List of the best Eric Blore movies: Counter-Espionage(1942), The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady(1940), Shall We Dance(1937), Smartest Girl in Town(1936), Passport to Suez(1943), The Notorious Lone Wolf(1946), I Dream Too Much(1935), Lone Wolf in London(1947), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936), San Diego, I Love You(1944), Breakfast for Two(1937), Quality Street(1937) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Jamison
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Cecil Flintridge
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Eric Blore Edward Everett Horton Jerome Cowan Ketti Gallian William Brisbane Ann Shoemaker Ben Alexander Emma Young Sherwood Bailey
dancer fan agent husband wife amusing lighthearted paris new york city ship dance show business love marriage love temptation transformation 1930s
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.
Comedy
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Lucius Philbean
Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Eric Blore Helen Broderick Erik Rhodes Harry Jans Arthur Hoyt Frank Jenks
model wealthy man male model butler sister hilarious madcap heartwarming beach yacht advertising office phone booth hotel gold digging materialism mistaken identity marriage proposal modeling deception love
Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Llewellyn Jameson
The Lone Wolf undercover to foil the Nazis stealing the plans!
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
64 Minutes
Jameson
Michael Lanyard finds himself accused of stealing a valuable gem, and must find the real thief in order to clear his name.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Roger Briggs
Lily Pons Henry Fonda Eric Blore Osgood Perkins Lucien Littlefield Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Paul Porcasi Scotty Beckett Esther Dale Clarence Wilson
opera singer composer agent producer husband wife melodramatic passionate paris monte carlo, monaco stage club street ambition jealousy music competition success marriage rivalry
Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1947
68 Minutes
Claudius Augustus Lucius Jamison
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Stokes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Comedy
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Nelson
Jon Hall Louise Allbritton Edward Everett Horton Eric Blore Buster Keaton Irene Ryan Rudy Wissler Gerald Perreau Charles Bates Don Davis Florence Lake
inventor daughter millionaire butler bus driver lighthearted endearing san diego household opposites attract money culture clash family inventions love pursuit quest 1940s
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.
Comedy
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Butch
Barbara Stanwyck Herbert Marshall Glenda Farrell Eric Blore Etienne Girardot Donald Meek Frank M. Thomas Pierre Watkin Sidney Bracey Harold Goodwin
Texan debutante Valentine Ransome tries to reform a bankrupt playboy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
84 Minutes
Recruiting Sergeant
Katharine Hepburn Franchot Tone Fay Bainter Eric Blore Cora Witherspoon Estelle Winwood
sister doctor neighbor spinster student soldier amusing emotional charming household school ballroom england siblings courtship napoleonic wars homecoming deception disguise love
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Jamison
Warren William June Storey Henry Wilcoxon Eric Blore Thurston Hall Don Beddoe Evalyn Knapp Fred Kelsey William Forrest Walter Kingsford Lloyd Bridges
The Lone Wolf Michael Lanyard takes Inspector Crane's challenge that he can't keep out of trouble for 24 hours. No sooner accepted when Lanyard is sucked into a case of murder and ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1935
99 Minutes
Bates
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Edward Everett Horton Helen Broderick Eric Blore Erik Rhodes
wife butler dancer producer love interest playful charming witty hotel stage bathroom london venice song and dance romance mistaken identity aspirations dance show business quest
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
Gordon
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Victor Moore Helen Broderick Eric Blore Betty Furness George Metaxa Landers Stevens John Harrington Pierre Watkin Abe Reynolds
dance instructor dancer gambler father friend fiancée amusing lighthearted new york city stage dance gambling romance marriage money rise love 1930s
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Charles Kimble
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Una Merkel Eric Blore Iris Adrian Lionel Royce Buck Woods Leigh Whipper Ernest Whitman Noble Johnson
con artist circus performer best friend tycoon love interest charming lighthearted africa jungle resort swindling road trip circus love triangle friendship mining adventure quest love 1940s
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Drama
USA
1942
89 Minutes
George Sanders Herbert Marshall Doris Dudley Steven Geray Eric Blore Albert Basserman
writer artist painter wife friend solemn hedonistic powerful london paris tahiti apartment studio art egoism morality suicide misogyny loyalty rise
Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Griggs
Tony Martin Rita Hayworth Alan Mowbray Edith Fellows Eric Blore George Tobias
actor love interest millionaire fiancé manservant immigration official winsome engaging new york city ship taxicab radio station street new love love triangle deportation chance meeting show business love pursuit
Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
60 Minutes
Ferdy Pelham
Kirby Grant Lois Collier Edward Norris Eric Blore Minna Gombell Edward Brophy Judy Clark Marion Martin Donald MacBride Henry Armetta Jimmie Dodd
Entertainer siblings Patty, Bill, Hank and Johnny Davis all quit their jobs when they discover that their friend, Linda Reynolds, has secured them an audition with her boss, New York ... See full synopsis »
Romance
1935
92 Minutes
Grove
Joan Crawford Brian Aherne Frank Morgan Aline MacMahon Eric Blore Arthur Treacher Fred Keating Jessie Ralph Frank Conroy Etienne Girardot Edward Brophy
socialite archaeologist father millionaire butler grandmother airy witty charming lighthearted new york city yacht greece island connecticut museum class distinctions deception vacation love triangle
An heiress and a young archaeologist fall in love during a chance meeting, but they find that money poses a problem.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith ("Pearlie")
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Eugene Pallette William Demarest Eric Blore Melville Cooper Martha O'Driscoll Janet Beecher Robert Greig Dora Clement
con artist father heir cardsharp amusing charming winsome witty ship train new york city household love deception romance crime father/daughter relationship love rivalry revenge
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
107 Minutes
The Waiter
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Alice Brady Edward Everett Horton Erik Rhodes Eric Blore Betty Grable
dancer pretty woman lawyer ex-husband ex-wife amusing charming lighthearted spirited england resort new love romance song and dance adultery mistaken identity love discovery 1930s
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Sir Wimbley
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Bruce Cabot Jack Kirkwood Lea Penman Eric Blore Hugh French Joseph Vitale
actor wealthy woman husband daughter townsperson theodore roosevelt frenetic hilarious heartwarming new mexico plains saloon mansion england small town class distinctions impersonation engagement acting unlikely romance
An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Potter
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Harold "Limey" Wemsley
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
83 Minutes
Jewelry counter clerk
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Betsman
Mary Martin Dick Powell Betty Hutton Eddie Bracken Rudy Vallee Mabel Paige Eric Blore Clem Bevans Sir Lancelot Ben Carter Lillian Randolph
cigarette girl american best friend dancer wealthy man voodoo queen lighthearted amusing ship boat sea caribbean hotel deck gold digging impersonation romance deception voodoo drunkenness
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
Romance
1940
99 Minutes
Sir Harold Pinchard
Merle Oberon George Brent Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh Eric Blore Henry O'Neill George Reeves Frank Wilcox Doris Lloyd
dying person convict police officer con artist countess melodramatic mushy sad cruise ship hong kong death dark secrets romance terminal illness execution forbidden love pursuit 1940s
A dying woman (Merle Oberon) and condemned man (George Brent) fall in love on a ship from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Ship's Doctor
Jack Carson Janis Paige Don DeFore Doris Day Oscar Levant S.Z. Sakall Fortunio Bonanova Eric Blore Franklin Pangborn
husband wife singer detective boyfriend playful lighthearted amusing household travel agency cruise ship cabin rio de janeiro stage marriage suspicion drinking romance false accusations impersonation
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
Comedy
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Edward
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Della Lind Walter Woolf King Adia Kuznetzoff Eddie Kane Anita Garvin Franz Hug Eric Blore
wife salesman dishwasher composer opera singer chambermaid hilarious endearing lighthearted the alps hotel festival bridge husband/wife relationship get rich quick show business marriage opera quest love
Stanley and Oliver are mousetrap salesmen hoping to strike it rich in Switzerland, but get swindled out of all their money by a cheesemaker. While working off their hotel debt, Oliver falls... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Sullivan's Valet
Joel McCrea Veronica Lake Robert Warwick William Demarest Franklin Pangborn Porter Hall Byron Foulger Margaret Hayes Robert Greig Eric Blore
director actress butler spinster warden tramp heartwarming hilarious somber powerful hollywood, calif. mansion train las vegas small town movie making chain gangs wealth mistaken identity love
A Hollywood director, John L Sullivan, sets out to experience life as a poor, homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Ilona Massey Vera-Ellen Marion Hutton Raymond Burr Bruce Gordon Melville Cooper Leon Belasco Paul Valentine
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Musical
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Dolores del Río Gene Raymond Raul Roulien Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire Blanche Frederici Walter Walker Etta Moten Roy D'Arcy Maurice Black Armand Kaliz
band leader singer dancer fiancée choreographer charming confident spirited rio de janeiro haiti dance numbers big band marriage romance love interest adventure love 1930s
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.