List of the best Ethel Wales movies: The Cradle Snatchers(1927), The Fighting Parson(1933), Loose Ankles(1930), The Girl in the Pullman(1927), Beggar on Horseback(1925), The Covered Wagon(1923), Eleventh Commandment(1933), The Rag Man(1925), Border Vigilantes(1941), The Criminal Code(1931), Knights of the Range(1940), Bar 20 Rides Again(1935) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1927
59 Minutes
Ethel Drake
Louise Fazenda J. Farrell MacDonald Ethel Wales Franklin Pangborn Dorothy Phillips William B. Davidson Joseph Striker Jack Stuart Arthur Lake Diane Ellis Sammy Cohen
From a 1925 hit stage play by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell about three unhappy, middle-aged housewives who teach their adulterous husbands a lesson by starting affairs with college-aged young men during the jazz age.
Western
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Mrs. Betsy Larkin
Hoot Gibson Marceline Day Ethel Wales Robert Frazer Stanley Blystone Skeeter Bill Robbins Charles King Jules Cowan Phil Dunham
A cowboy on the run from a posse finds the clothes and ID of a preacher on the trail. He assumes the man's identity, but when he arrives at the nearest town, he rides into the middle of a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Aunt Katherine Harper
Loretta Young Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Louise Fazenda Ethel Wales Otis Harlan Daphne Pollard Inez Courtney Edward Nugent Raymond Keane
In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper, a wealthy socialite who has inherited a fortune provided the family is involved in no scandals appearing in ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Mrs. Jones
Marie Prevost Harrison Ford Franklin Pangborn Kathryn McGuire Ethel Wales Harry Myers William Irving
Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations to his bride-to-be and her mother they ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1925
70 Minutes
Mrs. Cady
Edward Everett Horton Esther Ralston Erwin Connelly Gertrude Short Ethel Wales Theodore Kosloff Betty Compson James Mason Frederick Sullivan
Neil McRae, an impoverished composer, loves Cynthia Mason, but fearing poverty, proposes to the wealthy Gladys Cady. One night, he dozes in an armchair and has a nightmare of a wedding and ... See full summary »
Western
1923
98 Minutes
Mrs. Wingate
J. Warren Kerrigan Lois Wilson Alan Hale Charles Ogle Ethel Wales Ernest Torrence Tully Marshall Guy Oliver Johnny Fox
Based on Emerson Hough's book about the hardships faced by pioneers during their westward trek across America.
Drama
1933
66 Minutes
Mabel Moore
Marian Marsh Theodore von Eltz Alan Hale Marie Prevost Ethel Wales Gloria Shea
Comedy
USA
1925
70 Minutes
Mrs. Bernard
Jackie Coogan Max Davidson Lydia Yeamans Titus Robert Edeson William Conklin Ethel Wales
orphan junk dealer cop attorney wife boss amusing emotional new york city orphanage shop household country club running away fire presumed dead partnership unusual friendship redemption quest
Tim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in the fire, he is able to roam the streets of New York freely. He meets Max Ginsberg, an old ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Aunt Jennifer Forbes
William Boyd Russell Hayden Andy Clyde Frances Gifford Victor Jory Ethel Wales Morris Ankrum Tom Tyler
A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the towns problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss, and so are the vigilantes.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Katie Ryan
Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff DeWitt Jennings Mary Doran Ethel Wales Clark Marshall Arthur Hoyt John St. Polis Paul Porcasi
young man district attorney daughter cellmate guard informant bleak gripping intense club prison car cell murder prison life difficult decision father/daughter relationship solitary confinement romance fall
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Western
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Aunt Myra Ripple
Russell Hayden Victor Jory Jean Parker Morris Ankrum Britt Wood J. Farrell MacDonald Ethel Wales Ray Bennett
Outlaw Frayne is a member of Gamecock's rustlers. When he saves Holly Ripple and Cappy from Heaver's gun, she gives him a job offer and a chance to go straight. Now bringing back Ripple's ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Clarissa 'Clary' Peters
William Boyd Jimmy Ellison Jean Rouverol George "Gabby" Hayes Harry Worth Frank McGlynn Jr. Howard H. Lang Ethel Wales
Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.
Adventure
USA
1930
86 Minutes
Mrs. Harper
Jackie Coogan Junior Durkin Mitzi Green Lucien Littlefield Tully Marshall Clara Blandick Mary Jane Irving Ethel Wales Jackie Searle Dick Winslow Jane Darwell
The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Mrs. Martha Samuels
George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Pauline Moore Harry Woods Arthur Loft Wade Boteler Ethel Wales Scotty Beckett Michael Worth Glenn Strange Olin Howland
Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Western
USA
1939
58 Minutes
Mrs. Murphy
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton Edward Keane Noble Johnson Monte Blue Don Dillaway William Royle Ethel Wales Charles King Bud Osborne
roy rogers journalist sister politician horse spy thrilling melodramatic patriotic california american south family home countryside outpost front lines american civil war pony express espionage sabotage politics
Pony Express rider Roy and his sidekick must round up a pack of villains, as Yankee and Rebel forces contend for the allegiance of California, before Roy can turn his attentions to the girl.
Western
1939
55 Minutes
Aunt Felicia
Lynne Roberts George "Gabby" Hayes Jack LaRue Katherine DeMille Frank Puglia Harry Woods Paul Marion Ethel Wales Merrill McCormack
cowboy rancher bandit native american land owner foreman melodramatic suspenseful lighthearted california ranch hideout trail wagon train ranchers frame-up robbery murder cultural differences deception
A troublemaker in old California tries to pit new settlers and the Spanish community against each other.
Western
1940
59 Minutes
Mrs. Stout
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Jacqueline Wells John Miljan Sally Payne Archie Twitchell Monte Blue Hal Taliaferro Ethel Wales Jack Ingram Monte Montague
The frontier hero (Roy Rogers) sings and saves Civil War gold with his sidekick (George "Gabby" Hayes).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Madame Dutoit, Dressmaker
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Aunt Jane Thornton
Ginger Rogers Lyle Talbot J. Farrell MacDonald James Eagles Eddie Phillips Erville Alderson Robert Klein Crauford Kent Frances Rich Ethel Wales Paul Hurst
Murder of a woman sparks a search for a killer.