List of the best Granville Bates movies: Next Time I Marry(1938), Larceny on the Air(1937), The Affairs of Annabel(1938), Waikiki Wedding(1937), Woman in the Dark(1934), Of Mice and Men(1939), Cowboy From Brooklyn(1938), The Great Man Votes(1939), Romance on the Run(1938), Naughty, but Nice(1939), Hard to Get(1938), The Smiling Lieutenant(1931) ... ...
Romance
USA
1938
64 Minutes
H.E. "Uncle Crock" Crocker
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Lee Bowman Granville Bates Mantan Moreland Elliott Sullivan Murray Alper Robert Homans Dick Elliott Florence Lake Cyrus W. Kendall
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Prof. Rexford Sterling
Robert Randall Grace Bradley Willard Robertson Pierre Watkin Granville Bates William Newell Byron Foulger Wilbur Mack Matty Fain Smiley Burnette Josephine Whittell
Dr. Lawrence Baxter, working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose a number of fraudulent patient medicines, with his bitterest attacks being aimed at ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
68 Minutes
Mr. Fletcher
Jack Oakie Lucille Ball Ruth Donnelly Bradley Page Fritz Feld Thurston Hall Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates James Burke Lee Van Atta Anthony Warde
Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a maid... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Uncle Herman
Bing Crosby Shirley Ross Bob Burns Martha Raye George Barbier Leif Erickson Grady Sutton Granville Bates Anthony Quinn Mitchell Lewis George Regas
advertiser boss contest winner secretary best friend fiancé lighthearted playful amusing hawaii advertising office honolulu island volcano boat publicity stunts manipulation romance volcano vanity
A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
Sheriff Grant
Fay Wray Ralph Bellamy Melvyn Douglas Roscoe Ates Reed Brown Jr. Ruth Gillette Nell O'Day Granville Bates Frank Otto Cliff Dunstan
A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him - he did not. From a book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Carlson
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Pop Hardy
Pat O'Brien Dick Powell Priscilla Lane Dick Foran Ann Sheridan Johnnie Davis Ronald Reagan Emma Dunn Granville Bates James Stephenson Hobart Cavanaugh
singer musician beautiful woman boyfriend agent lighthearted spirited amusing cheery dude ranch wyoming train new york city rodeo struggling musicians deception assumed identity city vs. country show business country music
An actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
The Mayor
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
68 Minutes
Donald Woods Patricia Ellis Grace Bradley Edward Brophy William Demarest Craig Reynolds Andrew Tombes Bert Roach Leon Weaver Edwin Maxwell Granville Bates
A man has the knack for finding stolen items. Then returns them to the insurance company. Finds some fake jewels and turns them in. Antics ensue.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Dick Powell Gale Page Helen Broderick Allen Jenkins ZaSu Pitts Ronald Reagan Max Rosenbloom Jerry Colonna Vera Lewis Elizabeth Dunne
Professor Hardwick teaches at Winfield College and detests the new swing music that is the craze. He has written a rhapsody which he takes to New York to be published. Staying with his Aunt... See full summary »
Romance
1938
80 Minutes
Dick Powell Olivia de Havilland Charles Winninger Allen Jenkins Bonita Granville Melville Cooper Isabel Jeans Grady Sutton Thurston Hall John Ridgely Jack Mower
heiress tycoon architect gas station attendant maid valet airy amusing winsome mansion gas station office class distinctions romance father/daughter relationship opposites attract wealth revenge love growing up
An heiress (Olivia De Havilland) gets even with a gas-pumping architect (Dick Powell) by introducing him to her father (Charles Winninger).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins Charles Ruggles George Barbier Hugh O'Connell Robert Strange Lon MacSunday Janet Reade Elizabeth Patterson Harry C. Bradley
soldier princess peasant king girlfriend playful amusing cheeky lighthearted flausenthurm palace europe royalty forced marriage adultery love triangle love 19th century
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Drama
USA
1940
100 Minutes
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan Robert Stack Bonita Granville Irene Rich William T. Orr Maria Ouspenskaya Gene Reynolds Russell Hicks
professor daughter soldier activist tense moving gutsy rousing germany austria family home world war ii nazism persecution fascism freedom escape transformation rescue 1930s
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas Fay Bainter Allyn Joslyn Hattie McDaniel Frank Albertson Oscar O'Shea Harry Barris Tony De Marco
dancer farmer brother sister wife passionate tense melodramatic new york city nightclub wisconsin farm love triangle marital problems marriage city vs. country betrayal love temptation transformation
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven Karen Morley Theodore von Eltz Jerome Cowan John Burton Leland Hodgson David Torrence Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp
lord daughter rebel rival mother brash fiery patriotic dublin police station house england street irish life politics father/daughter relationship peace treaty assassination plot quest rivalry
British soldiers follow an aristocrat (Merle Oberon) to her lover, a rebel leader (Brian Aherne) in 1921 Dublin.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Ann Sothern Donald Crisp Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Charles D. Brown Cecil Kellaway Morgan Conway Richard Lane Paul Guilfoyle
mobster criminal monk girlfriend police officer endearing positive city europe hideout monastery shop police station crime faith meaning of life transformation 1940s
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.