List of the best Beryl Mercer movies: Forgotten Women(1931), The Miracle Woman(1931), Outward Bound(1930), Broken Dreams(1933), The Public Enemy(1931), The Man in Possession(1931), Common Clay(1930), Berkeley Square(1933), Inspiration(1931), East Lynne(1931), Cavalcade(1933), Young America(1932) ... ...
Romance
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Fern Madden
Marion Shilling Rex Bell Beryl Mercer Virginia Lee Corbin Carmelita Geraghty Edna Murphy Edward Earle Jack Carlyle Edward Keane Gordon De Main
reporter extra aspiring actress young woman gangster publisher melodramatic sad passionate hollywood, calif. newsroom office apartment cruise ship exploitation love triangle romantic dilemma acting failing career organized crime
A drama set in filmland, following the triumphs and heartaches of women who try to succeed in the movie industry.
Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Mrs. Higgins
Barbara Stanwyck David Manners Sam Hardy Beryl Mercer Russell Hopton Charles Middleton Eddie Boland Thelma Hill Aileen Carlyle Harry Todd
woman preacher con artist blind person pilot touching uplifting street church apartment radio station faith con game disillusionment redemption religion fall transformation love 1930s
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Drama
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Mrs. Midget
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Alec B. Francis Alison Skipworth Lyonel Watts Montagu Love Dudley Digges Walter Kingsford
socialite industrialist mother lover reverend steward brooding dark tender suspenseful boat limbo house afterlife suicide purgatory death the past second chance discovery
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Mom
Randolph Scott Martha Sleeper Buster Phelps Beryl Mercer Joseph Cawthorn Charlotte Merriam Sidney Bracey Martin Burton Clarence Geldart Edward LeSaint Adele St. Mauer
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Ma Powers
James Cagney Jean Harlow Mae Clarke Edward Woods Beryl Mercer Donald Cook Joan Blondell
gangster bootlegger police officer veteran friend melodramatic brash gripping suspenseful prison chicago slum nightclub bar organized crime gangs prohibition great depression family dysfunction growing up
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Comedy
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Mrs. Dabney
Robert Montgomery Charlotte Greenwood Irene Purcell C. Aubrey Smith Beryl Mercer Reginald Owen Alan Mowbray Maude Eburne
A charming bailiff's assistant poses as a young woman's butler until she can pay her debts.
Drama
USA
1930
88 Minutes
Mrs. Neal
Constance Bennett Lew Ayres Tully Marshall Matty Kemp Beryl Mercer Hale Hamilton Purnell Pratt Ada Williams Charles McNaughton Genevieve Blinn
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to ... See full summary »
Romance, Fantasy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Mrs. Barwick
Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor Irene Browne Beryl Mercer Colin Keith-Johnston Alan Mowbray Juliette Compton Betty Lawford Ferdinand Gottschalk Samuel S. Hinds
wealthy man relative fiancée cousin suitor ambassador cheeky creative engaging england manor street garden household time travel family romance inheritance diary social customs
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Drama
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Marthe
Greta Garbo Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Marjorie Rambeau Beryl Mercer Oscar Apfel
Yvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.
Drama
USA
1931
102 Minutes
Joyce
Ann Harding Clive Brook Conrad Nagel Cecilia Loftus Beryl Mercer O.P. Heggie Flora Sheffield David Torrance
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
Drama
USA
1933
109 Minutes
Cook
Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin Beryl Mercer Irene Browne Tempe Pigott Merle Tottenham Frank Lawton Ursula Jeans Margaret Lindsay
child soldier mother father servant touching inspiring heartwarming london ocean liner nightclub aging alcoholism class distinctions family world war i growing up transformation 1930s
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Grandma Beamish
Spencer Tracy Doris Kenyon Ralph Bellamy Tommy Conlon Raymond Borzage Beryl Mercer Sarah Padden Robert Homans Dawn O'Day Betty Jane Graham Louise Beavers
Already in trouble with the law, Arthur and his friend Nutty break into a drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. The druggist's wife, Mrs. Doray, asks for custody. When he hears... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Marie
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Richard Greene Wendy Barrie Lionel Atwill John Carradine Beryl Mercer Mary Gordon E.E. Clive Morton Lowry Ralph Forbes
sherlock holmes wealthy man doctor watson escaped convict relative dog suspenseful witty fascinating england london devonshire mansion swamp town legends monsters superstition murder plot detective work
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Margaret
Katharine Hepburn John Beal Donald Crisp Alan Hale Lumsden Hare Andy Clyde Beryl Mercer Billy Watson Dorothy Stickney Mary Gordon
reverend gypsy lord business owner employee villager charming melodramatic scotland village church street factory infatuation class conflict labor strike secret identity deception religion forbidden love
In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Doña Concha
Ramon Novarro Dorothy Jordan Lottice Howell Claude King Eugenie Besserer William V. Mong Beryl Mercer Nanci Price Herbert Clark David Scott George Chandler
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Saleslady
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Dame May Whitty Alan Marshall Merle Tottenham Kathleen Harrison Matthew Boulton Eily Malyon E.E. Clive Beryl Mercer Winifred Harris
widow maid fiancé niece police officer dark suspenseful household countryside cottage murder disappearance class distinctions missing persons dark secrets mystery 1930s
When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Robert Armstrong Helen Mack Roland Young Ralph Bellamy John Miljan Laura Hope Crews Henry Stephenson Phyllis Barry John Warburton Marjorie Gateson Beryl Mercer
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Comedy
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Ian Hunter Anita Louise Alice Brady Roland Young Frieda Inescort Bonita Granville Peggy Wood Marcia Ralston Walter Woolf King Peter Willes
The first day of spring has a profound affect on the Hilton family. The father, an accountant, finds himself unable to work, and when he tries to work, he is wooed by an actress whose taxes... See full summary »
War
USA
1930
105 Minutes
Lew Ayres Louis Wolheim John Wray Raymond Griffith Slim Summerville Russell Gleason William Bakewell Scott Kolk Walter Rogers Ben Alexander Owen Davis Jr.
soldier teacher drillmaster student military officer dark brutal profound germany school boot camp trading post trenches world war i patriotism horrors of war growing up adventure 1910s
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.