List of the best George Chandler movies: The Fatal Glass of Beer(1933), Man of the World(1931), Arizona(1940), Lady Killer(1933), Dead Ringer(1964), It Happened Tomorrow(1944), Hollow Triumph(1948), Bureau of Missing Persons(1933), Mannequin(1937), My Man and I(1952), Across the Wide Missouri(1951), This Woman Is Dangerous(1952) ... ...
Comedy
1933
18 Minutes
Chester Snavely the Wastrel Son
Drama
USA
1931
71 Minutes
Fred
William Powell Carole Lombard Wynne Gibson Lawrence Gray George Chandler Guy Kibbee Andre Cheron Tom Ricketts Rolfe Sedan
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Western
1940
122 Minutes
Haley
Jean Arthur William Holden Warren William Porter Hall Paul Harvey George Chandler Byron Foulger Regis Toomey Paul Lopez Colin Tapley Uvaldo Varela
pioneer entrepreneur woman drifter love interest inspiring amusing gutsy tucson, ariz. business romance con game abandonment love underdog 1860s
A drifter (William Holden) and the cavalry help the first woman (Jean Arthur) in Tucson protect her freight line from Indians.
Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
George Thompson
James Cagney Mae Clarke Leslie Fenton Margaret Lindsay Henry O'Neill Raymond Hatton George Chandler Douglas Dumbrille
usher police detective criminal gangster actor movie star confident charming crafty los angeles hollywood, calif. movie studio crime ring hollywood investigation escape acting adventure escape pursuit
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
George
Bette Davis Karl Malden Peter Lawford Philip Carey Jean Hagen George Macready Estelle Winwood George Chandler Mario Alcalde Cyril Delevanti Monika Henreid
twin killer sister lover police detective dark creepy melodramatic funeral mansion murder jealousy deception impersonation infidelity wealth rivalry revenge fall 1960s
The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Bob
Dick Powell Linda Darnell Jack Oakie Edgar Kennedy John Philliber Edward Brophy George Cleveland Paul Guilfoyle George Chandler Eddie Acuff Marion Martin
reporter old man fortuneteller colleague uncle editor witty endearing newsroom household opera house racetrack hotel news precognition death wedding gambling quest rivalry
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Aubrey
Paul Henreid Joan Bennett Eduard Franz Leslie Brooks John Qualen Mabel Paige Herbert Rudley Charles Arnt George Chandler Sid Tomack Alvin Hammer
gangster henchman rival secretary brother girlfriend dark intense prison gambling house los angeles office doctor's office parking garage one last job gangsters love impersonation brotherhood disillusionment
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity - with unfortunate results.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Homer Howard
Pat O'Brien Bette Davis Lewis Stone Allen Jenkins Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Glenda Farrell Alan Dinehart George Chandler
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work. He regards the assignment as "kindergarten" work. When a young woman asks him to help ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
95 Minutes
`'Swing'` Magoo
Joan Crawford Spencer Tracy Alan Curtis Ralph Morgan Mary Philips Oscar O'Shea Elisabeth Risdon Leo Gorcey George Chandler Bert Roach Marie Blake
showgirl husband tycoon best friend manager cheeky moving engaging brooklyn, n.y. apartment paris theater restaurant pier financial crisis marriage blackmail wealth divorce unemployment
Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Bartender Frankie
Shelley Winters Ricardo Montalban Wendell Corey Claire Trevor Robert Burton Jose Torvay Jack Elam Pascual García Peña George Chandler Carlos Conde
laborer drunk farmer wife patriotic disheartening california bar farm american dream citizenship greed racism underdog sacrifice 1950s
In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for, after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.
Adventure
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Gowie
Clark Gable Ricardo Montalban John Hodiak Adolphe Menjou María Elena Marqués J. Carrol Naish Jack Holt Alan Napier George Chandler Richard Anderson
trapper native american warrior native american woman beautiful woman friend spirited emotional wild west wilderness interracial romance culture clash exploitation marriage confrontation survival forbidden love rivalry transformation 1830s
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
100 Minutes
Dr. Bill Ryan
Joan Crawford Dennis Morgan David Brian Richard Webb Mari Aldon Philip Carey Ian MacDonald Katharine Warren George Chandler William Challee Sherry Jackson
A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Red Evans
Claire Trevor Donald Woods Alan Dinehart Alan Baxter Murray Alper Spencer Charters Maurice Cass Irving Bacon George Chandler
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Taxi Driver
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
1950
92 Minutes
Henderson
Dennis Morgan Betsy Drake Zachary Scott Edmund Gwenn William Frawley Raymond Roe Ransom Sherman Sheila Stephens Eleanor Audley George Chandler Barbara Billingsley
A young working girl, trying to find a way to get a seat on the subway, takes along a baby doll to insure a way. She ends up getting stuck in a thick plot to sell an ad to a rich client who... See full summary »
Western
1965
90 Minutes
Jace Asher
Rory Calhoun Corinne Calvet John Russell Lon Chaney Gene Evans Richard Arlen Robert H. Harris Arthur Hunnicutt DeForest Kelley George Chandler Jean Parker
A cowboy (Rory Calhoun) thwarts a businessman and a thief (John Russell) out to rob gold from a stage station.
Kids & Family, Musical
USA
1952
120 Minutes
Danny Kaye Zizi Jeanmaire Farley Granger Roland Petit John Qualen Joseph Walsh Philip Tonge Eric Bruhn John Brown Robert Malcolm George Chandler
writer ballerina choreographer child heartwarming dreamy spectacular theater small town copenhagen, denmark hans christian andersen struggle writing unrequited love fable discovery love 1830s
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
70 Minutes
Paul Kelly Douglas Fowley Anne Gwynne Maris Wrixon Jack Conrad Selmer Jackson Cyril Thornton Cyrus W. Kendall Walter Soderling Victor Potel George Chandler
Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. He and his girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Ramon Novarro Dorothy Jordan Lottice Howell Claude King Eugenie Besserer William V. Mong Beryl Mercer Nanci Price Herbert Clark David Scott George Chandler
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son... See full summary »
Drama
1933
70 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Glenda Farrell Allen Jenkins Monroe Owsley Helen Ware Henry Kolker Ferdinand Gottschalk Irving Bacon Clarence Wilson George Chandler
wife ex-husband husband private detective sister partner melodramatic outlandish intricate cruise ship bedroom mansion blackmail divorce jealousy love triangle cruise scam escape forbidden love
A private eye (George Brent) follows a millionaire's wife (Kay Francis) to Havana, where they fall in love.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce Lionel Atwill Harvey Stephens Robert Barrat James Stewart William Collier Bobby Watson William Demarest John Sheehan Lucien Littlefield
newspaper reporter gossip columnist police officer business partner father editor dark brooding shocking suspenseful newsroom sing sing correctional facility new york city shooting gallery newspapers murder investigation father/son relationship deception cover-up mystery
When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Walter Huston Jean Harlow Wallace Ford Jean Hersholt Dorothy Peterson Tully Marshall John Miljan Emmett Corrigan Warner Richmond Sandy Roth J. Carrol Naish
police chief detective mobster femme fatale wife district attorney brutal gritty wild chicago police station nightclub street organized crime police corruption sibling rivalry deception prohibition violence temptation
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Western
USA
1964
87 Minutes
Dale Robertson Yvonne De Carlo William Bendix Bruce Cabot Barton MacLane John Agar Richard Arlen Jody McCrea Kent Taylor Bill Williams Rod Lauren
Hothead Pete Stone has been arrested for the murder of George.
Comedy
USA
1936
98 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Myrna Loy William Powell Walter Connolly Charley Grapewin Cora Witherspoon E.E. Clive Bunny Beatty Otto Yamaoka Charles Trowbridge
editor fiancée friend socialite amusing charming playful new york city ocean liner lake hotel family home love romance lawsuit deception love discovery 1930s
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
Comedy
USA
1966
90 Minutes
Don Knotts Joan Staley Liam Redmond Dick Sargent Skip Homeier Reta Shaw Lurene Tuttle Philip Ober Harry Hickox Charles Lane Jesslyn Fax
reporter editor love interest wealthy man coward typesetter lighthearted madcap amusing cheeky small town newsroom mansion ghosts fear haunted houses aspirations mistaken identity mystery underdog
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Musical
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Betty Hutton Ralph Meeker Adele Jergens Robert Keith Billie Bird Henry Slate Sid Tomack Ludwig Stossel Sydney Mason Virginia Hall Bea Allen
Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
65 Minutes
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Joan Woodbury Mantan Moreland Weldon Heyburn Ian Keith Sam Flint Cyrus W. Kendall Anthony Warde John Davidson Betty Blythe
charlie chan daughter chess player fiancé son chauffeur playful spirited confident fun house hotel family home murder case family honor investigation deception father/son relationship chess mystery discovery
The Cisco Kid and Pancho hold up a stagecoach and kidnap Ellen Roth. They take the girl, who is wanted on a murder charge, to the mission where Padre Angelo will look after her. She tells ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Jane Froman James Melton Frank McHugh Marie Wilson Frank Fay William Ricciardi Craig Reynolds E.E. Clive Maurice Black Eddie Conrad
Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. He sees something in Jan so he signs him to a contract. Al works odd jobs to... See full summary »
Action
1936
70 Minutes
James Stewart Wendy Barrie Una Merkel Ted Healy Weldon Heyburn Patricia Wilder Ralph Morgan Robert Randall Charles Trowbridge William Tannen Walter Kingsford
driver engineer pretty woman partner rival boss engaging emotional detroit auto factory racetrack city auto racing love triangle competition engineering race against time rivalry discovery 1930s
The boss's niece (Wendy Barrie) helps a test driver (James Stewart) at Indianapolis and the Utah salt flats.
Comedy
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Dean Stockwell Darryl Hickman Scotty Beckett Leon Ames Margalo Gillmore Leo G. Carroll Donn Gift Peter Thompson Jerry Mickelsen Alan Dinehart David Bair
schoolboy headmaster bully father uplifting heartwarming boarding school new jersey father/son relationship coming of age boarding-school life friendship education growing up rivalry transformation 1950s
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
Western
USA
1945
68 Minutes
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Roger Pryor Arthur Loft Maude Eburne Sam Flint Si Jenks Elaine Lange Charles Soldani Edmund Cobb
Roy spends most of this movie rescuing Dale from terrible fates. The film includes a reenactment of land rush opening the Oklahoma Territory.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Loretta Young Brian Aherne Sidney Toler Jeff Donnell William Wright Gale Sondergaard Donald MacBride Lee Patrick Don Costello Blanche Yurka Richard Gaines
writer wife landlord housekeeper husband amusing engaging suspenseful apartment new york city greenwich village murder blackmail deception mystery discovery 1940s
A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse and a half dozen red herrings.
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland John Carradine Walter Catlett Maurice Cass Alan Dinehart Etienne Girardot E.E. Clive Margaret McWade Margaret Seddon
A young lawyer is unable to get the Pembertons to sign a land sale contract until their daughter falls in love with him.
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Jane Russell Groucho Marx Don McGuire Howard Freeman Harry Hayden Nestor Paiva Lou Nova Joe Devlin Frank Orth William Edmunds
bank teller waiter bookie girlfriend loan shark detective cheeky lighthearted spirited bank restaurant apartment alley financial windfall wrongfully accused aspirations friendship marriage proposal embezzlement love
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
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.
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
Adventure
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward J. Carrol Naish Albert Van Dekker Broderick Crawford Charles Barton James Stephenson Heather Thatcher
brother soldier sergeant mercenary suspenseful inspiring england desert robbery war escape mutiny money escape adventure rise fall rivalry 1930s
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.