List of the best Bodil Rosing movies: No Greater Sin(1941), Downstairs(1932), The Bishop Murder Case(1930), King of the Rodeo(1929), Ex-Lady(1933), Surrender(1931), King Kelly of the U.S.A.(1934), Roberta(1935), Mandalay(1934), Conquest(1937), All Quiet on the Western Front(1930), You Can't Take It With You(1938) ... ...
Drama
USA
1941
85 Minutes
"Ma" James
Leon Ames Luana Walters Adele Pearce Bud McTaggart Guy Usher Bodil Rosing John Gallaudet Henry Roquemore Frank Jaquet Tristram Coffin Lee Shumway
A local health official tries to stop the spread of VD in a town.
Drama
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Sophie
John Gilbert Virginia Bruce Paul Lukas Hedda Hopper Reginald Owen Olga Baclanova Bodil Rosing Otto Hoffman Lucien Littlefield Marion Lessing
chauffeur baron baroness butler maid cook melodramatic dark tense manor austria bedroom kitchen wedding aristocracy class distinctions affair blackmail fidelity false accusations
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1930
91 Minutes
Grete Menzel
Basil Rathbone Leila Hyams Roland Young George F. Marion Alec B. Francis Zelda Sears Bodil Rosing Carroll Nye Delmer Daves
detective suspect ward doctor maid killer suspenseful intricate fascinating new york state house closet murder investigation serial murders clues father/daughter relationship kidnapping mystery pursuit 1920s
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Western, Action
USA
1929
60 Minutes
Mother
Hoot Gibson Kathryn Crawford Slim Summerville Charles French Monte Montague Joe Girard Jack Knapp Harry Todd Bodil Rosing
A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Helen's Mother
Bette Davis Gene Raymond Frank McHugh Claire Dodd Ferdinand Gottschalk Monroe Owsley Kay Strozzi Alphonse Ethier Bodil Rosing Gay Seabrook
illustrator advertising executive married woman ladies' man husband wife amusing unrestrained new york city apartment office havana living together marriage career vs. love infidelity independence separation love temptation
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Drama
USA
1931
69 Minutes
Domenica
Warner Baxter Leila Hyams Ralph Bellamy C. Aubrey Smith Alexander Kirkland William Pawley Howard Phillips George Andre Beranger Bodil Rosing Tom Ricketts
French POW Dumaine is sequestered near the castle of a prideful Prussian nobleman, Count Reinmacher, who lives for the day that his four sons will march triumphantly into Paris. Axelle, the... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Sylvia
Guy Robertson Irene Ware Edgar Kennedy Ferdinand Gottschalk Franklin Pangborn Joyce Compton Otis Harlan Lorin Raker William Orlamond Bodil Rosing
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another. Complications ensue.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Irene Dunne Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Helen Westley Victor Varconi Claire Dodd Luis Alberni Ferdinand Munier Torben Meyer Adrian Rosley
football player designer band leader ex-girlfriend aunt countess lighthearted charming paris shop nightclub fashion love triangle daunting task love transformation discovery 1930s
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
Drama
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Lyle Talbot Warner Oland Ruth Donnelly Reginald Owen Hobart Cavanaugh David Torrence Rafaela Ottiano Halliwell Hobbes Etienne Girardot
political refugee surgeon gunrunner pimp prostitute beautiful woman tense melodramatic sultry mandalay, myanmar rangoon, myanmar brothel boat city poverty prostitution organized crime blackmail secret past new life
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.
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.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.