List of the best Dickie Moore movies: Jive Junction(1944), Oliver Twist(1933), My Bill(1938), Little Red Schoolhouse(1936), In Love With Life(1934), The World Accuses(1934), Miss Annie Rooney(1942), Blonde Venus(1932), Gabriel Over the White House(1933), Peter Ibbetson(1935), Eight Iron Men(1952), Little Men(1934) ... ...
Musical
USA
1944
62 Minutes
Peter Crane
Dickie Moore Tina Thayer Gerra Young
A young, classical-trained musician, Peter Crane, transfers from the Conservatory to Clinton High School, where he finds his music in conflict to that of the high school's world of jive and... See full summary »
Drama
1933
77 Minutes
Oliver Twist
Dickie Moore Irving Pichel William "Stage" Boyd Doris Lloyd Barbara Kent Alec B. Francis George K. Arthur Clyde Cook Sonny Ray George Nash Lionel Belmore
Dickens' London waif (Dickie Moore) joins Fagin's (Irving Pichel) crime gang led by brutish Bill Sikes (William "Stage" Boyd) and the Artful Dodger.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
William `'Bill'` Colbrook
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
59 Minutes
teenager sister brother dog juvenile delinquent homeless person melodramatic gritty powerful new york city reform school ohio street orphans troubled youth running away siblings false accusations murder adventure
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Drama
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that football and other sports play in the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Tommy Weymouth
Vivian Tobin Dickie Moore Cora Sue Collins
Aggravated by the meddling of Lucille Weymouth, her disapproving Park Avenue mother-in-law, Broadway actress Lola Allen quarrels with her weakling husband John. After reconciling with each ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Marty White
Shirley Temple William Gargan Dickie Moore Guy Kibbee Peggy Ryan Roland Dupree Gloria Holden Jonathan Hale Mary Field George Lloyd
teen girl boyfriend teen boy father grandfather parent lighthearted charming new york city high school car party household adolescence class distinctions family dancing inventions party growing up
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
Drama
USA
1932
94 Minutes
Johnny Faraday
Marlene Dietrich Herbert Marshall Cary Grant Dickie Moore Robert E. O'Connor Gene Morgan Rita La Roy Sidney Toler Morgan Wallace Francis Sayles Gertrude Short
A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation.
Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Jimmy Vetter
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.
Fantasy
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Gogo
Gary Cooper Ann Harding John Halliday Ida Lupino Douglas Dumbrille Virginia Weidler Dickie Moore Doris Lloyd Gilbert Emery Donald Meek Christian Rub
architect duchess duke employee best friend love interest dreamy passionate powerful paris england stable dining room prison romance dreams jealousy death prison second chance
A Victorian-era architect, commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables, falls in love with the Duchess.
War
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Pvt. Muller
Bonar Colleano Lee Marvin Arthur Franz Richard Kiley Nick Dennis James Griffith George Cooper Dickie Moore
soldier private sergeant enemy sniper brash confident gutsy emotional italy abandoned building army camp world war ii battle brotherhood military life leadership difficult decision rescue temptation
During WW2 in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.
Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Demi
Ralph Morgan Erin O'Brien-Moore Junior Durkin Cora Sue Collins Phyllis Fraser Frankie Darro David Durand Dickie Moore
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1931
68 Minutes
Ned Leeds
Walter Huston Charles "Chic" Sale Frances Starr Grant Mitchell Sally Blane Edward Nugent Ralph Ince Dickie Moore George Ernest Russell Hopton Tom Dugan
murderer police officer veteran hostage mother prosecutor engaging tense thrilling family home courtroom family duty law and order hostage situation sacrifice underdog 1930s
An old man's (Charles "Chic" Sale) family is afraid to testify for the district attorney (Walter Huston) about mobsters.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1947
97 Minutes
The Kid
Robert Mitchum Jane Greer Kirk Douglas Rhonda Fleming Richard Webb Steve Brodie Virginia Huston Paul Valentine Dickie Moore Frank Wilcox Mary Field
investigator gambler femme fatale henchman cool dark intricate new york city mexico san francisco bridgeport, calif. theft crime love triangle blackmail murder pursuit forbidden love 1940s
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames.
Drama
UK
1952
91 Minutes
Soldier
Ethel Waters Julie Harris Brandon de Wilde Arthur Franz Nancy Gates William Hansen James Edwards Harry Bolden Dickie Moore Danny Mummert June Hedin
girl cousin maid brother girlfriend father dark amusing small town family home kitchen wedding the south alienation puberty fantasy unusual friendship coming of age transformation discovery
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Charlie
Lloyd Nolan Jane Wyatt Audie Murphy James Gleason Stanley Clements Martha Vickers Rhys Williams Jimmy Lydon Dickie Moore Selena Royle Tommy Cook
THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to ... See full summary »
War
USA
1941
134 Minutes
George York
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Joan Leslie George Tobias Stanley Ridges Margaret Wycherly Ward Bond Noah Beery Jr. June Lockhart Dickie Moore Clem Bevans
war hero military officer mother pastor girlfriend marksman endearing patriotic inspiring small town army base battlefield france tennessee war the bible pacifism murder sacrifice rise
A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Drama
USA
1937
103 Minutes
Pietro
Joan Crawford Franchot Tone Robert Young Billie Burke Reginald Owen Lynne Carver George Zucco Mary Philips Paul Porcasi Dickie Moore Frank Puglia
singer count aristocrat fiancée clerk maid striking charming cheeky emotional budapest, hungary trieste, italy ballroom hotel street apartment impersonation wealth aristocracy rags to riches
A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.
Drama
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Constance Bennett Mildred Van Dorn King Hoo Chang Geneva Mitchell E. Alyn Warren Ivan Christie Anders Randolf George Irving Claude King Dickie Moore
A Chinese posing as an American goes to Monte Carlo where he falls in love with Alanna, who later goes berserk upon learning his true identity.
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Drama
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Hardie Albright Lionel Belmore Harry Beresford George Brent Bette Davis Noel Francis Blanche Frederici Alan Hale Harry Holman Olin Howland
Following the death of Selena's father, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »