List of the best Elisabeth Fraser movies: The Hidden Hand(1942), Two for the Seesaw(1962), So Big(1953), The Tunnel of Love(1958), A Patch of Blue(1965), Young at Heart(1954), Ask Any Girl(1959), The Man Who Came to Dinner(1941), One Foot in Heaven(1941), Callaway Went Thataway(1951), Dear Wife(1949), All My Sons(1948) ... ...
Horror
USA
1942
67 Minutes
Mary Winfield
Craig Stevens Elisabeth Fraser Jacqueline Wells Willie Best Frank Wilcox Cecil Cunningham Ruth Ford Milton Parsons Roland Drew Tom Stevenson Marian Hall
Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Sophie
Robert Mitchum Shirley MacLaine Edmon Ryan Elisabeth Fraser Eddie Firestone Billy Gray Victor Lundin Shirley Citron Cia Dave Virginia Whitmore Colin Campbell
lawyer dancer ex-boyfriend ex-wife witty emotional profound new york city omaha, neb. law firm dance studio apartment marriage divorce unlikely romance dance law fresh start love transformation
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. He meets up with Gittel Mosca, an impoverished dancer from ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Julie Hempel
Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden Nancy Olson Steve Forrest Elisabeth Fraser Martha Hyer Walter Coy Richard Beymer Tommy Rettig Roland Winters Jacques Aubuchon
mother husband son composer artist surrogate child engaging moving rousing illinois farm chicago parenthood career family mother/son relationship art aspirations growing up transformation
In the late 1890s, a young widowed woman becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
Comedy
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Alice Pepper
Doris Day Richard Widmark Gig Young Gia Scala Elisabeth Fraser Elizabeth Wilson Vikki Dougan Doodles Weaver Charles Wagenheim Robert Williams
cartoonist wife adoption agency representative magazine editor neighbor airy campy madcap playful westport, connecticut infidelity family misunderstanding adoption guilt discovery love temptation 1950s
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife's surrogate.
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Sadie
Sidney Poitier Shelley Winters Elizabeth Hartman Wallace Ford Ivan Dixon John Qualen Elisabeth Fraser
blind person boyfriend mother charming emotional passionate los angeles household park interracial romance racism love social change mother/daughter relationship love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
117 Minutes
Amy Tuttle
Doris Day Frank Sinatra Gig Young Ethel Barrymore Dorothy Malone Robert Keith Elisabeth Fraser Alan Hale Jr.
musician mother father daughter friend heartwarming spirited small town family home marriage music depression suicide siblings love discovery 1950s
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
Comedy
1959
98 Minutes
Jennie Boyden
Shirley MacLaine David Niven Gig Young Rod Taylor Jim Backus Claire Kelly Elisabeth Fraser
young woman boss wealthy man company president friend brother playful cheeky spirited new york city office boardinghouse train station apartment train city life business gender bias research brotherhood
A husband hunter (Shirley MacLaine) comes to New York, fends off playboys and goes to work for two brothers (David Niven, Gig Young).
Comedy
USA
1941
112 Minutes
June Stanley
Monty Woolley Bette Davis Ann Sheridan Richard Travis Jimmy Durante Billie Burke Reginald Gardiner Elisabeth Fraser Grant Mitchell George Barbier Mary Wickes
radio host assistant host reporter actress lighthearted witty charming brash playful ohio family home celebrities upper class social life houseguest transformation discovery 1930s
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Drama
USA
1941
108 Minutes
Eileen Spence, age 17 years
Fredric March Martha Scott Beulah Bondi Gene Lockhart Grant Mitchell Moroni Olsen Harry Davenport Elisabeth Fraser Frank Thomas Jr. Laura Hope Crews Jerome Cowan
preacher wife son daughter choir director chauffeur tender positive inspiring church house parsonage denver ontario, canada iowa family faith christianity sacrifice transformation
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Comedy, Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Marie
Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel Jesse White Fay Roope Natalie Schafer Douglas Kennedy Elisabeth Fraser John Indrisano Stan Freberg
advertiser actor television producer agent witty engaging hollywood, calif. los angeles mexico filmmaking impersonation cover-up fame quest escape 1950s
Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Kate Collins
William Holden Joan Caulfield Edward Arnold Billy De Wolfe Mona Freeman Arleen Whelan Mary Philips Harry von Zell Raymond Roe Elisabeth Fraser Bill Murphy
Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.
Drama
1948
94 Minutes
Lydia Lubey
Edward G. Robinson Burt Lancaster Mady Christians Louisa Horton Howard Duff Frank Conroy Lloyd Gough Arlene Francis Harry Morgan Elisabeth Fraser Walter Soderling
contractor veteran son emotional uneasy america lie family dysfunction confession world war ii discovery fall 1940s
A World War II veteran (Burt Lancaster) exposes his father's (Edward G. Robinson) sale of defective aircraft parts.
Comedy, Drama
1966
110 Minutes
Nina Bailey
Doris Day Rod Taylor Arthur Godfrey John McGiver Paul Lynde Edward Andrews Eric Fleming Dom DeLuise Dick Martin Elisabeth Fraser George Tobias
pr person technician ship captain security head secret agent amusing madcap offbeat playful boat catalina island, calif. aerospace research lab mistaken identity false accusations espionage love love discovery quest 1960s
Spies follow a PR woman (Doris Day) who works for a space scientist (Rod Taylor) and whose father (Arthur Godfrey) runs a sightseeing boat.
Drama
USA
1951
115 Minutes
Fredric March Mildred Dunnock Kevin McCarthy Cameron Mitchell Howard Smith Royal Beal Don Keefer Jesse White Claire Carleton David Alpert Elisabeth Fraser
salesman son wife brother endearing sad america household loss financial crisis american dream depression family regret fall transformation 1950s
An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.