List of the best Dorothy Sebastian movies: Spite Marriage(1929), The Big Gamble(1932), Our Dancing Daughters(1928), Our Blushing Brides(1930), The Unholy Night(1929), Montana Moon(1930), Officer O'Brien(1930), The Arizona Kid(1939), Rough Riders' Round-Up(1939), Twelve Miles Out(1927), A Woman of Affairs(1928), Free and Easy(1930) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1929
74 Minutes
Buster Keaton Dorothy Sebastian Edward Earle Leila Hyams William Bechtel John Byron Hank Mann
cleaner actress lover sailor smuggler amusing charming madcap playful cleaners theater boat sham marriage seafaring deception bootlegging jealousy love underdog revenge
An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Comedy
1932
65 Minutes
William Boyd Dorothy Sebastian Warner Oland William Collier Jr. James Gleason ZaSu Pitts
cardsharp gangster young woman thug insurance investigator brother melodramatic gripping amusing office apartment street casino debt gambling insurance fraud faking death arranged marriage escape
Desperate to repay a debt to ruthless gangster Andrew North (Warner Oland), cardsharp Alan Beckwith (Bill Boyd) agrees to write a check in his own blood.
Drama
USA
1928
84 Minutes
Beatrice
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Nils Asther Anita Page Edward Nugent Dorothy Cumming Huntley Gordon Evelyn Hall Sam De Grasse
flapper mother wealthy man young woman lover wild amusing emotional melodramatic dance hall apartment party united states jazz age morality romance competition rivalry wretched excess love
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
Drama
USA
1930
74 Minutes
Francine "Franky" Daniels
Joan Crawford Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Robert Montgomery Raymond Hackett John Miljan Hedda Hopper Albert Conti Edward Brophy Robert E. O'Connor Martha Sleeper
shopgirl shop owner wealthy man criminal married man mistress melodramatic engaging tender passionate new york city store apartment small town farm new town husband hunting romance marriage of convenience affair
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible one,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
94 Minutes
Lady Efra
Roland Young Boris Karloff Dorothy Sebastian Ernest Torrence Natalie Moorhead Sydney Jarvis Polly Moran George Cooper Kamiyama Sojin Claude Fleming Clarence Geldart
On a dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Prescott
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin Cliff Edwards Karl Dane Lloyd Ingram
A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
1930
74 Minutes
Ruth Dale
William Boyd Ernest Torrence Dorothy Sebastian Ralf Harolde Paul Hurst Russell Gleason Arthur Housman Clyde Cook
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Bess Warren
George "Gabby" Hayes Sally March Stuart Hamblen Dorothy Sebastian Earle Dwire David Kerwin Peter Fargo Fred Burns
Roy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Rose
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton Eddie Acuff William Pawley Dorothy Sebastian George Meeker Jack Rockwell Guy Usher George Chesebro Glenn Strange
border patrol officer bandit gold smuggler young woman engineer friend gripping rousing spirited border arizona mexico mine ranch stagecoach outlaws missing persons smuggling murder justice
Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stage coaches and express offices.
Drama
USA
1927
85 Minutes
Chiquita
John Gilbert Ernest Torrence Joan Crawford Eileen Percy Paulette Duval Dorothy Sebastian Gwen Lee Edward Earle Bert Roach Tom O'Brien
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1928
96 Minutes
Constance
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Johnny Mack Brown Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Hobart Bosworth Dorothy Sebastian
beautiful woman aristocrat friend father fiancée melodramatic emotional england paris household love triangle romance social standing aristocracy marriage depression forbidden love fall 1920s
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
Comedy
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anita Page Trixie Friganza Robert Montgomery Edgar Dearing Gwen Lee John Miljan Lionel Barrymore William Haines William Collier Jr. Dorothy Sebastian
manager beauty queen movie star mother madcap cheery playful kansas hollywood, calif. movie studio grauman's chinese theatre beauty pageant movies ambition acting romance disaster quest discovery rise
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
Drama
USA
1948
120 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Alida Valli Frank Sinatra Lee J. Cobb Charles Meredith Harold Vermilyea Jim Nolan Veronica Pataky Philip Ahn Frank Ferguson Frank Wilcox
young man actress priest tender charming inspiring heartwarming small town church united states america miracles kindness tuberculosis quest sacrifice rise love 1940s
Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. To arouse public ... See full summary »