List of the best Evelyn Varden movies: The Night of the Hunter(1955), Hilda Crane(1956), Phone Call From a Stranger(1952), The Student Prince(1954), Desiree(1954), Ten Thousand Bedrooms(1957), Athena(1954) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Icey Spoon
Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters Lillian Gish Evelyn Varden Peter Graves James Gleason Billy Chapin Sally Jane Bruce
boy girl preacher wife murderer chilling brooding creepy dark suspenseful small town west virginia river murder child abuse deception greed escape pursuit discovery
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Romance
USA
1956
87 Minutes
Mrs. Burns
Jean Simmons Guy Madison Jean-Pierre Aumont Judith Evelyn Evelyn Varden Peggy Knudsen Gregg Palmer Richard Garrick Jim Hayward
divorcée ex-boyfriend mother-in-law professor mother guard melodramatic bleak tense family home campus church construction site small town marriage depression infidelity failed romance suicide attempt grief
Twice divorced Hilda Crane, feeling she's run out of chances, returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
Drama
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Sallie Carr
Gary Merrill Bette Davis Shelley Winters Michael Rennie Keenan Wynn Evelyn Varden Warren Stevens Beatrice Straight Ted Donaldson Craig Stevens Helen Westcott
lawyer actress doctor salesman wife moving engaging sad powerful iowa airport accidental death plane crash friendship commitment surprise visit discovery transformation 1950s
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
107 Minutes
Queen Matilda
Ann Blyth Edmund Purdom John Ericson Louis Calhern Edmund Gwenn S.Z. Sakall Betta St. John John Williams Evelyn Varden John Hoyt Richard Anderson
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Marie
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Countess Alzani
Dean Martin Anna Maria Alberghetti Eva Bartok Dewey Martin Walter Slezak Paul Henreid Jules Munshin Marcel Dalio Evelyn Varden Lisa Montell Lisa Gaye
millionaire assistant sister pilot father boyfriend airy mellow rome hotel household dance floor airplane studio romance marriage father/daughter relationship social customs sister relationship matchmaking
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
Musical
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Grandma Salome Mulvain
Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Nancy Kilgas Dolores Starr Jane Fischer Cecile Rogers Vic Damone Louis Calhern Evelyn Varden Linda Christian
lawyer friend fiancée health nut sister grandfather winsome quirky cheery spirited family home apartment california opposites attract political campaign health bodybuilding eccentricity culture clash transformation
Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.