List of the best Edgar Selwyn movies: Skyscraper Souls(1932), The Mystery of Mr. X(1934), The Sin of Madelon Claudet(1931), War Nurse(1930), Men Must Fight(1933), Men Call It Love(1931) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
100 Minutes
Director
Warren William Maureen O'Sullivan Gregory Ratoff Anita Page Verree Teasdale Norman Foster Jean Hersholt Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Helen Coburn Edward Brophy
bank president mistress banker secretary fiancée board member dark intense new york city skyscraper bank hotel office roof banking financial crisis deception devotion schemes construction
An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Director
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes Henry Stephenson Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Leonard Mudie Alec B. Francis Charles Irwin Colin Kenny
serial killer thief police detective fiancé commissioner constable tense brooding suspenseful london apartment murder investigation jewelry theft mistaken identity wrongfully accused love triangle manhunt love pursuit transformation
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Director
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Drama
USA
1930
79 Minutes
Director
Robert Montgomery June Walker Robert Ames Anita Page ZaSu Pitts Marie Prevost Helen Jerome Eddy Hedda Hopper Edward Nugent Martha Sleeper Michael Vavitch
Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
Sci-Fi
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Director
Diana Wynyard Lewis Stone Phillips Holmes May Robson Ruth Selwyn Robert Young Robert Greig Hedda Hopper
nurse sweetheart secretary of state son fiancée soldier patriotic melodramatic tense manhattan, n.y. brooklyn bridge hospital penthouse patriotism pacifism grief mother/son relationship war military service rivalry
Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and taken to the hospital where Laura works. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Leila Hyams Norman Foster Mary Duncan Hedda Hopper Robert Emmett Keane Harry Northrup
wife husband playboy friend socialite butler melodramatic intricate new york city balcony kitchen party beach car divorce infidelity seduction drinking relationships suspicion
A well-off bachelor finds himself at a loss for what to do when a married woman comes on to him while he's thoroughly involved with someone else's wife.