List of the best Gloria Dickson movies: Power of the Press(1943), Racket Busters(1938), Crime Doctor's Strangest Case(1943), They Won't Forget(1937), They Made Me a Criminal(1939), Secrets of an Actress(1938), This Thing Called Love(1940), Gold Diggers in Paris(1938), On Your Toes(1939), Lady of Burlesque(1943) ... ...
Drama
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Edwina Stephens
Guy Kibbee Gloria Dickson Lee Tracy Otto Kruger Victor Jory Larry Parks Rex Williams Frank Sully Don Beddoe Douglas Leavitt Minor Watson
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Nora Jordan
kingpin truck driver pregnant wife friend garage owner lawyer gritty suspenseful gutsy tense manhattan, n.y. garage apartment street police station racketeering blackmail murder moral dilemma sabotage
Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. When he catches popular trucker Danny Jordan robbing the gang's office to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1943
68 Minutes
Mrs. Keppler, Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Warner Baxter Lynn Merrick Gloria Dickson Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Reginald Denny Rose Hobart Virginia Brissac Lloyd Bridges
young man psychiatrist employer housekeeper business partner engaging dark office household bedroom police station secret passageway false accusations psychiatry murder hypnosis impersonation theft mystery pursuit
Lust and greed prove stronger than fraternal ties when a man murders his brother in pursuit of wealth and fortune.
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Sybil Hale
Claude Rains Edward Norris Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Otto Kruger Elisha Cook Jr. Lana Turner Linda Perry
student district attorney professor judge governor janitor tense profound disturbing town courtroom classroom lynching prejudice revenge 1930s
A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
Drama
USA
1939
92 Minutes
Peggy
John Garfield The Dead End Kids Claude Rains Gloria Dickson May Robson Billy Halop Barbara Pepper Ward Bond Ann Sheridan
boxer manager grandmother girl detective teen boy dark gripping positive new york city apartment train arizona ranch investigation mistaken identity impersonation delinquency reform boxing
A boxer flees believing he has comitted a murder while he was drunk.
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Carla Orr
Kay Francis George Brent Ian Hunter Gloria Dickson Isabel Jeans Penny Singleton Dennie Moore Selmer Jackson Herbert Rawlinson Emmett Vogan James B. Carson
actress architect friend producer estranged wife father touching melodramatic witty new york city apartment bar theater boat love triangle show business divorce friendship big break infidelity
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Florence Bertrand
Rosalind Russell Melvyn Douglas Binnie Barnes Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Lee J. Cobb Gloria Holden Paul McGrath
husband wife business partner madcap playful house bedroom abstinence marriage frustrated desire newlyweds sex quest love 1940s
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months, just to see if they are truly compatible. The husband tries various tricks to lure his ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Mona
Rudy Vallee The Schnickelfritz Band Rosemary Lane Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Gloria Dickson Melville Cooper Mabel Todd Fritz Feld Edward Brophy Curt Bois
club owner ballet instructor ballerina ex-wife gangster thug madcap lighthearted nightclub theater paris new york city mistaken identity ballet performance con game pursuit quest 1930s
Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
93 Minutes
Peggy Porterfield
Vera Zorina Eddie Albert Alan Hale Leonid Kinskey Frank McHugh James Gleason Gloria Dickson Queenie Smith Erik Rhodes Berton Churchill
composer ballerina director partner patroness hit man amusing lighthearted new york city university hotel bar theater music ballet vaudeville jealousy assassination quest rise
A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
91 Minutes
Dolly Baxter
Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shea J. Edward Bromberg Iris Adrian Marion Martin Pinky Lee Frank Conroy Gloria Dickson
burlesque dancer comedian police officer stripper charming lighthearted backstage stage theater new york city murder investigation show business unrequited love mystery pursuit rivalry 1940s
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.