List of the best Gilbert Emery movies: The Lady Refuses(1931), Behind That Curtain(1929), Let Us Be Gay(1930), Sarah and Son(1930), Goin' to Town(1935), The Brighton Strangler(1945), The Royal Bed(1931), Where Sinners Meet(1934), A Lady's Morals(1930), Harmony Lane(1935), Magnificent Obsession(1935), A Farewell to Arms(1932) ... ...
Drama
1931
70 Minutes
Sir Gerald Courtney
A rich man (Gilbert Emery) hires a woman (Betty Compson) to rescue his son (John Darrow) from a gold digger.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
91 Minutes
Sir Frederick Bruce
Warner Baxter Lois Moran Gilbert Emery Claude King Philip Strange Boris Karloff Jamiel Hasson Peter Gawthorne John Rogers C. Montague Shaw Mercedes De Valasco
Eve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham.
Romance
USA
1930
79 Minutes
Townley
Norma Shearer Rod La Rocque Marie Dressler Gilbert Emery Hedda Hopper Raymond Hackett Sally Eilers Tyrrell Davis Wilfred Noy Bill O'Brien Sybil Grove
ex-husband ex-wife pretty woman socialite mistress amusing melodramatic long island, n.y. paris household divorce marriage romance makeover infidelity love transformation discovery 1930s
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
86 Minutes
John Ashmore
Ruth Chatterton Fredric March Fuller Mellish Jr. Gilbert Emery Doris Lloyd William Stack
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife--now a world-famous opera singer--... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1935
74 Minutes
Winslow
Mae West Paul Cavanagh Ivan Lebedeff Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Tito Coral Fred Kohler Monroe Owsley Grant Withers Luis Alberni
cattle rancher aristocrat husband saloon girl femme fatale british man cheeky melodramatic amusing buenos aires, argentina ranch southampton marriage social climbing money class distinctions love triangle status pursuit quest
A sassy female cattle rancher, Cleo Borden (Mae West), wants nothing more than to sashay her way into the moneyed class.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
67 Minutes
Dr. Manby
John Loder June Duprez Michael St. Angel Miles Mander Rose Hobart Gilbert Emery Rex Evans Matthew Boulton Olaf Hytten Lydia Bilbrook Ian Wolfe
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Romance
USA
1931
75 Minutes
Phipps
Lowell Sherman Mary Astor Nance O'Neil Anthony Bushell Hugh Trevor Gilbert Emery Albert Roscoe Frederick Burt
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Dominic
Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Billie Burke Reginald Owen Alan Mowbray Gilbert Emery Phyllis Barry Walter Armitage Robert Adair Vernon Steele Katherine Williams
Leonard and Anne are taking the lovers road to Dover where they will board the boat and go to Paris. But the car breaks down and Saunders takes them to a nearby hotel. When they get there, ... See full summary »
Musical
1930
86 Minutes
Broughm
Grace Moore Reginald Denny Wallace Beery Jobyna Howland Gus Shy Gilbert Emery Paul Porcasi Giovanni Martino
A lovestruck composer (Reginald Denny) loses his sight following Swedish diva Jenny Lind (Grace Moore), who loses her voice.
Biography
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Mr. Foster
Douglass Montgomery Evelyn Venable William Frawley Adrienne Ames Joseph Cawthorn David Torrence Gilbert Emery Lloyd Hughes Al Herman Cora Sue Collins
composer fiancée wife minstrel father music teacher spirited melodramatic kentucky plantation family home saloon church new york city stephen foster songwriting marital problems father/son relationship alcoholism financial troubles
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
Drama
USA
1935
112 Minutes
Doctor Ramsay
Irene Dunne Robert Taylor Charles Butterworth Betty Furness Sara Haden Ralph Morgan Henry Armetta Gilbert Emery Arthur Hoyt
millionaire widow mentor best friend doctor melodramatic heartwarming brightwood hospital house repentance accidental death new love forgiveness sacrifice wretched excess transformation 1930s
The life of spoiled rich Robert Merrick is saved through the use of a hospital's only resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1932
78 Minutes
British Major
Helen Hayes Gary Cooper Adolphe Menjou Mary Philips Jack LaRue Blanche Frederici Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery
ambulance driver nurse commanding officer soldier emotional gripping italy battlefield hospital switzerland world war i horrors of war love triangle love transformation 1910s
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Action
USA
1935
69 Minutes
J. Fenton Howell
Norman Foster Evalyn Knapp Esther Ralston Eric Linden Purnell Pratt Irene Franklin Emma Dunn Gilbert Emery Russell Hicks Christian Rub Francis Macdonald
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Drama, History
USA
1941
128 Minutes
Lord Spencer
Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Halliwell Hobbes Gilbert Emery Miles Mander Ronald Sinclair
ambassador lady admiral captain lord king witty sultry touching melodramatic france italy england prison adultery war love loss courage adventure
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1936
88 Minutes
Simpson
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Myrna Loy May Robson George Barbier James Stewart Hobart Cavanaugh Tom Dugan Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Gloria Holden
publisher wife secretary mother fiancé lighthearted charming new york city office family home hotel havana jealousy misunderstanding secret plans love triangle love temptation 1930s
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
Fantasy
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Wilkins
Gary Cooper Ann Harding John Halliday Ida Lupino Douglas Dumbrille Virginia Weidler Dickie Moore Doris Lloyd Gilbert Emery Donald Meek Christian Rub
architect duchess duke employee best friend love interest dreamy passionate powerful paris england stable dining room prison romance dreams jealousy death prison second chance
A Victorian-era architect, commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables, falls in love with the Duchess.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
72 Minutes
Bingham
David Niven Olivia de Havilland Dudley Digges Dame May Whitty Douglas Walton Lionel Pape E.E. Clive Peter Godfrey Margaret Seddon Gilbert Emery Hilda Plowright
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Manders
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
67 Minutes
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Jonathan Hale Jerome Cowan Neil Hamilton Barry Fitzgerald Robert Elliott Russell Hopton Ed Gargan Robert Strange Gilbert Emery
detective police officer daughter gangster crime boss the saint suspenseful cool san francisco nightclub police station vindication corruption crime ring gangsters money romance quest pursuit mystery
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) helps a wayward San Franciscan (Wendy Barrie) clear her framed father's name.
Drama
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Freddie Bartholomew Mickey Rooney Charles Coburn Herbert Mundin Terry Kilburn Gale Sondergaard Peter Lawford Walter Tetley Peter Ellis George Zucco Matthew Boulton
delinquent thief headmaster wife schoolboy friend cheeky confident london jewelry shop boys school woods ship party reform orphanage trust loyalty friendship crime
A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.