List of the best Gregory Ratoff movies: Hotel for Women(1939), Rose of Washington Square(1939), Moss Rose(1947), Intermezzo(1939), Adam Had Four Sons(1941), Paris Underground(1945), Do You Love Me?(1946), Day-Time Wife(1939), The Corsican Brothers(1941), Sins of Man(1936), Lancer Spy(1937), Wife, Husband and Friend(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Director
Ann Sothern Linda Darnell Jimmy Ellison Jean Rogers Lynn Hari June Gale
A girl from Syracuse goes to New York to see her boyfriend, successful architect who no longer cares for her. Fellow residents at a women's hotel encourage her to become a top model. When boyfriend tries to come back to her he has rivals.
Musical
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Director
singer vaudevillian gambler wife con artist partner hilarious frenetic melodramatic new york city theater family home street vaudeville rags to riches love triangle career vs. love crime con game rise
A singer becomes a star in the Ziegfeld Follies, but her marriage to a con man has a bad effect on her career.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Director
Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend's murder finds that she may be the next victim.
Romance
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman Edna Best John Halliday Cecil Kellaway Enid Bennett Ann E. Todd Douglas Scott Eleanor Wesselhoeft Marie Flynn
pianist daughter wife son violinist engaging melodramatic stockholm new york city affair music family love triangle forbidden love temptation 1930s
A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher/Ingrid Bergman play and asks her to play on his next int'l tour. They fall in love.
Drama
USA
1941
81 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Warner Baxter Susan Hayward Fay Wray Richard Denning Johnny Downs June Lockhart
wealthy man widower governess son wife emotional melodramatic united states household family romance love separation schemes world war i growing up rise 1910s
A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
97 Minutes
Director
Among the terrified refugees jamming the roads out of Paris in 1940 are Kitty de Mornay, a rich American divorced from her French husband, and her companion Emmyline (Emmy) Quayle. A German... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
91 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara Dick Haymes Harry James Reginald Gardiner Richard Gaines Stanley Prager B.S. Pully Chick Chandler Alma Kruger Almira Sessions Douglas Wood
teacher headmistress singer bandleader musician cheery frenetic winsome confident conservatory train nightclub dance hall big-band music power of music unrequited love change of lifestyle love triangle pursuit transformation
The woman dean of a music school undergoes a glamorous transformation after she meets a swing bandleader.
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Director
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.
Adventure
USA
1941
112 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner John Emery Henry Wilcoxon Gloria Holden
bandit gentleman tyrant twin woman romantic interest brash gutsy thrilling emotional corsica paris opera house hideout ballroom graveyard family honor unlikely allies love triangle murder
After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
Drama
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Director
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
84 Minutes
Director
lieutenant baron spy secret police singer major brash intricate thrilling england germany switzerland espionage impersonation undercover operations world war i adventure escape transformation 1910s
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Romance
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Director
contractor wife teacher singer secretary musician amusing cheeky endearing new york city opera house stage apartment backstage opera husband/wife relationship aspirations role reversal transformation underdog
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
90 Minutes
Director
Dick Haymes June Haver Monty Woolley Anthony Quinn Beverly Whitney Max Rosenbloom Veda Ann Borg Clarence Kolb
criminal composer producer dancer emotional playful new york city theater apartment music biography crime fame love rise 20th century
A tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's.
Musical
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Director
boxer dancer actor producer singer understudy amusing melodramatic new york city broadway theater hotel boxing ring show business deception romance showdown marriage arrogance pursuit rivalry
A boxing champ gets involved with a Broadway show and a shapely chorine...who's engaged to his new sparring partner.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
80 Minutes
Director
Mae West Victor Moore William Gaxton Lester Allen Alan Dinehart Mary Roche Lloyd Bridges Almira Sessions Sam Ash
actress producer rival singer niece moralist amusing campy new york city broadway theater office police station broadway show business morality controversy schemes rivalry transformation 1940s
When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.
Biography, Gay & Lesbian
1959
96 Minutes
Director
Robert Morley Ralph Richardson John Neville Phyllis Calvert Dennis Price Alexander Knox Edward Chapman Martin Benson Robert Harris Henry Oscar William Devlin
writer father wife lover lawyer lord engaging spirited fascinating london court oscar wilde libel trial homosexuality affair scandal rivalry forbidden love discovery
The Victorian wit (Robert Morley) sues the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, egged on by the marquess' son, Lord Alfred (John Neville).
Musical, Comedy
1945
77 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Joan Leslie June Haver Gene Sheldon Anthony Quinn Carlos Ramírez Alan Mowbray Fortunio Bonanova Herman Bing Howard Freeman
man pretty woman love interest genie native american amusing playful patriotic united states new york city time travel aspirations romance culture clash battle history adventure escape 18th century
Patriotic Bill (Fred MacMurray), who is listed as 4F in 1945, uses a jinni's magic lamp to go back in time to help Washington and Columbus.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
100 Minutes
Mr. Vinmont
Warren William Maureen O'Sullivan Gregory Ratoff Anita Page Verree Teasdale Norman Foster Jean Hersholt Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Helen Coburn Edward Brophy
bank president mistress banker secretary fiancée board member dark intense new york city skyscraper bank hotel office roof banking financial crisis deception devotion schemes construction
An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Nicholas K. Alexander
Alice Faye Adolphe Menjou Gregory Ratoff Ted Healy Patsy Kelly Tony Martin
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Drama
USA
1932
88 Minutes
Julius Saxe
Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Neil Hamilton Gregory Ratoff Brooks Benedict Louise Beavers Eddie Anderson Bryant Washburn Florence Roberts Gordon De Main Heinie Conklin
actress movie star director producer husband engaging melodramatic hollywood, calif. restaurant movie set france fame movies marital problems alcoholism scandal rise transformation fall 1930s
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Musical
1934
64 Minutes
Max Hopper
Edmund Lowe Ann Sothern Miriam Jordan Gregory Ratoff Greta Meyer Betty Furness
director movie star studio head fiancée actress lighthearted witty charming movie set hollywood, calif. circus film industry deception romantic dilemma publicity assumed identity jealousy discovery love 1930s
A filmmaker (Edmund Lowe) opts for a circus performer (Ann Sothern) to replace the Swedish star who quit.
Romance
USA
1937
102 Minutes
Boul the Cab Driver
Simone Simon James Stewart Jean Hersholt Gale Sondergaard Gregory Ratoff J. Edward Bromberg John Qualen Victor Kilian Thomas Beck Sig Ruman
sewer cleaner girl priest sister neighbor friend engaging moving uplifting paris café apartment hospital trenches church faith love devotion family violence
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to ... See full summary »
War
USA
1936
96 Minutes
Pipe-smoking Sergeant With Russian Accent
Fredric March Warner Baxter Lionel Barrymore June Lang Gregory Ratoff Victor Kilian
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.
Drama
USA
1933
60 Minutes
Hermie Gottlieb
William Gargan Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy Jack LaRue Gregory Ratoff Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh June Brewster Robert Benchley Betty Furness Dorothy Burgess
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
Musical, Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Max Mefoofski
Constance Cummings Russ Columbo Paul Kelly Blossom Seeley Gregory Ratoff Texas Guinan Hugh O'Connell Hobart Cavanaugh C. Henry Gordon William Burress Helen Jerome Eddy
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
129 Minutes
Count Mippipopolous
Tyrone Power Ava Gardner Errol Flynn Mel Ferrer Eddie Albert Gregory Ratoff Marcel Dalio Henry Daniell
reporter author seducer prostitute friend bullfighter somber passionate paris spain café disillusionment alcoholism existential crisis adventure forbidden love 1920s
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920s France and Spain.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Taxi Driver
William Holden David Niven Maggie McNamara Tom Tully Dawn Addams Fortunio Bonanova Gregory Ratoff Hardy Kruger Johanna Matz
young woman playboy girlfriend father lighthearted cheeky charming new york city apartment store window ledge bedroom battle of sexes virginity father/son relationship may-december romance false accusations quest temptation 1950s
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
Drama
USA
1952
117 Minutes
Henry King Henry Hathaway Fred Allen Anne Baxter Charles Laughton Jeanne Crain Farley Granger Oscar Levant Jean Peters
kidnapper criminal abductee husband wife dying person charming amusing united states kidnapping ransom illness christmas husband/wife relationship adventure discovery 1950s
John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
Drama
USA
1950
138 Minutes
Max Fabian
Bette Davis Anne Baxter Celeste Holm George Sanders Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Thelma Ritter Marilyn Monroe Gregory Ratoff Barbara Bates Walter Hampden
actress critic producer writer director witty crafty stage restaurant new york city dressing room household ambition theater production show business quest rivalry 1950s
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Drama, History
USA
1960
207 Minutes
Lakavitch
Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo John Derek Hugh Griffith Gregory Ratoff Felix Aylmer David Opatoshu
soldier nurse refugee young girl emotional gripping passionate israel ship cyprus palestine war holocaust journey redemption quest escape rescue 1940s
The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.