convict chauffeur butler tramp daughter hysterical wild united states household rehabilitation family dysfunction homelessness mistaken identity philanthropy transformation love 1930s
Dizzy society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome "tramp" who shows up at her doorstep and soon ends up in a ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Mrs. Gert Lynch
Ann Blyth Jane Wyatt Donald Cook Farley Granger Joan Evans Ann Dvorak Natalie Wood Gus Schilling Phyllis Kirk Jessie Grayson Martin Milner
teen girl adoptive mother adoptive father biological mother sister boyfriend emotional heartwarming los angeles family home long beach, calif. adoption family graduation secret identity crisis discovery growing up transformation 1950s
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Fan
Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Roland Young ZaSu Pitts Maude Eburne Herman Bing Ann Dvorak
actor actress husband wife amusing lighthearted playful new york city broadway theater infidelity jealousy marriage deception love love forbidden love discovery temptation 1930s
A jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.
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