List of the best Gertrude Hoffman movies: Before Dawn(1933), Cassidy of Bar 20(1938), The File on Thelma Jordon(1949), Caged(1950), California(1946) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1933
60 Minutes
Mattie
Stuart Erwin Dorothy Wilson Warner Oland Dudley Digges Gertrude Hoffman Oscar Apfel Frank Reicher Jane Darwell
A detective (Stuart Erwin) and a fortuneteller (Dorothy Wilson) meet a doctor (Warner Oland) from Vienna looking for loot hidden in a mansion.
Western
USA
1938
54 Minutes
Ma Caffrey
William Boyd Russell Hayden Nora Lane Frank Darien Robert Fiske John Elliott Margaret Marquis Gertrude Hoffman
Against a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Wendell Corey Paul Kelly Joan Tetzel Stanley Ridges Richard Rober Minor Watson Barry Kelley Kasey Rogers Basil Ruysdael Jane Novak
femme fatale thief assistant district attorney wife lawyer butler dark tense household courtroom office beach house hospital robbery murder deception cover-up infidelity investigation forbidden love
Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
1950
96 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Agnes Moorehead Hope Emerson Ellen Corby Betty Garde Jan Sterling Lee Patrick Jane Darwell Gertrude Michael Joan Miller Marjorie Crossland
robber warden matron prisoner mother dark brutal fiery melodramatic prison cell infirmary prison life murder pregnancy illegitimate child mother/child relationship sadism fall metamorphosis
An innocent (Eleanor Parker) lands in a women's prison with crude inmates and a big matron called Evelyn (Hope Emerson).
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Van Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Edward Ciannelli Roman Bohnen
deserter poker player prospector saloon girl irishman landowner engaging melodramatic spirited gutsy california wagon train mining town saloon small town graveyard california gold rush self-sacrifice marriage of convenience mining
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.