List of the best Dorothy Peterson movies: That Hagen Girl(1947), Peck's Bad Boy(1934), Forbidden(1932), The Beast of the City(1932), Too Many Husbands(1940), Uncle Joe(1941), She Wanted a Millionaire(1932), The Mayor of Hell(1933), Way Back Home(1932), As the Earth Turns(1934), Breaking the Ice(1938), Cheers for Miss Bishop(1941) ... ...
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Minta Hagen
Shirley Temple Ronald Reagan Dorothy Peterson Rory Calhoun Lois Maxwell Charles Kemper Conrad Janis Penny Edwards Jean Porter Nella Walker Harry Davenport
adopted daughter mother ex-boyfriend professor socialite father melodramatic engaging ohio small town college dance floor theater river class distinctions adoption small-town life gossip attempted suicide outcasts
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to ... See full summary »
Drama
1934
70 Minutes
Aunt Lily Clay
A nasty aunt (Dorothy Peterson) and her brat try to divide a widower (Thomas Meighan) and his mischievous son (Jackie Cooper).
Drama
1932
83 Minutes
Helen
Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Ralph Bellamy Dorothy Peterson Thomas Jefferson Charlotte Henry Myrna Fresholt Oliver Eckhardt
lawyer district attorney librarian wife reporter moving melodramatic newsroom cruise ship havana city infidelity unplanned pregnancy secrets scandal double life vacation sacrifice forbidden love discovery
The mistress (Barbara Stanwyck) of a lawyer (Adolphe Menjou) running for governor marries an editor (Ralph Bellamy), who finds she has a baby.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Mary Fitzpatrick
Walter Huston Jean Harlow Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt Dorothy Peterson Tully Marshall John Miljan Emmett Corrigan Warner Richmond Sandy Roth J. Carrol Naish
police chief detective mobster femme fatale wife district attorney brutal gritty wild chicago police station nightclub street organized crime police corruption sibling rivalry deception prohibition violence temptation
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Gertrude Houlihan
Jean Arthur Fred MacMurray Melvyn Douglas Harry Davenport Dorothy Peterson Melville Cooper Edgar Buchanan Tom Dugan
wife husband butler detective lieutenant madcap quirky witty courtroom airport house bigamy marriage love triangle missing persons shipwreck difficult decision love rivalry 1940s
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
6.2/10
Comedy, Music
USA
1941
55 Minutes
Margaret Day
Slim Summerville William Strohbach ZaSu Pitts Gale Storm William B. Davidson Dorothy Peterson Dick Hogan
Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Mrs. Miller
Joan Bennett Spencer Tracy Una Merkel James Kirkwood Dorothy Peterson Douglas Cosgrove Don Dillaway Lucille LaVerne Tetsu Komai Constantine Romanoff
Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau where she risks ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Mrs. Smith
James Cagney Madge Evans Allen Jenkins Dudley Digges Frankie Darro Dorothy Peterson John Marston Charles Wilson Hobart Cavanaugh Raymond Borzage Robert Barrat
corrupt businessman reformed criminal nurse boy gangster guard dark gritty shocking reform school court barn redemption reform political corruption new job rebellion juvenile crime transformation sacrifice
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1932
81 Minutes
Rose Clark
Phillips Lord Effie Palmer Bette Davis Frank Albertson Frankie Darro Dorothy Peterson Stanley Fields Oscar Apfel Sophia M. Lord Bennett Kilpack Raymond Hunter
Seth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rube. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father attacks Mary ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Mil
Jean Muir Donald Woods Edith Lowry William Janney David Landau Dorothy Peterson Dorothy Appleby Arthur Hohl
polish man immigrant farmer father young man sweetheart melodramatic passionate touching maine farmhouse rural community party barn family poverty farming romance immigrants city vs. country
Drama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.
5.3/10
Musical
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Annie Decker
Bobby Breen Charles Ruggles Dolores Costello Irene Dare Robert Barrat Dorothy Peterson John "Dusty" King Billy Gilbert Margaret Hamilton Charles Murray
Tommy Martin lives with mother Martha in a conservative religious community but dreams of a singing career. He leaves to join a traveling show where he befriends skating sensation Irene and performs lively tunes to make a living.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1941
95 Minutes
Mrs. Bishop
Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn Sterling Holloway Sidney Blackmer Mary Anderson Dorothy Peterson
teacher suitor friend student emotional melodramatic small town college nebraska teaching romance friendship aspirations transformation love discovery sacrifice 1930s
Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
Drama
1937
86 Minutes
Mrs. Koslov
Kay Francis Basil Rathbone Ian Hunter Jane Bryan Donald Crisp Mary Maguire Dorothy Peterson Laura Hope Crews Robert Barrat Ben Welden Veda Ann Borg
cabaret performer composer husband girl judge mother intense passionate dark striking warsaw, poland courtroom nightclub house concert hall scandal adultery secret past mother/daughter relationship murder
A cabaret singer (Kay Francis) stands trial in Warsaw for killing a concert pianist (Basil Rathbone) to save her daughter's honor.
Drama
USA
1933
69 Minutes
Mary Shane
James Dunn Sally Eilers Frank McHugh June Clyde Clay Clement Noel Francis Dorothy Peterson Kenneth Thomson
Sweethearts Chuck Evans and Molly Roberts work at Blair's Department Store and plan on marrying when Chuck gets a raise. They dine one evening with Molly's friend and fellow salesgirl, ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Musical
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Adela Rondell
Ian Hunter Leo Carrillo Pat Paterson Ella Logan ZaSu Pitts Marla Shelton Collette Lyons Dorothy Peterson
Story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
6.6/10
Musical
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Cynthia Leonard
Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda Edward Arnold Warren William Leo Carrillo Helen Westley Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex Nigel Bruce Lynn Bari
opera singer political candidate mother husband composer spirited uplifting melodramatic new york city music hall iowa show business rags to riches love performance romance ambition transformation underdog love
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1939
106 Minutes
Miss Wainwright
Bette Davis George Brent Humphrey Bogart Geraldine Fitzgerald Ronald Reagan Cora Witherspoon Henry Travers Virginia Brissac Dorothy Peterson Charles Richman Herbert Rawlinson
heiress stableman doctor best friend housekeeper emotional sad mushy long island, n.y. new york city estate stable vermont terminal illness love triangle death courage love transformation 1930s
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
108 Minutes
Mrs. Mason
Bob Cummings Priscilla Lane Norman Lloyd Otto Kruger Alan Baxter Clem Bevans Alma Kruger Vaughan Glaser Dorothy Peterson Ian Wolfe Frances Carson
factory worker model saboteur blind person police officer suspenseful intense gripping united states new york city los angeles sabotage terrorism conspiracy false accusations arson quest pursuit mystery 1940s
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1944
145 Minutes
Manby
Bette Davis Claude Rains Walter Abel Richard Waring George Coulouris Marjorie Riordan Robert Shayne John Alexander Jerome Cowan Dorothy Peterson Peter Whitney
beautiful woman stockbroker army recruit suitor husband wife emotional moving sad dinner party bedroom household vanity world war i marriage concentration camp blindness secret sacrifice love
Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc Ward Bond Andy Devine Rose Hobart Halliwell Hobbes Lloyd Bridges Stanley Ridges Dorothy Peterson
shop owner fiancée banker gambler best friend love interest spirited wild powerful oregon saloon frontier general store cabin portland, ore. romantic dilemma love triangle old west frontier life crime
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
5.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Florence Rice Henry Daniell Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Dean Jagger Frank Reicher Zeffie Tilbury Henry Kolker Marla Shelton Theodore von Eltz
A crazed, philandering professor prevents his studious wife from leaving him by committing the perfect murder.
6.9/10
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.
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