List of the best Edward Van Sloan movies: A Shot in the Dark(1935), The Death Kiss(1933), Man Wanted(1932), The Mask of Diijon(1946), Grand Old Girl(1936), The Last Mile(1932), The Doctor Takes a Wife(1940), Death Takes a Holiday(1934), The Last Days of Pompeii(1935), The Life of Vergie Winters(1934) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Prof. Bostwick
The apparent hanging of a suicidal student is revealed to be murder, as he was already dead when the noose was placed around his neck, killed by a sharp needle that penetrated the back of his skull with great force.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Tom Avery
Bela Lugosi Adrienne Ames David Manners John Wray Vince Barnett Alexander Carr Edward Van Sloan Harold Minjir Wade Boteler Al Hill Barbara Bedford
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Romance
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Mr. Walters
Kay Francis David Manners Andy Devine Una Merkel Kenneth Thomson Claire Dodd Charlotte Merriam Edward Van Sloan Robert Greig
magazine editor playboy salesman fiancée secretary polo player airy witty lighthearted brooklyn, n.y. coney island office nightclub infidelity workplace romance love triangle jealousy corporate ladder divorce forbidden love
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Horror
USA
1946
73 Minutes
Sheffield
Erich von Stroheim Jeanne Bates William Wright Mauritz Hugo Hope Landin Robert Malcolm Shimen Ruskin Edward Van Sloan Denise Vernac Roy Darmour Antonio Filauri
A stage illusionist's comeback attempt results in his humiliation. He plots to revenge himself by hypnotizing people into committing murders for him.
Drama
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Mr. Holland
May Robson Fred MacMurray Mary Carlisle Alan Hale Etienne Girardot William Burress Hale Hamilton Edward Van Sloan Fred Kohler Jr. Ben Alexander George Offerman Jr.
principal superintendent teen girl student political boss corrupt businessman melodramatic small town gambling house club school office gambling love triangle political corruption virtue vice underdog wretched excess 1930s
Miss Bayles (May Robson) has been trying to close down a business operated by Clarence (Alan Hale). Clarence runs a crooked gambling operation in the back room. Miss Bayles uses Clarence's ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Preston Foster Howard Phillips George E. Stone Noel Madison Albert Roscoe Paul Fix Al Hill Daniel L. Haynes Frank Sheridan Alec B. Francis Edward Van Sloan
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Loretta Young Ray Milland Gail Patrick Reginald Gardiner Edmund Gwenn Frank Sully Gordon Jones George Metaxa Charles Halton Joseph Eggenton Chester Clute
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Fantasy
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Fredric March Evelyn Venable Guy Standing Katharine Alexander Gail Patrick Helen Westley Kathleen Howard Kent Taylor Henry Travers G.P. Huntley Jr. Otto Hoffman
prince father daughter death dark passionate tender estate italy death forbidden love father/daughter relationship heartbreak sacrifice forbidden love metamorphosis 1930s
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
Drama, History
USA
1935
96 Minutes
Preston Foster Alan Hale Basil Rathbone John Wood Louis Calhern David Holt Dorothy Wilson Wyrley Birch Gloria Shea Frank Conroy William V. Mong
slave trader blacksmith son fortuneteller gladiator pontius pilate touching intense inspiring spectacular volcano jerusalem africa italy redemption city regret corruption painful memories crucifixion
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Romance
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Ann Harding John Boles Helen Vinson Betty Furness Frank Albertson Lon Chaney Sara Haden Molly O'Day Ben Alexander Donald Crisp Maidel Turner
John Shadwell, a promising politician, is married to Laura but is in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his home town. As Shadwell's political career blooms, gossip and rumors begin ... See full summary »