List of the best Gloria Swanson movies: Sadie Thompson(1928), Beyond the Rocks(1922), The Trespasser(1929), Stage Struck(1925), Tonight or Never(1931), Manhandled(1924), Indiscreet(1931), The Love of Sunya(1927), Music in the Air(1934), Perfect Understanding(1933), Fine Manners(1926), Three for Bedroom C(1952) ... ...
Drama
USA
1928
97 Minutes
Producer
Gloria Swanson Lionel Barrymore Raoul Walsh Blanche Frederici Charles Lane Florence Midgely James Marcus Sofia Ortega Will Stanton
prostitute missionary sailor governor wife gripping melodramatic south pacific island hotel pago pago, samoa love absolution catholicism punishment persecution prostitution love escape wretched excess
A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
Drama, Romance
USA
1922
81 Minutes
Theodora Fitzgerald
Gloria Swanson Rudolph Valentino Edythe Chapman Alec B. Francis Robert Bolder Gertrude Astor Mabel Van Buren Helen Dunbar June Elvidge
nobleman aristocrat millionaire socialite father spinster melodramatic moving emotional swiss alps paris london arabia romance affair love triangle love letters forbidden love 1920s
A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
Drama
USA
1929
100 Minutes
Marion Donnell
Gloria Swanson Robert Ames Purnell Pratt William Holden Henry B. Walthall Kay Hammond Blanche Frederici
The trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband.
Comedy
USA
1925
70 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Lawrence Gray Gertrude Astor Marguerite Evans Ford Sterling Carrie Scott Emil Hoch Margery Whittington
waitress cook actress manager actor love interest playful lighthearted theater stage diner riverboat train performance obsession restaurant boats romance jealousy rivalry
A young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Nella Vago
Gloria Swanson Melvyn Douglas Alison Skipworth Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Greig Warburton Gamble Greta Meyer Boris Karloff
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1924
77 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Tom Moore Frank Morgan Lilyan Tashman Paul McAllister Ian Keith Frank Allworth Carrie Scott Arthur Housman
Gloria Swanson plays Tessie McGuire, a shopgirl who, when her boyfriend breaks their date one evening, goes to a party with a louche crowd of artists and hangers-on. She wows them with some... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Geraldine "Gerry" Trent
Gloria Swanson Ben Lyon Arthur Lake Monroe Owsley Barbara Kent Maude Eburne Henry Kolker Nella Walker
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Drama
USA
1927
72 Minutes
Sunya Ashling
Gloria Swanson John Boles Anders Randolf Andrés de Segurola Hugh Miller Pauline Garon Ian Keith
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
85 Minutes
Frieda Hotzfelt
Constantly quarreling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Judy
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Comedy
USA
1926
70 Minutes
Orchid Murphy
Gloria Swanson Lewis Milestone Eugene O'Brien Helen Dunbar Roland Drew John Miltern
In a run down New York Tenament, a chorine named Orchid lives with her overprotective brother Buddy, who sees to it that no uptown Casanovas get a chance at seducing his sister. At a New ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1952
74 Minutes
Gloria Swanson James Warren Fred Clark Hans Conried Steve Brodie Janine Perreau Ernest Anderson Margaret Dumont
A film star and her young daughter stow away on a cross-country train to California. The compartment they invade belongs to a celebrated biology professor; romance blossoms. The star's manager turns up; complications ensue.
Drama
USA
1918
52 Minutes
Marcia Grey
Gloria Swanson Joe King Harvey Clark Lillian Langdon Arthur Millett
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well. The German then attempts to blackmail her into helping ... See full summary »
Romance
1929
96 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Walter Byron Seena Owen Tully Marshall Madame Sul-Te-Wan Wilson Benge Sidney Bracey William von Brincken Gordon Westcott
orphan prince queen aunt drunk confident spirited melodramatic convent palace river africa brothel mythical land jealousy abduction forced marriage attempted suicide prostitution death
The drama follows the fate of a convent girl (Gloria Swanson) seduced by a prince (Walter Byron) ; restored in 1985.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Norma Desmond
William Holden Gloria Swanson Erich von Stroheim Nancy Olson Fred Clark Jack Webb
writer actress lover butler police officer chilling dark creepy mansion hollywood madness insanity death romance silent movies suicide fall wretched excess 1950s
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Comedy
USA
1921
117 Minutes
Vivian Spencer
Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter Bebe Daniels Monte Blue Wanda Hawley Theodore Roberts Agnes Ayres Theodore Kosloff Polly Moran Raymond Hatton
Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation that he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
79 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Desi Arnaz John Howard Helen Broderick Florence Rice Neil Hamilton Grady Sutton George F. Meader Mary Treen Ruth Dietrich
Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is ... See full summary »
Comedy
1917
24 Minutes
Gloria Dawn, His Sweetheart
Bobby Vernon Gloria Swanson Wallace Beery May Emory Blanche Phillips
Adventure
USA
1919
99 Minutes
Lady Mary Lasenby
Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Raymond Hatton Robert Cain Gloria Swanson Lila Lee Bebe Daniels Julia Faye Rhy Darby Mildred Reardon Mayme Kelso
lord lady butler maid aristocrat daughter melodramatic passionate tender yacht sea island beach wedding class distinctions shipwreck unlikely romance affair role reversal survival
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.