List of the best Barnett Parker movies: Married Before Breakfast(1937), Love Is a Headache(1938), Listen, Darling(1938), Tall, Dark and Handsome(1941), Kisses for Breakfast(1941), Double Wedding(1937), Navy Blue and Gold(1937), Hold That Kiss(1938), Personal Property(1937), Born to Dance(1936), Babes in Arms(1939), Marie Antoinette(1938) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Tweed
Robert Young Florence Rice June Clayworth Barnett Parker Warren Hymer Helen Flint Hugh Marlowe Tom Kennedy Edgar Dearing Mary Gordon Harlan Briggs
After a leading razor company pays inventor Tom Wakefield a quarter of a million dollars not to publicize a hair-removing shaving cream that makes razors obsolete, he makes plans to take ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
68 Minutes
Hotchkiss
Franchot Tone Gladys George Mickey Rooney Ralph Morgan Jessie Ralph Barnett Parker Ted Healy Frank Jenks Virginia Weidler Fay Holden Julius Tannen
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Abercrombie
Judy Garland Freddie Bartholomew Mary Astor Walter Pidgeon Alan Hale Scotty Beckett Barnett Parker Gene Lockhart Charley Grapewin
widow lawyer young boy sister uncle banker amusing charming small town trailer camp gas station marriage of convenience road trip kidnapping matchmaking camping family love quest
To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her friend Buzz kidnap her in the family trailer to live a life on the open road without worries ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
78 Minutes
Quentin
Cesar Romero Virginia Gilmore Charlotte Greenwood Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Stanley Clements Frank Jenks Barnett Parker
gang leader shopgirl little boy rival henchman cohort cheeky lighthearted thrilling chicago department store household nightclub cellar funeral gangsters reputation romance deception fatherhood
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Phillips
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyatt Shirley Ross Lee Patrick Jerome Cowan Una O'Connor Romaine Callender Barnett Parker Cornel Wilde Willie Best Louise Beavers
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
87 Minutes
Mr. Flint
William Powell Myrna Loy Florence Rice John Beal Jessie Ralph Edgar Kennedy Sidney Toler Mary Gordon Barnett Parker Katharine Alexander Priscilla Lawson
artist sister young woman fiancé ex-wife free spirit amusing lighthearted city trailer wedding opposites attract siblings love triangle matchmaking marriage love rivalry adventure 1930s
Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Graves
Robert Young James Stewart Florence Rice Lionel Barrymore Billie Burke Tom Brown Samuel S. Hinds Paul Kelly Frank Albertson Barnett Parker Minor Watson
cadet football player student roommate naval officer coach spirited patriotic rousing naval academy maryland football field football college navy family history secret sports quest rivalry
Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Maurice
Maureen O'Sullivan Dennis O'Keefe Mickey Rooney George Barbier Jessie Ralph Edward Brophy Fay Holden Phillip Terry Ruth Hussey Barnett Parker Frank Albertson
June Evans, clothing model, and Tommy Bradford, travel agent, both dream of being rich. When they meet at millionaire, J. Westley Piermont's daughter's wedding, they both assume each other ... See full summary »
Comedy
1937
88 Minutes
Jean Harlow Robert Taylor Reginald Owen Una O'Connor Henrietta Crosman E.E. Clive Cora Witherspoon Marla Shelton Forrester Harvey Lionel Braham Barnett Parker
widow fiancé brother maid mother father intricate madcap charming london apartment marrying for money love triangle family business debt unlikely romance forbidden love discovery 1930s
A London playboy (Robert Taylor) moves in with a broke U.S. widow (Jean Harlow), as custodian of her and her possessions.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
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
USA
1939
94 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Charles Winninger Guy Kibbee June Preisser Grace Hayes Betty Jaynes Douglas McPhail Rand Brooks Leni Lynn John Sheffield
singer dancer parent girlfriend lighthearted charming united states long island, n.y. vaudeville failing career determination show business music adventure rise 1930s
A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
93 Minutes
Ruby Keeler Lee Dixon Ross Alexander Allen Jenkins Louise Fazenda Carol Hughes Winifred Shaw Teddy Hart Hugh O'Connell Addison Richards E.E. Clive
producer partner college student actress company president fiancé lighthearted amusing playful new york city docks theater office stage theater acting mistaken identity impersonation romance confession
Two songwriters want to cast a British star in their new show.