List of the best Gavin Gordon movies: The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933), The Silver Horde(1930), American Madness(1932), Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933), Windjammer(1937), High Hat(1937), Murder by Invitation(1941), A Life at Stake(1954), Bordertown(1935), Gangs, Inc.(1941), Female(1933), Bride of Frankenstein(1935) ... ...
Drama
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Dr. Robert Strife
Barbara Stanwyck Nils Asther Walter Connolly Gavin Gordon Toshia Mori Richard Loo Lucien Littlefield Clara Blandick
warlord missionary fiancé spy servant expatriate tense melodramatic spirited intricate china war zone orphanage war missionary work suicide interracial romance opposites attract honor escape
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
Adventure
USA
1930
76 Minutes
Fred Marsh
fisherman love interest romantic rival man young woman businesswoman emotional engaging gripping alaska family home small town fishing village romance love triangle class distinctions fishing schemes employment rivalry
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Drama
USA
1932
81 Minutes
Cyril Cluett
Frank Capra Walter Huston Pat O'Brien Kay Johnson Constance Cummings Gavin Gordon
bank president bank teller wife co-worker criminal detective melodramatic gutsy touching spirited bank vault party family home small town false accusations loyalty bank robbery moral dilemma infidelity
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused for robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all in the same day.
Horror
USA
1933
77 Minutes
George Winton
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Glenda Farrell Frank McHugh Gavin Gordon Edwin Maxwell Holmes Herbert Arthur Edmund Carewe Allen Vincent Monica Bannister Matthew Betz
sculptor partner assistant fiancée reporter creepy tense london new york city wax museum obsession art murder love fall revenge 1930s
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Action
USA
1937
60 Minutes
J. Montague Forsythe
George O'Brien Constance Worth William Hall Brandon Evans Gavin Gordon Stanley Blystone
The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1937
74 Minutes
Frank Luther Dorothy Dare Lona Andre Franklin Pangborn Gavin Gordon Esther Muir Robert Warwick Clarence Muse Ferdinand Munier
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Garson Denham
Wallace Ford Marian Marsh Sarah Padden George Guhl Wallis Clark Gavin Gordon Minerva Urecal Herb Vigran Hazel Keener
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane so they can divide up her money. To show them that she harbors no ill feelings, she invites them to her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1954
78 Minutes
Sam Pearson
Angela Lansbury Keith Andes Douglas Dumbrille Claudia Barrett Jane Darwell Gavin Gordon Charles Maxwell William Henry Kathleen Mulqueen Dan Sturkie Jeane Wood
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Brook Manville
Paul Muni Bette Davis Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Soledad Jimenez Robert Barrat Gavin Gordon Henry O'Neill Arthur Stone Hobart Cavanaugh William B. Davidson
lawyer casino owner wife immigrant melodramatic tense california casino los angeles business mental illness murder unrequited love fall transformation 1930s
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Crime, Drama
1941
69 Minutes
Kurt Parrish
Joan Woodbury Jack LaRue Linda Ware John Archer Vince Barnett Alan Ladd Gavin Gordon William Halligan George Pembroke Selmer Jackson Kenneth Harlan
After serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn't commit, a young woman plans a racketeering scheme to get revenge.
Comedy, Drama
1933
65 Minutes
Briggs
Ruth Chatterton William Dieterle George Brent Ruth Donnelly Philip Reed Johnny Mack Brown Lois Wilson Gavin Gordon Ferdinand Gottschalk Rafaela Ottiano
business owner beautiful woman engineer employee amusing passionate factory mansion new york city romance wealth automotive industry gender roles love transformation 1930s
An auto-company president (Ruth Chatterton) finds her right-hand man (George Brent) by process of elimination.
Horror
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Lord Byron
Boris Karloff Elsa Lanchester Colin Clive Valerie Hobson O.P. Heggie Una O'Connor Ernest Thesiger Gavin Gordon Douglas Walton E.E. Clive Lucien Prival
monster mad scientist fiancée blind person hunter bride witty brooding chilling countryside castle hideout death accident meaning of life guilt pursuit transformation sacrifice 19th century
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Mitchell
Grace Moore Leo Carrillo Robert Allen Michael Bartlett Spring Byington Thurston Hall Douglas Dumbrille Luis Alberni Gavin Gordon Harry Barris Arthur Kaye
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
73 Minutes
Alan Dixon
Brian Keith Beverly Garland Dick Foran Beverly Tyler Elisha Cook Jr. Paul Langton Anthony George Douglas Kennedy Gavin Gordon Jack Lambert John Morley
In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its blow-whistler treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
Comedy
USA
1958
101 Minutes
Rudolph
Shirley Booth Anthony Perkins Shirley MacLaine Paul Ford Robert Morse Perry Wilson Wallace Ford Russell Collins Rex Evans Gavin Gordon Torben Meyer
matchmaker businessman storekeeper hatter friend charming amusing endearing madcap lighthearted yonkers, n.y. new york city restaurant store romance matchmaking mistaken identity marriage rivalry love
Nightclub owner T.J. Brennon dies in a car accident and two narcotics agents are killed in his apartment, prompting an investigation by the local police aided by Brennon's cop brother.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
J. Reed
Ricardo Cortez Joan Woodbury Iris Adrian George Pembroke Herbert Rawlinson Pat Gleason Ralf Harolde Jack Mulhall Vince Barnett Gavin Gordon John Hamilton
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Army Captain
Spencer Tracy Franchot Tone Gladys George Edgar Dearing Mary Treen Cliff Edwards Charles Trowbridge Joe Sawyer George Chandler Gavin Gordon Ernest Whitman
clerk friend soldier nurse judge gangster dark gritty emotional carnival battlefield jail courtroom new york city veterans love triangle world war i unlikely criminal prison break transformation
A circus man (Spencer Tracy) tries to save his buddy (Franchot Tone) who turns gangster after fighting in World War I.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Roger Pryor Wendy Barrie Claude Gillingwater Andrew Tombes Luis Alberni E.E. Clive John Sheehan Russell Hicks Theodore von Eltz Harry Woods Herbert Rawlinson
Janes Forbes (Barrie) decides to help amnesiac Jack Doe (Pryor) to find the details of his true identity. She doesn't tell anyone she is leaving, which causes her worried father to hire a ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Hal Stalmaster Luana Patten Jeff York Sebastian Cabot Richard Beymer Walter Sande Rusty Lane Whit Bissell Will Wright Virginia Christine Walter Coy
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Musical, Comedy, Other
USA
1954
120 Minutes
Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Rosemary Clooney Vera-Ellen Dean Jagger Mary Wickes John Brascia Anne Whitfield Richard Shannon Grady Sutton Sig Ruman
singer sister general innkeeper veteran lighthearted amusing charming touching vermont inn battlefield new york city christmas financial crisis singing concert friendship rescue love
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.