List of the best Ann Sothern movies: Hotel for Women(1939), Shadow on the Wall(1950), Ringside Maisie(1941), Undercover Maisie(1947), Walking on Air(1936), Up Goes Maisie(1946), Danger, Love at Work(1937), Fifty Roads To Town(1937), Congo Maisie(1940), The Killing Kind(1973), Panama Hattie(1942), Maisie Gets Her Man(1942) ... ...
Drama
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Ann Sothern Linda Darnell Jimmy Ellison Jean Rogers Lynn Hari June Gale
A girl from Syracuse goes to New York to see her boyfriend, successful architect who no longer cares for her. Fellow residents at a women's hotel encourage her to become a top model. When boyfriend tries to come back to her he has rivals.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
84 Minutes
Dell Faring
Ann Sothern Zachary Scott Gigi Perreau Nancy Davis Barbara Billingsley Kristine Miller John McIntire Tom Helmore
husband wife young girl sister fiancé psychiatrist dark suspenseful household courtroom murder adultery family dysfunction false accusations sister relationship discovery mystery revenge 1950s
A woman kills her beautiful sister in a rage after finding out she has an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the murder.
Comedy
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Maisie Ravier
Ann Sothern George Murphy Robert Sterling Virginia O'Brien Natalie Thompson Max Rosenbloom Jack LaRue Margaret Moffatt
boxer trainer burlesque dancer friend rival cheery playful emotional striking boxing ring brooklyn, n.y. nightclub new york state adirondack mountains boxing friendship loyalty secret life love triangle blindness
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1947
90 Minutes
Maisie Ravier
Ann Sothern Barry Nelson Mark Daniels Leon Ames Clinton Sundberg Dick Simmons Charles D. Brown Gloria Holden
Streetwise but kind-hearted Maisie Ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. Trying to get to New York for a job, she ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Kit Bennett
Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Jessie Ralph Henry Stephenson George Meeker Gordon Jones Maxine Jennings Alan Curtis
overbearing young woman impersonator divorcée valet airy amusing madcap mansion father/daughter relationship love triangle impersonation family deception forbidden love discovery quest 1930s
A stubborn young woman hires a struggling singer to play her obnoxious suitor in a scheme to overturn her father's objections to the man she really wants to marry.
Comedy
USA
1946
89 Minutes
Maisie Ravier
Ann Sothern George Murphy Hillary Brooke Stephen McNally Ray Collins Jeff York Paul Harvey Murray Alper
inventor boss young woman beautiful woman tycoon secretary lighthearted amusing los angeles stadium college plant helicopter aviation sabotage inventions espionage sexism new job love
After graduating college Maisie becomes involved both professionally and personally Joe Morton, who's just developed a revolutionary helicopter.
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Toni Pemberton
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
USA
1937
81 Minutes
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the sheriff and his men.
Comedy
1940
70 Minutes
Ann Sothern John Carroll Rita Johnson Shepperd Strudwick J.M. Kerrigan E.E. Clive Everett Brown Tom Fadden Lionel Pape Nathan Curry Leonard Mudie
Chorus girl Maisie (Ann Sothern), stranded in West Africa, stows away on a steamer heading for the jungle.
Mystery & Thriller
1973
95 Minutes
A twisted ex-convict (John Savage) visits his lawyer (Ruth Roman) and moves into his mother's (Ann Sothern) boardinghouse.
Musical
1942
79 Minutes
Ann Sothern Red Skelton Rags Ragland Ben Blue Marsha Hunt Virginia O'Brien Alan Mowbray Dan Dailey Jackie Horner Carl Esmond The Berry Brothers
hotel owner sailor wealthy man rich girl friend amusing winsome hotel panama music hall romance class distinctions world war ii espionage jealousy love pursuit 1940s
Comedy
1942
85 Minutes
Maisie Ravier
Ann Sothern Red Skelton Leo Gorcey Allen Jenkins Donald Meek Lloyd Corrigan Fritz Feld Walter Catlett Ben Welden Rags Ragland Frank Jenks
showgirl comedian supervisor building owner con artist fiancée lighthearted amusing cheery chicago apartment building coffee shop nightclub atlanta employment career change mix-up romance unlikely allies scams
Maisie (Ann Sothern) falls on hard times and works at several odd jobs before she meets aspiring comedian Hap (Red Skelton).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Ann Sothern James Caan Jeff Corey Rafael Campos Scatman Crothers Jennifer Billingsley Charles Seel
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Alexander Knox Ann Sothern George Tobias Sharyn Moffett Florence Bates Frieda Inescort Myrna Dell Ian Wolfe H.B. Warner Martha Hyer James Warren
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Ann Sothern Ethel Merman Jesse Block
con artist sheik heir son madcap lighthearted cheeky egypt new york city ship treasure travel inheritance politics con game archaeology adventure pursuit rivalry underdog
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Musical
USA
1941
111 Minutes
Eleanor Powell Ann Sothern Robert Young Lionel Barrymore John Carroll Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Tom Conway Dan Dailey Reginald Owen Rose Hobart
songwriter husband best friend dancer judge charming cheery stage backstage courtroom apartment divorce marriage friendship show business music love transformation 1930s
A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.
Comedy
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Eric Blore Helen Broderick Erik Rhodes Harry Jans Arthur Hoyt Frank Jenks
model wealthy man male model butler sister hilarious madcap heartwarming beach yacht advertising office phone booth hotel gold digging materialism mistaken identity marriage proposal modeling deception love
Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Jack Carson Ann Sothern Robert Alda S.Z. Sakall Bobby Ellis Richard Rober Joseph Crehan Ray Walker John Gallaudet Philip Van Zandt Billy Curtis
The 'Two Tymes', Joe and June, need to change up their dogeared vaudeville act - fast. Cue their son Buster; a cocky hoofer who bolts from boarding school and joins them, propelling the trio into the big time. But success brings trouble.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Jack Oakie Ann Sothern Edward Ciannelli Alan Bruce Edgar Kennedy Joan Woodbury Bradley Page Paul Guilfoyle William Corson
amateur sleuth publicist actor criminologist police officer killer lighthearted amusing suspenseful los angeles movie set nightclub hollywood, calif. california murder investigation celebrities fame egoism false accusations acting
An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime.
Adventure
USA
1936
64 Minutes
Mary Taylor
After getting in a fight in a waterfront café over a girl, Captain Ira "Hell-Ship" Morgan hires Jim Allen and they become good friends. Morgan befriends a desperate girl, Mary Taylor, and, ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1980
90 Minutes
Charles Lane Ann Sothern Chris Petersen Pat Petersen Sally Boyden Rick Lenz Sharon Weber Joe Spinell John Davis Chandler Cliff Pellow Stephen Young
A grandfather takes his two young grandsons on a camping trip for their karate tournament, and become involved in a kidnapping by a poor country family that lives in the woods.
Comedy
1938
72 Minutes
Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Victor Moore Helen Broderick Parkyakarkus Billy Gilbert William Brisbane Solly Ward
After Carol (Ann Sothern) inherits her father's debts, her aunt convinces her to take a job as Fuller's secretary. Carol and Fuller fall in love, but neither can admit it until her aunt sets them up at a resort.
Musical
1934
64 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Ann Sothern Miriam Jordan Gregory Ratoff Greta Meyer Betty Furness
director movie star studio head fiancée actress lighthearted witty charming movie set hollywood, calif. circus film industry deception romantic dilemma publicity assumed identity jealousy discovery love 1930s
A filmmaker (Edmund Lowe) opts for a circus performer (Ann Sothern) to replace the Swedish star who quit.
Drama
USA
1949
103 Minutes
Rita Phipps
Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Ann Sothern Kirk Douglas Paul Douglas Barbara Lawrence Jeffrey Lynn Connie Gilchrist Florence Bates Hobart Cavanaugh
wife child adulterer husband maid emotional intense suspenseful westchester, n.y. river household suburbia infidelity marriage mystery 1940s
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Florence "Flo" Addams
Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Ann Sothern Donald Crisp Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Charles D. Brown Cecil Kellaway Morgan Conway Richard Lane Paul Guilfoyle
mobster criminal monk girlfriend police officer endearing positive city europe hideout monastery shop police station crime faith meaning of life transformation 1940s
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Jean Livingstone
Fredric March Joan Bennett Ann Sothern Ralph Bellamy Sidney Blackmer Thomas Mitchell Robert Elliott Richard Tucker Joyce Compton Patricia Farr Wilma Francis
detective womanizer sister woman suspect victim thrilling suspenseful frenetic san francisco hawaii ship asia murder investigation on the run chase reward suicide disguise escape
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
82 Minutes
Sheba
Cloris Leachman Stuart Whitman Ann Sothern Jim Backus Don Most Linda Purl
Several women begin outlaws' lives in a desperate trip to their family farm, which was taken off them by corrupt authorities.
Drama
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Tisha Doughty
Bette Davis Lillian Gish Vincent Price Ann Sothern Harry Carey Jr. Margaret Ladd Tisha Sterling Mary Steenburgen
sister widow elderly person neighbor fisherman blind person touching mellow heartwarming cliff island, maine summerhouse seaside aging love family vacation sister relationship growing up love sacrifice
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Drama
USA
1968
100 Minutes
Angela
Richard Egan Christopher Jones Susan Strasberg Ann Sothern Simon Oakland Audrey Totter Preston Foster Peter Whitney Ed Binns Joe De Santis Norman Alden
Twenty-year-old Chubasco chooses a difficult path of hard labor at sea aboard a fishing boat and learns about how to become a man in the process.
Musical
USA
1948
119 Minutes
Joyce Harmon
Mickey Rooney Tom Drake June Allyson Perry Como Ann Sothern Betty Garrett Janet Leigh Marshall Thompson Jeanette Nolan Richard Quine Clinton Sundberg
lyricist composer actress singer best friend touching melodramatic hollywood, calif. broadway theater london new york city may-december romance alcohol songwriting friendship depression success rise fall love
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Action
USA
1974
93 Minutes
Fenzie
Joe Don Baker Elizabeth Ashley Jim Kelly Burgess Meredith Ann Sothern Roy Chiao Frances Fong Kung-Wu Huang Alice Fong Clarence Barnes Pat E. Johnson
Various factions are fighting each other to gain possession of a very special statue. The statue itself is not worth much, the needles inside it are the true prize. These "golden needles" ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1978
105 Minutes
Mrs. Karmann
Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Michael Ansara Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan Lurene Tuttle Ann Newman-Mantee
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Drama
1965
115 Minutes
Mrs. Argona, Grace Argona
Carroll Baker George Maharis Joanne Dru Peter Lawford Viveca Lindfors Edmond O'Brien Aldo Ray Ann Sothern Lloyd Bochner Paul Gilbert
A private detective (George Maharis) falls in love with a poet (Carroll Baker) whose shady past he has been hired to check.