List of the best Dorothy Stickney movies: I Never Sang for My Father(1970), Murder at the Vanities(1934), The Great Diamond Robbery(1953), And So They Were Married(1936), The Homecoming: A Christmas Story(1971), The Catered Affair(1956), Working Girls(1931), The Little Minister(1934) ... ...
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Margaret Garrison
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Norma Watson
Carl Brisson Victor McLaglen Jack Oakie Kitty Carlisle Hart Dorothy Stickney Gertrude Michael Jessie Ralph
A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.
Comedy
USA
1953
69 Minutes
Emily Drumman
Red Skelton Cara Williams James Whitmore Kurt Kaszner Dorothy Stickney George Mathews Reginald Owen Harry Bellaver Connie Gilchrist Steven Geray Sig Arno
lawyer sister mother father orphan con artist madcap amusing outlandish intricate jewelry shop central park apartment bar con game jewelry theft reunion family impersonation guilt
During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Miss Peabody
Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor Edith Fellows Jackie Moran Donald Meek Dorothy Stickney Romaine Callender Douglas Scott Margaret Armstrong George McKay Wade Boteler
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin... See full summary »
Other, Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Emily Baldwin
Patricia Neal Richard Thomas Edgar Bergen Ellen Corby Cleavon Little Dorothy Stickney William Windom Andrew Duggan Woodrow Parfrey Judy Norton Mary Elizabeth McDonough
father mother hillbilly grandfather son endearing heartwarming touching countryside household virginia mountain christmas family poverty father/son relationship growing up sacrifice love 1930s
Olivia (Patricia Neal), John-Boy (Richard Thomas) and the rest of the Waltons spend Christmas Eve 1933 anxiously awaiting the safe return of dad.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Mrs. Rafferty
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds Barry Fitzgerald Rod Taylor Robert F. Simon Madge Kennedy Dorothy Stickney Carol Veazie Joan Camden Ray Stricklyn
mother daughter fiancé father uncle endearing spirited melodramatic new york city family home wedding family feud mother/daughter relationship working class discovery sacrifice 1950s
When Jane tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran, her mother Agnes, starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Loretta
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.
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Jean
Katharine Hepburn John Beal Donald Crisp Alan Hale Lumsden Hare Andy Clyde Beryl Mercer Billy Watson Dorothy Stickney Mary Gordon
reverend gypsy lord business owner employee villager charming melodramatic scotland village church street factory infatuation class conflict labor strike secret identity deception religion forbidden love
In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror ... See full summary »