List of the best Carole Lombard movies: To Be or Not to Be(1942), Hands Across the Table(1935), Nothing Sacred(1937), Virtue(1932), The Princess Comes Across(1936), True Confession(1937), Vigil in the Night(1940), Lady by Choice(1934), Love Before Breakfast(1936), Brief Moment(1933), They Knew What They Wanted(1940), Swing High, Swing Low(1937) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack Felix Bressart Lionel Atwill Stanley Ridges Sig Ruman Tom Dugan Charles Halton Peter Caldwell Helmut Dantine
actor actress lieutenant spy nazi madcap hilarious suspenseful poland warsaw love triangle adolf hitler impersonation resistance world war ii adventure 1940s
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Romance
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Astrid Allwyn Marie Prevost Ruth Donnelly
manicurist wealthy man love interest heiress lighthearted endearing amusing new york city hotel apartment marrying for money the great depression schemes unlikely romance quest discovery 1930s
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fredric March Charles Winninger Walter Connolly Sig Ruman Frank Fay Max Rosenbloom Margaret Hamilton
doctor reporter editor patient amusing endearing winsome vermont small town new york city hotel newsroom fraud romance deception illness celebrity newspapers adventure love
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Drama
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Mae
Carole Lombard Pat O'Brien Mayo Methot Ward Bond Shirley Grey Jack LaRue
woman cab driver waitress prostitute boyfriend gangster melodramatic amusing tense new york city coney island cab apartment restaurant false accusations prostitution marriage reputation murder second chance
A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver, but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
76 Minutes
actress ex-convict murderer police detective blackmailer ship captain amusing charming thrilling ocean liner deck cabin cruise deception murder suspicion acting impersonation mystery love
A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.
Comedy
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Helen Bartlett
A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Carole Lombard Brian Aherne Dawn O'Day Julien Mitchell Robert Coote Brenda Forbes Rita Page Peter Cushing Ethel Griffies Doris Lloyd Emily Fitzroy
nurse doctor boss nun sister engaging emotional touching london hospital medicine love guilt sexual harassment redemption pursuit rise sacrifice 1940s
A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made; she is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
Comedy
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Alabam Lee
Carole Lombard May Robson Roger Pryor Walter Connolly Arthur Hohl Raymond Walburn James Burke Henry Kolker Mariska Aldrich
fan dancer widow publicist manager judge witty emotional amusing retirement home stage female bonding show business coincidence matchmaking transformation 1930s
An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Carole Lombard Preston Foster Cesar Romero Janet Beecher Betty Lawford Richard Carle Forrester Harvey Ed Barton Sam Tong Bob Thom
A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.
Drama
USA
1933
69 Minutes
Abby Fane
Carole Lombard Gene Raymond Monroe Owsley Donald Cook Arthur Hohl Reginald Mason Jameson Thomas Theresa Maxwell Conover Florence Britton Irene Ware Herbert Evans
playboy singer wealthy man father friend wife heartwarming moving engaging nightclub racetrack family home work social standing self-respect marital problems family ties redemption transformation love
A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him.
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Amy Peters
immigrant foreman waitress emotional melodramatic village san fernando valley house infidelity love triangle underdog rivalry love 1930s
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
Musical
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Charles Butterworth Jean Dixon Dorothy Lamour Harvey Stephens Cecil Cunningham Charles Arnt Franklin Pangborn Anthony Quinn Charles Judels
singer jazz musician roommate old flame agent hypochondriac gripping brooding panama court apartment club new york city radio station musicians poverty marriage jealousy infidelity depression
A singer stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by work and the arrival of an old flame.
Romance
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Doris Blake
Carole Lombard Chester Morris Adrienne Ames Alison Skipworth Walter Byron Reginald Barlow Zita Moulton Cary Grant Luke Cosgrave Ida Lewis Russ Clark
A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
Comedy
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Carole Lombard Fernand Gravey Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Isabel Jeans Marie Wilson Marcia Ralston Ottola Nesmith Heather Thatcher Jacques Lory Tempe Pigott
marquis actress salesman friend lady chef amusing crafty paris restaurant hotel london house opera house scandal love triangle romance deception disguise jealousy
After meeting her in Paris, a penniless marquis relentlessly pursues a famous actress.
Comedy, Drama
1939
93 Minutes
Carole Lombard James Stewart Charles Coburn Lucile Watson Harry Davenport Ruth Weston Donald Briggs Eddie Quillan Esther Dale Rene Orsell Louise Beavers
lawyer judge wife rival daughter son melodramatic family home office marriage employment ambition family illness quest transformation 1930s
A young lawyer (James Stewart) starts a family with the woman (Carole Lombard) he loves instead of with his boss's (Charles Coburn) daughter.
Comedy
1941
95 Minutes
Carole Lombard Robert Montgomery Gene Raymond Jack Carson Philip Merivale Lucile Watson William Tracy Charles Halton Esther Dale Emma Dunn William Edmunds
husband wife romantic rival colleague spirited amusing endearing new york city ski resort nightclub world's fair ferris wheel marital problems courtship rules love discovery pursuit 1940s
Bickering New Yorkers (Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery) learn from a lawyer that, technically, they're not married.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Comedy
USA
1934
91 Minutes
John Barrymore Carole Lombard Walter Connolly Roscoe Karns Etienne Girardot Ralph Forbes Charles Levison Edgar Kennedy
theatrical producer actress boyfriend rival accountant mental patient hysterical charming outlandish train new york city chicago theater apartment love triangle actors show business travel love rivalry
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Clark Gable Carole Lombard Dorothy Mackaill Grant Mitchell Elizabeth Patterson Lillian Harmer George Barbier J. Farrell MacDonald Charley Grapewin
gambler librarian partner detective wife mistress cheeky confident emotional manhattan small town new york city apartment wall street gambling marriage deception investigation crime relocation
An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
Romance
USA
1930
75 Minutes
A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
Drama
USA
1931
71 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Wynne Gibson Lawrence Gray George Chandler Guy Kibbee Andre Cheron Tom Ricketts Rolfe Sedan
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Adventure
USA
1933
68 Minutes
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1929
66 Minutes
gangster socialite violinist friend police officer robber melodramatic gripping spirited new york city street fundraiser brooklyn bridge concert hall forced marriage financial troubles mobsters love triangle alcoholism botched crime
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
Drama
USA
1929
75 Minutes
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Comedy
USA
1931
63 Minutes
Norman Foster Carole Lombard Skeets Gallagher Eugene Pallette Lucien Littlefield Judith Wood Louise Brooks Morgan Wallace Tom Kennedy Marcia Manners
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1929
57 Minutes
Billie Davis
William Boyd Owen Moore Carole Lombard Diane Ellis Billy Bevan Phillips Smalley
detective prisoner fugitive wealthy man bus driver teen girl tense fiery melodramatic sierra nevada mountains bus abandoned church survival escaped criminals blizzard partnership moral dilemma new love escape sacrifice
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
War
USA
1933
72 Minutes
The Beautiful Lady
Fredric March Cary Grant Jack Oakie Carole Lombard Guy Standing Forrester Harvey Kenneth Howell Leland Hodgson
pilot friend beautiful woman major melodramatic thrilling touching london air force base airplane battle fatigue horrors of war world war i affair fall wretched excess 1910s
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.