List of the best Douglas Fairbanks Jr. movies: Wild Horse Mesa(1925), The Exile(1948), Angels Over Broadway(1940), The Corsican Brothers(1941), Rulers of the Sea(1939), Chances(1931), Sinbad the Sailor(1947), When Thief Meets Thief(1937), Scarlet Dawn(1932), I Like Your Nerve(1931), Party Girl(1930), State Secret(1950) ... ...
Western
USA
1925
95 Minutes
Chess Weymer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. George Irving Noah Beery Billie Dove Jack Holt George Magrill Margaret Morris Bernard Siegel Edith Yorke Tom Tyler Gary Cooper
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it.
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Producer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Paula Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny
heir farm girl colonel countess soldier thrilling rousing spirited striking england netherlands countryside barn windmill king charles ii royalty exile unlikely romance conspiracy honor
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
Comedy
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Bill O'Brien
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Rita Hayworth Thomas Mitchell John Qualen George Watts Ralph Theodore Constance Worth Harry Antrim
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
Adventure
USA
1941
112 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner John Emery Henry Wilcoxon Gloria Holden
bandit gentleman tyrant twin woman romantic interest brash gutsy thrilling emotional corsica paris opera house hideout ballroom graveyard family honor unlikely allies love triangle murder
After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
David Gillespie
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Two brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Sinbad
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Drama
USA
1932
58 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Nancy Carroll Lilyan Tashman Earle Foxe Sheila Terry Betty Gillette Guy Kibbee Ivan Linow Dewey Robinson Richard Alexander Frank Reicher
russian nobleman servant wealthy man former lover wife engaging emotional melodramatic turkey moscow train station castle russia russian revolution relationships romance schemes love triangle exile
A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.
Romance
USA
1931
70 Minutes
Larry O'Brien
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Loretta Young Claude Allister Henry Kolker Edmond Breon Boris Karloff
Young man attempts to break up an engagement between a woman and an older man.
Drama
USA
1930
67 Minutes
Jay Rountree
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Jeanette Loff Marie Prevost Judith Barrie John St. Polis Sammy Blum Harry Northrup Almeda Fowler
Jay Rountree, son of a wealthy manufacturer and young, rising businessman, gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls.' While eluding the wily Diana Holster, the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1950
104 Minutes
Dr. John Marlowe
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Walter Rilla Karel Stepanek Herbert Lom Hans Moser
surgeon singer dictator intelligence officer spy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful balkans hotel government building operating room cabaret politics surgery kidnapping death americans abroad pursuit escape
Comedy
1951
80 Minutes
Donald "Don" Drake
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Yolande Mallott Howard Marion-Crawford
American newlyweds (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan) move to a farm in England and buy a duck which happens to lay radioactive eggs.
Romance
1935
82 Minutes
Tony
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Laura La Plante Claude Hulbert Margaret Lockwood Donald Calthrop Peter Gawthorne Monty Banks Morland Graham
A man (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) rescues a woman (Laura La Plante) from drowning herself, then falls in love with her.
Drama
1932
79 Minutes
Scott `'Scotty'` McClenahan
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mary Brian Walter Catlett Oscar Apfel Emma Dunn J. Carrol Naish David Landau Claire MacDowell Louise Beavers Ivan Linow Harold Minjir
naval officer personal assistant wife sailor reporter agent witty emotional amusing submarine parade new york city banquet hall party hero worship celebrity privacy media circus marital problems heroism
A Navy war hero (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) marries his girlfriend (Mary Brian) and tries to avoid publicity.
Drama, History
1934
94 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elisabeth Bergner Flora Robson Gerald du Maurier Irene Vanbrugh Griffith Jones Joan Gardner Dorothy Hale Gibb McLaughlin Clifford Heatherley Lawrence Hanray
empress duke duchess princess emotional melodramatic russia st. petersburg, russia royal palace ambition royalty revolution marriage social change catherine the great rise transformation 18th century
Taken to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), German Princess Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner) kicks him out and becomes empress.
Comedy
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Paulette Goddard Roland Young
father mother son daughter elderly person lawyer amusing charming mellow french riviera london house car office fortune hunters family spinster inheritance love schemes
Thrown out of the Riviera, a family of grifters meets a lonely, vulnerable rich old woman and insinuate themselves into her life while they sponge off her.
Adventure
USA
1939
117 Minutes
Cary Grant Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Victor McLaglen Joan Fontaine Sam Jaffe Edward Ciannelli Montagu Love Abner Biberman Robert Coote
soldier military officer native guru henchman pretty woman confident inspiring india military base temple abduction racism military escape pursuit underdog 1880s
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Joe Massara
Edward G. Robinson Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glenda Farrell Stanley Fields Sidney Blackmer Ralph Ince George E. Stone Nick Bela
criminal dancer love interest gangster melodramatic intense chicago nightclub ambition friendship crime show business dance rise fall underdog 1930s
A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
Comedy
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer Louis Hayward Helen Broderick Charles Coleman Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker
model advertising executive friend waiter millionaire butler cheery lighthearted new york city office apartment hotel opera house cottage gold digging friendship impersonation modeling jealousy mistaken identity
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Alec B. Francis Alison Skipworth Lyonel Watts Montagu Love Dudley Digges Walter Kingsford
socialite industrialist mother lover reverend steward brooding dark tender suspenseful boat limbo house afterlife suicide purgatory death the past second chance discovery
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Drama
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adolphe Menjou C. Aubrey Smith Mary Duncan Don Alvarado Richard Carle Tyler Brooke Geneva Mitchell
actress theatrical producer diva uplifting moving manhattan small town theater stage fame aspirations theater production broadway performance transformation rise 1930s
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Daniel "Dan" Brewster
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Comedy
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Loretta Young Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Louise Fazenda Ethel Wales Otis Harlan Daphne Pollard Inez Courtney Edward Nugent Raymond Keane
In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper, a wealthy socialite who has inherited a fortune provided the family is involved in no scandals appearing in ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Ginger Rogers Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Peggy Conklin Lee Bowman Eve Arden Dorothea Kent Red Skelton Donald Meek Jack Carson Allan Lane
typist waiter camper social director woman friend madcap emotional endearing resort new york city new york state breakup friendship vacation jealousy romance love transformation rivalry
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Romance
UK
1935
98 Minutes
Rodolphe
Gertrude Lawrence Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Diana Napier
The story of a struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate whose love furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
Musical
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas, The Duke
Betty Grable Ernst Lubitsch Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Cesar Romero Walter Abel Reginald Gardiner Harry Davenport Virginia Campbell
countess newlywed colonel duke baron amusing charming frenetic castle italy invasion royalty ghosts ancestry romance forbidden love temptation 16th century
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years ... See full summary »
War
1933
72 Minutes
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Paul Lukas Margaret Lindsay Arthur Hohl Robert Barrat John Bleifer Phillip Faversham Frank Reicher Joyce Coad William LeMaire
british soldier best friend frenchman wife guard brooding tense germany prison camp england love triangle prisoners of war betrayal military life world war i forbidden love escape rivalry 1910s
Two World War I soldiers (Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) land in a German prison camp run by one's friend (Paul Lukas) from Oxford.
Romance
USA
1929
75 Minutes
Gil Jordan
Joan Crawford Rod La Rocque Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Anita Page Albert Gran Josephine Dunn Edward Nugent
heiress diplomat friend guest fiancé love interest amusing sultry melodramatic united states france wedding washington, d.c. love triangle marriage scandal jealousy friendship deception forbidden love
A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend.
Drama
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Chris Miller
Milton Sills Dorothy Mackail Betty Compson Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sylvia Ashton George Cooper S.S. Simon
A carnival barker wants his son to become a lawyer, but his son gets side-tracked into joining the carnival too.
Drama
USA
1928
96 Minutes
Jeffry
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.