List of the best David Manners movies: Crooner(1932), The Moonstone(1934), The Miracle Woman(1931), Man Wanted(1932), The Truth About Youth(1930), The Black Cat(1934), Lady With a Past(1932), They Call It Sin(1932), The Death Kiss(1933), The Great Flirtation(1934), He Knew Women(1930), A Bill of Divorcement(1932) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
64 Minutes
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
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Franklyn Blake
David Manners Phyllis Barry Gustav von Seyffertitz Jameson Thomas Herbert Bunston Charles Irwin Elspeth Dudgeon John Davidson Claude King Olaf Hytten
Typical Monogram whodunit from the 30's, with dialogue and sound effects based on the well known mystery book with same title. A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
John Carson
Barbara Stanwyck David Manners Sam Hardy Beryl Mercer Russell Hopton Charles Middleton Eddie Boland Thelma Hill Aileen Carlyle Harry Todd
woman preacher con artist blind person pilot touching uplifting street church apartment radio station faith con game disillusionment redemption religion fall transformation love 1930s
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Romance
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Thomas "Tom", "Tommy" Sherman
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.
Drama
USA
1930
62 Minutes
Richard Dane "The Imp"
Loretta Young David Manners Conway Tearle J. Farrell MacDonald Harry Stubbs Myrtle Stedman Myrna Loy Ray Hallor Dorothy Matthew Yola d'Avril
Richard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter, Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between Phyllis and the boy, ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Peter Alison
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi David Manners Jacqueline Wells Lucille Lund Egon Brecher Henry Armetta Albert Conti Anna Duncan Herman Bing Andre Cheron
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Romance
USA
1932
79 Minutes
Donnie Wainwright
A wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl.
Drama
USA
1932
68 Minutes
James 'Jimmy' Decker
Loretta Young George Brent David Manners Louis Calhern Una Merkel Joseph Cawthorn Helen Vinson
Marian moves to New York to make it big in the chorus and becomes involved in a love triangle.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Franklyn Drew
Bela Lugosi Adrienne Ames David Manners John Wray Vince Barnett Alexander Carr Edward Van Sloan Harold Minjir Wade Boteler Al Hill Barbara Bedford
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Drama
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Larry Kenyon
Elissa Landi Adolphe Menjou David Manners Lynne Overman Raymond Walburn Adrian Rosley Paul Porcasi George Baxter Judith Vosselli Akim Tamiroff Vernon Steele
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Romance
USA
1930
86 Minutes
Austin Lowe
A Writer whose every whim is financed by rich widow. The writer seems to be insincere with her and he is loved by a poor women who is engaged to a wealthy man
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Kit Humphreys
John Barrymore Katharine Hepburn Billie Burke David Manners Henry Stephenson Paul Cavanagh Elizabeth Patterson Gayle Evers Julie Haydon
husband wife daughter fiancée moving melodramatic touching mansion england mental illness family marriage transformation love sacrifice 1920s
A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.
Drama
1931
80 Minutes
Shep Lambert
Richard Barthelmess Johnny Mack Brown Helen Chandler David Manners Elliott Nugent Walter Byron Luis Alberni
American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Josephus
Eddie Cantor Ruth Etting Gloria Stuart Edward Arnold David Manners Verree Teasdale Alan Mowbray John Rutherford Willard Robertson Lee Kohlmar
deliveryman servant slave emperor roman love interest madcap lighthearted witty emotional midwest rome small town corruption dreams class conflict politics small-town life adventure escape
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.