List of the best Charlotte Greenwood movies: Stepping Out(1931), The Man in Possession(1931), Parlor, Bedroom and Bath(1931), Flying High(1931), Tall, Dark and Handsome(1941), Young People(1940), Glory(1956), Star Dust(1940), The Perfect Snob(1941), Dangerous When Wet(1953), The Great Dan Patch(1949), Home in Indiana(1944) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1931
73 Minutes
When Sally (Charlotte Greenwood) and Eve (Leila Hyams) take a vacation together to make their rich husbands miss them, the boys (Reginald Denny and Harry Stubbs) promptly invite over two ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Clara
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.
Comedy
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Buster Keaton Charlotte Greenwood Reginald Denny Cliff Edwards Dorothy Christy Joan Peers Sally Eilers Natalie Moorhead Edward Brophy Walter Merrill Sidney Bracey
A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Pansy
Bert Lahr Charlotte Greenwood Pat O'Brien Kathryn Crawford Charles Winninger Hedda Hopper Guy Kibbee Herbert Braggiotti
An eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
78 Minutes
Mrs. Winnie Sage
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.
Musical
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Kit Ballantine
Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood Arleen Whelan George Montgomery Kathleen Howard Minor Watson Frank Swann Frank Sully Sarah Edwards Mae Marsh
child mother father townsperson performer teacher lighthearted spirited charming small town new england vaudeville show business hurricane prejudice acceptance transformation adventure discovery 1940s
Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
Drama
1956
99 Minutes
Miz Agnes Tilbee
Margaret O'Brien Walter Brennan Charlotte Greenwood John Lupton Byron Palmer Lisa Davis Gus Schilling Theron Jackson Hugh Sanders Walter Baldwin Harry Tyler
horse breeder granddaughter trainer owner girlfriend singer melodramatic engaging kentucky farm stable racetrack household horse racing grandparent/child relationship financial crisis class distinctions wager quest rivalry
A lovesick girl (Margaret O'Brien) and her grandfather (Walter Brennan) groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Lola Langdon
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Martha Mason
Cornel Wilde Lynn Bari Charles Ruggles Charlotte Greenwood Anthony Quinn Alan Mowbray Chester Clute Roy Mason Jack Chefe
Her mother (Greenwood) wants her to find wealth; her father (Ruggles) tells her to seek love. She (Bari) finds both in Hawaiian hunk (Wilde).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Ma Higgins
Esther Williams Fernando Lamas Jack Carson Charlotte Greenwood Denise Darcel William Demarest Donna Corcoran Barbara Whiting Bunny Waters Henri Letondal Paul Bryar
salesman swimmer frenchman farmer beautiful woman amusing campy charming lighthearted english channel farm france swimming farming cartoons love triangle love growing up rivalry 1950s
A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English Channel.
Drama
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Aunt Netty
Dennis O'Keefe Gail Russell Ruth Warrick Charlotte Greenwood Henry Hull John Hoyt Arthur Hunnicutt Clarence Muse Harry Lauter
horse fiancée teacher horse trainer scientist wife rousing inspiring emotional indiana racetrack farm kentucky mansion farmhouse horse racing divorce fame marriage love
Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.
Drama
1944
103 Minutes
Penny Bolt
Walter Brennan Jeanne Crain Lon McCallister Charlotte Greenwood Ward Bond Charles Dingle June Haver
orphan aunt uncle horse trainer love interest engaging heartwarming indiana farm ranch family home racetrack horse racing coming of age young love troubled youth growing up rivalry 1940s
Farmers take in their Eastern nephew (Lon McCallister) and help him turn a filly into a champion harness racer.
Drama
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Mathilda
Ruth Warrick Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Dean Jagger Charlotte Greenwood Jerome Cowan H.B. Warner
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Aunt Susan 'Sue' Latimer
Don Ameche Betty Grable Bob Cummings Carole Landis Charlotte Greenwood Jack Haley
fortune hunter sister aunt bartender wealthy man heir charming lighthearted amusing mushy texas florida resort bar money sister relationship deception socialites romance impersonation
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Phoebe Gray
Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Jackie Gleason Frank Orth Harry Hayden Iron Eyes Cody Chick Chandler
dancer broadway star secretary valet ex-lover partner charming lighthearted uplifting resort rocky mountains broadway theater musical performance breakup reconciliation partnership misunderstanding love rivalry 1940s
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Mrs. Peyton Potter
Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Jimmy Ellison Eugene Pallette Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Tony De Marco Sheila Ryan Dave Willock June Haver Benny Goodman Orchestra
soldier singer banker dancer airy amusing charming patriotic westchester, n.y. nightclub new york city love triangle world war ii class distinctions wealth love quest 1940s
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Musical
USA
1955
145 Minutes
Aunt Eller Murphy
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Rod Steiger Gloria Grahame Gene Nelson Charlotte Greenwood Eddie Albert James Whitmore Barbara Lawrence Jay C. Flippen Roy Barcroft
cowboy aunt farmer peddler young woman friend airy emotional touching oklahoma farm small town dance hall rural life american west romance relationships love discovery 1900s
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.