List of the best Barbara O'Neil movies: I Am the Law(1938), All This and Heaven Too(1940), When Tomorrow Comes(1939), Stella Dallas(1937), Flame of the Islands(1955), Gone With the Wind(1939), Angel Face(1952), The Nun's Story(1959) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
83 Minutes
lawyer student mobster femme fatale police officer government official dark gritty raw city hall city crime corruption mafia quest pursuit 1930s
Law professor John Lindsay is asked by a civic leader to become a special prosecutor to go after the racketeers in town.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Duchesse de Praslin
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Drama
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Madeleine Chagal
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Helen Morrison
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Drama
USA
1955
90 Minutes
Charmaine Duryea
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Zachary Scott Kurt Kaszner Barbara O'Neil James Arness Frieda Inescort Lester Matthews Donald Curtis Nick Stewart
secretary singer casino owner business partner romantic interest romantic rival intricate engaging passionate nassau, bahamas casino casinos romantic dilemma high society forbidden love love quest rivalry 20th century
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Ellen O'Hara
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Mona Freeman Herbert Marshall Leon Ames Barbara O'Neil Kenneth Tobey Raymond Greenleaf Griff Barnett Robert Gist Morgan Farley
beautiful woman love interest father stepmother sister young man disturbing intense beverly hills, calif. mansion murder manipulation cover-up double life obsessive love jealousy revenge quest transformation 1950s
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.