List of the best Edgar Norton movies: The Love Parade(1929), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931), The Bachelor Father(1931), Son of Frankenstein(1939), Million Dollar Ransom(1934), East Is West(1930), August Week-end(1936), Bill Cracks Down(1937), The Man Who Laughs(1928), The Richest Girl in the World(1934), Maytime(1937), Give Me Your Heart(1936) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
107 Minutes
Master of Ceremonies
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Lupino Lane Lillian Roth Edgar Norton Lionel Belmore Albert Roccardi Carl Stockdale Eugene Pallette E.H. Calvert Russ Powell
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Horror
USA
1931
97 Minutes
Poole
Fredric March Miriam Hopkins Rose Hobart Holmes Herbert Halliwell Hobbes Edgar Norton Arnold Lucy Tempe Pigott Eric Wilton Douglas Walton John Rogers
scientist murderer lunatic sexy woman fiancée dark creepy gritty london england laboratory scientific experiments madness violence addiction discovery wretched excess metamorphosis 1880s
Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
Comedy
1931
90 Minutes
Bolton
Marion Davies Ralph Forbes C. Aubrey Smith Ray Milland David Torrence Doris Lloyd Edgar Norton Nena Quartero Halliwell Hobbes Elizabeth Murray James Gordon
wealthy man illegitimate daughter illegitimate son attorney detective musician positive heartwarming witty winsome london estate airplane new york city bedroom yard fatherhood reunion family secrets misunderstanding
Crusty Sir Basil invites his illegitimate children, including a daughter who wants to fly across the Atlantic, to visit him at his manor house.
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Benson
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Meigs
Phillips Holmes Edward Arnold Mary Carlisle Winifred Shaw Andy Devine Robert Gleckler Marjorie Gateson Edgar Norton Bradley Page Hughey White
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Thomas
Lupe Velez Lew Ayres Edward G. Robinson E. Alyn Warren Tetsu Komai Henry Kolker Mary Forbes Edgar Norton Charles Middleton Jean Hersholt
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Grimsby
Valerie Hobson G.P. Huntley Jr. Paul Harvey Betty Compson Claire McDowell Frank Melton Dorothea Kent Maynard Holmes Edgar Norton Gigi Parrish Howard C. Hickman
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Jarvis
Grant Withers Beatrice Roberts Ranny Weeks Judith Allen William Newell Pierre Watkin Roger Williams Georgia Caine Greta Meyer Edgar Norton
When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1928
124 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Mary Philbin Olga Baclanova Josephine Crowell George Siegmann Brandon Hurst Sam De Grasse Stuart Holmes Cesare Gravina Nick De Ruiz Edgar Norton
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Romance
USA
1936
87 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Patric Knowles Roland Young Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Helen Flint Zeffie Tilbury Elspeth Dudgeon Halliwell Hobbes Russ Powell
woman aristocrat author invalid businessman physician melodramatic moving unrestrained england italy new york city house running away adoption marriage affair family competition sacrifice
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.