List of the best Elizabeth Patterson movies: Old Hutch(1936), Remember the Night(1940), Hold Your Man(1933), Hide-Out(1934), Intruder in the Dust(1949), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife(1938), Welcome Stranger(1947), No Man of Her Own(1932), The Sky's the Limit(1943), Her Cardboard Lover(1942), Our Leading Citizen(1939), Colonel Effingham's Raid(1945) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Old Hutch, a penniless ne'er-do-well who has not worked a single day since he married his wife twenty years ago, has a brood of children to support, but would rather while away the hours ... See full summary »
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Aunt Emma
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Romance
USA
1933
86 Minutes
Miss Tuttle
Jean Harlow Clark Gable Stuart Erwin Elizabeth Patterson Blanche Frederici Dorothy Burgess Muriel Kirkland Garry Owen Barbara Barondess Paul Hurst Theresa Harris
con artist woman partner ex-girlfriend minister criminal thrilling amusing tender apartment prison reform school love crime accident blackmail infidelity responsibility love discovery
A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.
Crime, Drama
1934
82 Minutes
"Ma" Miller
Robert Montgomery Maureen O'Sullivan Edward Arnold Elizabeth Patterson Whitford Kane Mickey Rooney C. Henry Gordon Muriel Evans Edward Brophy Herman Bing Henry Armetta
con artist farmer wife daughter police detective club owner hilarious heartwarming thrilling new york city catskills nightclub farm police station connecticut opposites attract self-discovery criminal past manhunt injury
A New York mobster (Robert Montgomery) flees to Connecticut and falls for a farmer's daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Drama
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Miss Eunice Habersham
David Brian Claude Jarman Jr. Juano Hernandez Porter Hall Elizabeth Patterson Charles Kemper Will Geer David Clarke Elzie Emanuel Lela Bliss Harry Hayden
wrongly accused teenager police officer lawyer powerful gripping small town mississippi racism mistaken identity murder pursuit mystery growing up 1940s
In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Aunt Hedwige
Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton David Niven Elizabeth Patterson Herman Bing Warren Hymer
millionaire young woman father marquis best friend husband charming lighthearted french riviera hotel shop family home marriage wealth divorce love transformation 1930s
After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Mrs. Gilley
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Mrs. Randall
Clark Gable Carole Lombard Dorothy Mackaill Grant Mitchell Elizabeth Patterson Lillian Harmer George Barbier J. Farrell MacDonald Charley Grapewin
gambler librarian partner detective wife mistress cheeky confident emotional manhattan small town new york city apartment wall street gambling marriage deception investigation crime relocation
An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
89 Minutes
Mrs. Fisher
Fred Astaire Joan Leslie Robert Benchley Robert Ryan Elizabeth Patterson Marjorie Gateson
war hero photographer soldier boss love interest amusing lighthearted new york city small town club apartment bar heroism misunderstanding secret identity world war ii love duty love pursuit
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Eva
Norma Shearer Robert Taylor George Sanders Frank McHugh Elizabeth Patterson Chill Wills
wealthy woman songwriter ex-boyfriend partner maid judge charming madcap tender palm beach, fla. casino house bedroom courtroom love triangle servitude gambling unrequited love change of heart deception
A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. The ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
89 Minutes
Aunt Tillie
Bob Burns Susan Hayward Gene Lockhart Joseph Allen Jr. Elizabeth Patterson Charles Bickford Otto Hoffman Clarence Kolb Paul Guilfoyle Fay Helm Kathleen Lockhart
Lem Schofield practices law in a formerly small-town that has grown to be an industrialized big city, He bases his ideals on the examples set by Abraham Lincoln and never waivers in them ... See full summary »
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Cousin Emma
Charles Coburn Joan Bennett William Eythe Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Donald Meek Thurston Hall
military officer mayor cousin reporter society matron politician lighthearted patriotic georgia small town family home newsroom court small-town life political corruption social activism journalism tradition quest 1940s
A retired Army colonel (Charles Coburn) writes a newspaper column blasting the crooks who run his Georgia hometown.
Comedy
USA
1942
96 Minutes
Grandma Sherwood
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Janet Blair George Tobias Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Grant Mitchell Richard Quine June Havoc Donald MacBride Gordon Jones
sister actress writer reporter editor quirky amusing new york city ohio greenwich village theater ambition sister relationship struggle city life rivalry underdog transformation 1940s
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
Fantasy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
Margaret
Fredric March Veronica Lake Robert Benchley Susan Hayward Cecil Kellaway Elizabeth Patterson Robert Warwick Eily Malyon Nora Cecil Emory Parnell Aldrich Bowker
witch puritan fiancée politician doctor socialite melodramatic amusing charming lighthearted salem, massachusetts jail inn witchcraft love triangle magic revenge curse love transformation
A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Catherine Dennison
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Becky Tilden
Warner Baxter Andrea Leeds Lynn Bari Charley Grapewin Henry Wilcoxon Elizabeth Patterson Russell Hicks Christian Rub Ian Wolfe Lester Sharpe Reginald Sheffield
ghost widow murder suspect lover religious person assistant engaging melodramatic switzerland paris apartment café park prison murder wrongfully accused redemption infidelity jealousy haunting
A murdered man (Baxter) helps his widow (Leeds) bring his killer (Bari) to justice.
Drama
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Mrs. Courtney
Tallulah Bankhead Clive Brook Phoebe Foster Alexander Kirkland Osgood Perkins Elizabeth Patterson Eric Blore Ed Gargan
Tarnished Lady is a 1931 Pre-Code American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady.
Comedy
1944
101 Minutes
Libby's Aunt
Eddie Bracken Ella Raines Raymond Walburn William Demarest Bill Edwards Elizabeth Patterson Jimmy Conlin Franklin Pangborn Jack Norton Paul Porcasi Alan Bridge
good guy soldier mother girlfriend mayor playful charming military base small town bar world war ii love triangle deception temptation growing up transformation 1940s
Preston Sturges' satire about a sickly soldier discharged from duty and mistaken for a war hero when he returns home.
Drama
1946
97 Minutes
Mrs. Stover
Claudette Colbert Walter Pidgeon June Allyson Robert Sterling Marshall Thompson Elizabeth Patterson Richard Derr Patricia Medina Eily Malyon Nicholas Joy Anna Q. Nilsson
pianist doctor father daughter mother eerie emotional suspenseful melodramatic united states family home ocean liner love marriage jealousy mental illness affair discovery forbidden love mystery
A teenager's (June Allyson) despondency over her father's suicide causes concern for her brother and stepmother (Claudette Colbert). Narrated by Hume Cronyn.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
55 Minutes
Aunt Blanche
John Howard Heather Angel H.B. Warner Reginald Denny E.E. Clive Elizabeth Patterson Edward Ciannelli Gerald Hamer
The British sleuth (John Howard) runs across rooftops after bank robbers while on his honeymoon in France.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
First Aunt
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Musical
USA
1957
111 Minutes
Mrs. Casey
Rita Hayworth Frank Sinatra Kim Novak Barbara Nichols Bobby Sherwood Hank Henry Elizabeth Patterson Robin Morse Frank Wilcox Pierre Watkin Barry Bernard
singer chorus girl widow amusing lighthearted playful san francisco nightclub musicians performance romance love triangle dreams love temptation quest discovery 1950s
Joey Evans' a charming, handsome, funny, talented a-1st class, A-N°.1 - heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Tabitha Singleton
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Aunt Hester Fairfield
John Barrymore Katharine Hepburn Billie Burke David Manners Henry Stephenson Paul Cavanagh Elizabeth Patterson Gayle Evers Julie Haydon
husband wife daughter fiancée moving melodramatic touching mansion england mental illness family marriage transformation love sacrifice 1920s
A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Mrs. Lippett
Janet Gaynor Warner Baxter Una Merkel John Arledge Claude Gillingwater Effie Ellsler Kendall McComas Kathlyn Williams Elizabeth Patterson Louise Closser Hale
Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Baroness von Schwedel (uncredited)
Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins Charles Ruggles George Barbier Hugh O'Connell Robert Strange Lon MacSunday Janet Reade Elizabeth Patterson Harry C. Bradley
soldier princess peasant king girlfriend playful amusing cheeky lighthearted flausenthurm palace europe royalty forced marriage adultery love triangle love 19th century
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Comedy
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Connie
Anthony Perkins Jane Fonda Ray Walston Marc Connelly Anne Jackson Murray Hamilton Bob Wright Bart Burns Karl Lukas Elizabeth Patterson Tom Laughlin
cheerleader basketball player amusing playful united states ethics love love 1950s
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, also a student, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.
Comedy
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Robert Young Margaret Perry Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crews Myrna Loy David Newell Jean Hersholt Ruth Selwyn Kathryn Crawford Louise Closser Hale Mitchell Lewis
A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter,who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons.they forge their own lives,and make their own mistakes as a result.
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Otto Kruger Ralph Bellamy Ruth Donnelly Frank Albertson George Cooper Nella Walker Florence Roberts Laura Hope Crews Ronnie Crosby Harry Beresford
wealthy girl ex-boyfriend german-american college professor housekeeper grandmother melodramatic sad passionate family home classroom new england small town bedroom immigration world war i prejudice marital problems patriotism suspicion
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Oscar Apfel Clem Beauchamp Arthur Belasco John Carradine William Collier Jr. Frank Darien James Eagles Florence Eldridge William Gargan Henry Hall Miriam Hopkins
A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Drama
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Hardie Albright Lionel Belmore Harry Beresford George Brent Bette Davis Noel Francis Blanche Frederici Alan Hale Harry Holman Olin Howland
Following the death of Selena's father, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.