List of the best C. Henry Gordon movies: Adventure in Sahara(1938), Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum(1940), Stamboul Quest(1934), Kongo(1932), Mata Hari(1931), Crooked Circle(1932), Stand-In(1937), Heritage of the Desert(1939), Gabriel Over the White House(1933), The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933), Night Flight(1933), A Woman of Experience(1931) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1938
58 Minutes
Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt (C. Henry Gordon). To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Dr. Cream
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung C. Henry Gordon Marc Lawrence Joan Valerie Marguerite Chapman Ted Osborn Michael Visaroff Hilda Vaughn Charles Wagenheim Archie Twitchell
An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.
Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Ali Bey
Myrna Loy George Brent Lionel Atwill C. Henry Gordon Douglas Dumbrille Rudolph Anders Mischa Auer Robert Glecker Reginald Barlow Joe Sawyer Christian Rub
spy commander medical student secretary traitor emotional gripping witty constantinople berlin mental institution train restaurant dentist's office memory espionage guilt world war i pursuit love
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Gregg
Walter Huston Lupe Velez Conrad Nagel Virginia Bruce C. Henry Gordon Mitchell Lewis Forrester Harvey Curtis Nero
king trader nun explorer native dark disturbing jungle village trading post convent insanity abduction mistaken identity vengeance torture revenge quest 1930s
This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Dubois
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Comedy
1932
68 Minutes
Yoganda
ZaSu Pitts James Gleason Ben Lyon Irene Purcell C. Henry Gordon Raymond Hatton Roscoe Karns Berton Churchill
A motorcycle cop (James Gleason) and his girlfriend (ZaSu Pitts) unmask a fake swami (Ben Lyon) in a haunted house.
Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Ivor Nassau
Leslie Howard Joan Blondell Humphrey Bogart Alan Mowbray Marla Shelton C. Henry Gordon Jack Carson Tully Marshall J.C. Nugent William V. Mong
A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.
Western
USA
1939
74 Minutes
Henry Holderness
Donald Woods Evelyn Venable Russell Hayden Robert Barrat Sidney Toler C. Henry Gordon
gunslinger rancher son daughter outlaw scientist suspenseful wild melodramatic wild west desert ranch wilderness abduction hired killers love triangle family ties unlikely allies real estate rescue
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Nick Diamond (aka Antone Brilawski)
Walter Huston Arthur Byron Karen Morley Franchot Tone Dickie Moore C. Henry Gordon David Landau Samuel S. Hinds William Pawley Jean Parker Claire DuBrey
president chief of staff secret police secretary of state lover gangster creative dark incredible white house washington, d.c. politics dictatorship crime visions divine intervention great depression transformation quest rise
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
State's Attorney
Irene Dunne Lionel Atwill Phillips Holmes Una Merkel Douglas Walton C. Henry Gordon Jean Parker Mitchell Lewis
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
84 Minutes
Daudet
John Barrymore Helen Hayes Clark Gable Lionel Barrymore Robert Montgomery C. Henry Gordon Harry Beresford Irving Pichel
Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.
Drama
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Captain Muller
Helen Twelvetrees William Blakewell Lew Cody ZaSu Pitts H.B. Warner C. Henry Gordon Franklin Pangborn Nance O'Neil
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa decides to answer the patriotic appeals and help by working in the hospital, but her reputation causes her to be ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Panto Nikitch
Kay Francis Walter Huston Nils Asther Phillips Holmes Eugene Pallette C. Henry Gordon Louise Closser Hale Jean Parker
mayor wife captain steward deserter commander intense melodramatic hungary village estate barn household river world war i hungarian history romantic dilemma desertion jealousy class conflict
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Paul Clayton
Ed Wynn Dorothy Mackaill William Boyd Charles "Chic" Sale Effie Ellsler C. Henry Gordon George Givot
A timid man (Ed Wynn) is thrust into the spotlight when his father is honored as a hero. He blunders into a series of adventures because of a woman (Dorothy Mackaill) and becomes a hero ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1936
75 Minutes
Brad Anthony
Philip Huston James Gleason June Travis Bruce Cabot Andy Devine C. Henry Gordon
quarterback college student journalist girlfriend columnist gambler engaging gripping college football field family home campus office financial support gambling college athletics conflict of interest journalism pursuit temptation
Gamblers try for easy money with big-time football, but are surprised when a game fails to turn out as planned.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Attorney Graves
John Barrymore Helen Twelvetrees William "Stage" Boyd Jill Esmond Mary Duncan Albert Conti C. Henry Gordon Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel
attorney governor mobster prostitute client gritty engaging shocking melodramatic gambling house courtroom speakeasy apartment political corruption mobsters redemption alcoholism romance court battles rise
Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1932
123 Minutes
Grand Duke Igor
John Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander C. Henry Gordon Edward Arnold Gustav von Seyffertitz Dawn O'Day Jean Parker
mystic czar nicholas ii child prince princess doctor dark intense russia palace party hypnosis czarina alexandra royalty rasputin assassination revolution quest rise fall
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Ricco
Alice Brady Maureen O'Sullivan Franchot Tone Phillips Holmes Ted Healy Russell Hardie C. Henry Gordon Alan Edwards Ben Alexander
stage mother stage manager lover daughter actress artist melodramatic touching family home broadway theater boston new york city hospital boat mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction ambition deception show business blackmail
A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1934
82 Minutes
Tony Berrelli
Robert Montgomery Maureen O'Sullivan Edward Arnold Elizabeth Patterson Whitford Kane Mickey Rooney C. Henry Gordon Muriel Evans Edward Brophy Herman Bing Henry Armetta
con artist farmer wife daughter police detective club owner hilarious heartwarming thrilling new york city catskills nightclub farm police station connecticut opposites attract self-discovery criminal past manhunt injury
A New York mobster (Robert Montgomery) flees to Connecticut and falls for a farmer's daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Philip the Second
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Prince Poniatowski
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.
Musical, Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Tim Crowley
Constance Cummings Russ Columbo Paul Kelly Blossom Seeley Gregory Ratoff Texas Guinan Hugh O'Connell Hobart Cavanaugh C. Henry Gordon William Burress Helen Jerome Eddy
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1936
116 Minutes
Surat Khan
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Patric Knowles Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce David Niven G.P. Huntley Jr. Spring Byington C. Henry Gordon E.E. Clive
military officer brother fiancée rajah soldier emotional patriotic rousing india military base palace battlefield love triangle battle of balaklava historical events crimean war revenge quest love 1850s
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
Drama
USA
1931
45 Minutes
Renard
Bebe Daniels Warren William Alan Mowbray Blanche Frederici Frederick Kerr Dita Parlo Allan Lane Harry Cording Murray Kinnell C. Henry Gordon Alphonse Ethier
Honor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Irene Dunne Ricardo Cortez Myrna Loy Jill Esmond Florence Eldridge Kay Johnson Julie Haydon Mary Duncan Peg Entwistle Elsie Prescott Wally Albright
young woman leader outcast detective son hypnotist eerie melodramatic suspenseful new york city circus train beverly hills, calif. police station murder racism hypnosis investigation mother/child relationship friendship
Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Helen Vinson Hardie Albright Andre Luguet Henry Kolker Spencer Charters Alan Mowbray Lawrence Grant Jacques Vanaire Charles Coleman
baron baroness thief detective husband lover amusing lighthearted vienna jewelry shop house crime jewelry theft investigation infidelity affair love pursuit forbidden love temptation
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.