List of the best Glenda Farrell movies: Smart Blonde(1936), Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939), Adventurous Blonde(1937), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), Hi, Nellie(1934), Traveling Saleslady(1935), The Disorderly Orderly(1964), Little Big Shot(1935), High Tension(1936), Heading for Heaven(1947), Middle of the Night(1959), Little Caesar(1930) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Winifred Shaw Addison Richards Robert Paige Craig Reynolds Charlotte Wynters Jane Wyman Joseph Crehan
reporter police detective businessman nightclub owner singer hatcheck girl witty spirited city train newsroom nightclub murder investigation business deal scam marriage proposal journalism mystery adventure love
Female reporter Torchy Blane teams with her cop boyfriend Lt. Steve McBride to solve the killing of an investor who just bought a popular local nightclub.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy Henry O'Neill Patric Knowles James Stephenson Janet Shaw
reporter police detective senator doctor captain henchman cheeky confident chinatown police station nightclub car apartment submarine protection theft investigation murder impersonation ransom
Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Crime, Drama
1937
61 Minutes
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Anne Nagel Tom Kennedy George E. Stone Natalie Moorhead William Hopper Leland Hodgson
reporter police detective rival actor mistress wife charming witty city apartment newsroom train murder investigation schemes journalism jealousy engagement teamwork mystery adventure
Reporter Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) solves a homicidal hoax for her policeman fiance (Barton MacLane).
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Marie Woods
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Gerry Krale
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Douglas Dumbrille Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Pat Wing Edward Ellis George Meeker Berton Churchill Sidney Miller
journalist lawyer governor editor young woman undertaker hilarious frenetic suspenseful newsroom funeral home graveyard advice column corruption romantic dilemma conspiracy framed missing persons mystery underdog
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell William Gargan Hugh Herbert Grant Mitchell Ruth Donnelly Al Shean Johnny Arthur Mary Treen Joseph Crehan
Angela Twitchell is the daughter of a tooth-paste manufacturer, Rufus K. Twitchell, who has monopolized the business for many years that he has grown conservative, and his rivals have begin... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1964
90 Minutes
Dr. Jean Howard
Jerry Lewis Glenda Farrell Everett Sloane Susan Oliver Jack E. Leonard Alice Pearce Kathleen Freeman Barbara Nichols Milton Frome
Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Jean
Sybil Jason Glenda Farrell Robert Armstrong Edward Everett Horton Jack LaRue Arthur Vinton J. Carrol Naish Edgar Kennedy Addison Richards Emma Dunn Ward Bond
young girl father schemer friend hatcheck girl gangster charming suspenseful amusing new york city hotel orphanage street orphans crime great depression debt kidnapping guardianship rescue
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Romance
USA
1936
62 Minutes
Edith McNeil
Brian Donlevy Glenda Farrell Norman Foster Helen Wood Robert McWade Theodore von Eltz Romaine Callender Joe Sawyer Hattie McDaniel Murray Alper
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Comedy
USA
1947
65 Minutes
Stuart Erwin Glenda Farrell Russ Vincent Irene Ryan Milburn Stone George O'Hanlon Janis Wilson Ralph Hodges Dick Elliott
Stuart Erwin plays a small-town real estate agent who owns much property which, for several generations, has failed to sell even while the town has grown. It becomes known, except to Erwin,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1959
118 Minutes
Mrs. Mueller
Kim Novak Fredric March Glenda Farrell Albert Van Dekker Martin Balsam Lee Grant Lee Philips Edith Meiser Joan Copeland Betty Walker Lou Gilbert
receptionist widower mother sister daughter father melodramatic gutsy factory office diner restaurant car party may-december romance divorce disapproval engagement business jealousy
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Olga Stassoff
Edward G. Robinson Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glenda Farrell Stanley Fields Sidney Blackmer Ralph Ince George E. Stone Nick Bela
criminal dancer love interest gangster melodramatic intense chicago nightclub ambition friendship crime show business dance rise fall underdog 1930s
A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Babe
Warren William Lili Damita Glenda Farrell Harold Huber John Wray Hardie Albright
immigrant street sweeper entrepreneur actress girlfriend uncle melodramatic dark solemn chicago sweden europe factory small town illinois rags to riches business scheme arrogance success doomed romance
Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's small match factory. By expert manipulation ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Florence Dempsey
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.
Comedy
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Carol Wallace
Barbara Stanwyck Herbert Marshall Glenda Farrell Eric Blore Etienne Girardot Donald Meek Frank M. Thomas Pierre Watkin Sidney Bracey Harold Goodwin
Texan debutante Valentine Ransome tries to reform a bankrupt playboy.
Drama
USA
1934
72 Minutes
Valerie "Va'l' Wilson
Edward G. Robinson Genevieve Tobin Glenda Farrell Robert Barrat Gordon Westcott Hobart Cavanaugh George Meeker Henry B. Walthall Sidney Toler Emma Dunn Willard Robertson
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie, Marge leaves him. After a few years ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
84 Minutes
Clara
Magazine editor Pat O'Brien givesMexican dancer Dolores Del Rio a bad write-up, and then becomes romantically involved. Lots of songs and Busby Berkeley numbers.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Molly Howard
Al Jolson Ruby Keeler Glenda Farrell Helen Morgan Barton MacLane Sharon Lynne Patsy Kelly Benny Rubin Phil Regan Gordon Westcott Joyce Compton
Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
63 Minutes
Daisy Lowell
George Brent Genevieve Tobin Glenda Farrell Patricia Ellis Frank McHugh John Eldredge Porter Hall Helene Lowell
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
1948
65 Minutes
Winnie Winford
Robert Lowery Joan Barton Glenda Farrell Abigail Adams Frank Jenks Emmett Vogan Thelma White Pierre Watkin Charles Jordan Leslie Turner Chester Clute
A former airline stewardess becomes the new singer for a traveling nightclub band, but problems arise when the group's previous crooner demands her old job back.
Drama
1933
70 Minutes
Dot
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Missouri Martin
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Betty Hawes
Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Glenda Farrell Grant Mitchell Dorothy Dare Alice Brady Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Winifred Shaw Joseph Cawthorn
mother daughter son fiancée lover hotel desk clerk amusing lighthearted hotel romance rivalry love wealth performance pursuit underdog 1930s
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Lily "Lil" Duran
Charles Farrell Bette Davis Ricardo Cortez Glenda Farrell Adrian Morris
Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Bunny
Margaret Lindsay Donald Woods Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh Roscoe Ates Ruth Donnelly Hobart Cavanaugh
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Comedy
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Blondie
Paul Lukas Loretta Young Frank McHugh Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Walter Byron Ferdinand Gottschalk Joseph Cawthorn Paul Porcasi Mary Doran Lucien Prival
Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.
Comedy
USA
1942
118 Minutes
Regina Bush
Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Charles Dingle Emma Dunn Rex Ingram Leonid Kinskey Tom Tyler Don Beddoe
fugitive teacher professor foreman lawyer witty charming summerhouse courtroom false accusations love triangle law love quest escape pursuit 1940s
An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Maude Snodgrass
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Drama, History
USA
1955
109 Minutes
Mrs. Nesbit
Ray Milland Joan Collins Farley Granger Luther Adler Cornelia Otis Skinner Glenda Farrell Frances Fuller Philip Reed Gale Robbins James Lorimer
railroad tycoon architect showgirl lawyer melodramatic chilling passionate shocking theater hotel jealousy murder love triangle rage love fall discovery 20th century
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Miss Jones aka Jonesy
Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Lola Lane Ted Healy Glenda Farrell Johnnie Davis Frances Langford Alan Mowbray Mabel Todd Allyn Joslyn
saxophonist starlet look-alike agent waiter director melodramatic amusing spirited stage movie theater movie studio hotel talent show business success rags to riches fame music rise
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Belle Howard Saunders
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
1932
64 Minutes
Mrs. Black
Warren William Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Bette Davis Lyle Talbot Humphrey Bogart Patricia Ellis Grant Mitchell Sheila Terry Glenda Farrell
mother lawyer actress secretary mobster husband melodramatic tense new york city school household kidnapping friendship marital problems drug addiction mafia fall temptation transformation love
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.