List of the best Claire Dodd movies: Navy Born(1936), Fast Company(1938), Babbitt(1934), Elmer the Great(1933), The Women Men Marry(1937), Ann Carver's Profession(1933), The Case of the Curious Bride(1935), Ex-Lady(1933), My Woman(1933), Hard to Handle(1933), Three Loves Has Nancy(1938), Gambling Lady(1934) ... ...
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
William Gargan Claire Dodd Douglas Fowley George Irving Dorothy Tree William Newell Addison Randall Georgia Caine Claudia Coleman Douglas Wood
After the death of one of their fellow pilots, a squadron of Navy airmen plots to keep his newborn son away from their superiors, who have decreed that the baby should be given up for adoption.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Julia Thorne
Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice Claire Dodd Shepperd Strudwick Louis Calhern Nat Pendleton Douglas Dumbrille Mary Howard George Zucco Minor Watson Don Douglas
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Tanis Judique
Guy Kibbee Aline MacMahon Claire Dodd Maxine Doyle Glen Boles Minna Gombell Alan Hale Berton Churchill Russell Hicks Nan Gray Arthur Aylesworth
husband father businessman wife child gripping somber profound united states small town business money morality family consumerism high society temptation wretched excess transformation 20th century
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Evelyn Corey
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Claire Dodd Frank McHugh Preston Foster Russell Hopton Sterling Holloway Emma Dunn Charles Wilson Jessie Ralph Douglas Dumbrille
baseball player girlfriend manager gambler teammate amusing heartwarming chicago baseball field baseball love success rivalry underdog adventure 1930s
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Claire Raeburn
George Murphy Josephine Hutchinson Claire Dodd Sidney Blackmer Cliff Edwards John Wray Peggy Ryan Helen Jerome Eddy Rollo Lloyd Edward McWade Toby Wing
Bill is a reporter who works with Jane, his gal before he married Claire. After a year, he is still crazy in love with Claire. But Claire has been stepping out and is now going with Wiley, ... See full summary »
Drama
1933
71 Minutes
Carole Rodgers
Fay Wray Gene Raymond Claire Dodd Arthur Pierson Claude Gillingwater Frank Albertson Frank Conroy
wife husband architect singer lawyer judge melodramatic spirited gripping los angeles courtroom nightclub apartment romantic dilemma false accusations career vs. love starting over murder trial marital problems rise
Emasculated by his wife's (Fay Wray) success as an attorney, an architect (Gene Raymond) moonlights as a nightclub singer and is accused of murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Della
Warren William Margaret Lindsay Errol Flynn Claire Dodd Donald Woods Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Winifred Shaw Warren Hymer Olin Howland Henry Kolker
perry mason friend ex-husband husband detective attorney engaging suspenseful law office mortuary apartment police station dinner party house law bigamy blackmail murder investigation accidental death
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Iris Van Hugh
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
1933
76 Minutes
Muriel Bennett
Helen Twelvetrees Victor Jory Wallace Ford Claire Dodd Warren Hymer Raymond Brown Hobart Cavanaugh Charles Levison Ralph Freud William Jeffrey Lester Crawford
vaudevillian dancer radio star songwriter wife radio station manager melodramatic spirited tender new york city vaudeville show radio station nightclub panama show business radio performers self-destruction marital problems love triangle fame
Spirited singer and dancer Connie (Helen Twelvetrees) charms a radio station executive, John Bradley (Victor Jory), when he spots her performing in a Panama nightclub. Connie hits it off ... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Marlene Reeves
James Cagney Mary Brian Ruth Donnelly Allen Jenkins Claire Dodd Robert McWade
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Vivian Herford
Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Reginald Owen Cora Witherspoon Emma Dunn Charley Grapewin Lester Matthews
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Drama
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Sheila Aiken
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Pat O'Brien C. Aubrey Smith Claire Dodd Philip Reed Phillip Faversham Robert Barrat Arthur Vinton Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Elliott
Lady Lee, gambler's daughter, plies her trade while pondering the proposal of a social-register suitor.
Comedy
1935
65 Minutes
Connie
Kay Francis George Brent Genevieve Tobin John Eldredge Claire Dodd Ralph Forbes Helene Lowell Spencer Charters William Austin
divorcée ex-husband wife lover thief husband cheeky crafty california household mountain cabin gas station car jealousy mistaken identity schemes thievery mix-up romance
A divorcee (Kay Francis) arranges so her ex-husband can catch his second wife (Genevieve Tobin) being unfaithful.
Romance
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Ann Le Maire
Kay Francis David Manners Andy Devine Una Merkel Kenneth Thomson Claire Dodd Charlotte Merriam Edward Van Sloan Robert Greig
magazine editor playboy salesman fiancée secretary polo player airy witty lighthearted brooklyn, n.y. coney island office nightclub infidelity workplace romance love triangle jealousy corporate ladder divorce forbidden love
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Brenda Johnson
Bing Crosby Gloria Jean El Brendel Charles Winninger Allyn Joslyn Claire Dodd Moroni Olsen Nana Bryant Donald Woods Kathryn Adams
When a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers bring his now orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Mrs. Constance Brown
David Manners Ann Dvorak Ken Murray J. Carrol Naish Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Allen Vincent Edward Nugent William Janney
musician singer girlfriend publicist band member star engaging melodramatic confident house concert hall office stage rise to stardom music fame romance arrogance show business discovery
Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.
Mystery & Thriller
1938
67 Minutes
Mrs. Carol Wayne
Sidney Toler Phyllis Brooks Victor Sen Yung Eddie Collins John "Dusty" King Claire Dodd George Zucco Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence Richard Lane Layne Tom Jr.
The Chinese detective (Sidney Toler) and his No. 2 son (Sen Yung) hold a ship in port to probe a shooting on board.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Sophie Teale
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Alma Brehmer
Pat O'Brien Edward Arnold Broderick Crawford Ruth Terry Alan Dinehart Eve Arden Claire Dodd Evelyn Keyes Phyllis Brooks Janet Beecher
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Babsy
Marian Marsh Warren William Anita Page Regis Toomey Norman Foster Joyce Compton J. Farrell MacDonald Claire Dodd
A poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Jane
Judith Wood Dorothy Hall Paul Lukas Stuart Erwin Frances Dee Mary Forbes Frances Moffett Claire Dodd Dorothy Stickney Alberta Vaughn
Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble.
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Margaret Gordon
Basil Rathbone Hugh Herbert Bela Lugosi Broderick Crawford Gale Sondergaard Anne Gwynne Gladys Cooper Claire Dodd Alan Ladd Cecilia Loftus
elderly woman real estate agent housekeeper nephew niece guardian dark tense amusing estate garden bedroom attic town inheritance family murder false accusations infidelity superstition
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Drama
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Mrs. Beverly
Richard Barthelmess Marian Marsh Lucille LaVerne Norman Foster Adrienne Dore Oscar Apfel John St. Polis Wallis Clark Claire Dodd George Rosener Reginald Barlow
doctor surgeon mother brother patient orphan tense suspenseful gripping emotional vienna munich hospital brotherhood adoption impersonation medical profession family prison transformation
Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When ... See full summary »