List of the best Guy Kibbee movies: Jim Hanvey, Detective(1937), Going Highbrow(1935), Babbitt(1934), Power of the Press(1943), Don't Tell the Wife(1937), Captain January(1936), The Merry Frinks(1934), Riding on Air(1937), Lady for a Day(1933), The Dark Horse(1932), The Horn Blows at Midnight(1945), Earthworm Tractors(1936) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
71 Minutes
James Woolford "Jim" Hanvey
Guy Kibbee Tom Brown Lucie Kaye Catherine Doucet Edward Brophy Ed Gargan Helen Jerome Eddy Theodore von Eltz Kenneth Thomson Howard C. Hickman Oscar Apfel
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Matt Upshaw
Guy Kibbee ZaSu Pitts Edward Everett Horton Ross Alexander June Martel Gordon Westcott Judy Canova Nella Walker Jack Norton Arthur Treacher Milton Kibbee
Cora and Matt have tons of money and have spent a lot just to be accepted into New York society. The problem is that New York society has very little money. Matt prefers lunch counters and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
George F. Babbitt
Guy Kibbee Aline MacMahon Claire Dodd Maxine Doyle Glen Boles Minna Gombell Alan Hale Berton Churchill Russell Hicks Nan Gray Arthur Aylesworth
husband father businessman wife child gripping somber profound united states small town business money morality family consumerism high society temptation wretched excess transformation 20th century
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
64 Minutes
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.
Comedy
1937
62 Minutes
Malcom J. "Dinky" Winthrop
Guy Kibbee Una Merkel Lynne Overman Thurston Hall Guinn "Big Boy" Williams William Demarest Lucille Ball Harry Tyler Bradley Page Si Jenks Charles West
Con men use an honest front man (Guy Kibbee) to get a farmer (Lynne Overman) to promote their gold mine.
Musical
USA
1936
75 Minutes
young girl orphan sailor captain truant officer lighthearted playful maine lighthouse boat child custody shipwreck school separation growing up rivalry rescue love 1930s
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
Comedy
USA
1934
67 Minutes
Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Helene Lowell Joan Wheeler Frankie Darro Ivan Lebedeff
An under-appreciated mother inherits a fortune and abandons her family.
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Guy Kibbee Florence Rice Vinton Howarth Anthony Nace Harlan Briggs Andrew Tombes Clem Bevans
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Judge Henry G. Blake, Edward Worthington Manville
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.
Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Zachary Hicks
Warren William Bette Davis Guy Kibbee Vivienne Osborne Frank McHugh Sam Hardy Robert Warwick Harry Holman Charles Sellon Robert E. O'Connor Berton Churchill
political candidate political consultant inmate opponent ex-wife secretary amusing endearing madcap city political rally polling place jail stage office election campaigning romance unlikely allies politics
Jailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
Comedy
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Radio Director , The Chief
Jack Benny Alexis Smith Guy Kibbee Dolores Moran Allyn Joslyn Reginald Gardiner John Alexander Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont Robert Blake Ethel Griffies
musician angel thief campy cheeky hedonistic quirky earth new york city radio station restaurant dreams radio performers hedonism fall quest temptation transformation 1940s
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Comedy
USA
1936
69 Minutes
Sam Johnson
Joe E. Brown June Travis Guy Kibbee Dick Foran Carol Hughes Gene Lockhart Olin Howland
Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Tom
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.
Drama
USA
1933
61 Minutes
Railway Detective McDuff
Neil Hamilton Sheila Terry Guy Kibbee Arthur Byron Dudley Digges Allen Jenkins Harold Huber
A trainload of silk puts Neil Hamilton on the fast track to murder in this full-throttle thrill ride costarring Sheila Terry and Guy Kibbee. As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
82 Minutes
Pop Cooley
Gary Cooper Sylvia Sidney Paul Lukas Guy Kibbee William "Stage" Boyd Wynne Gibson Betty Sinclair Stanley Fields Terry Carroll Edward LeSaint Robert Homans
Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.
Comedy
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Pa Briggs
Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Reginald Owen Cora Witherspoon Emma Dunn Charley Grapewin Lester Matthews
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Grandpa Tim Rooney Sr.
Shirley Temple William Gargan Dickie Moore Guy Kibbee Peggy Ryan Roland Dupree Gloria Holden Jonathan Hale Mary Field George Lloyd
teen girl boyfriend teen boy father grandfather parent lighthearted charming new york city high school car party household adolescence class distinctions family dancing inventions party growing up
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
Musical
USA
1939
94 Minutes
Judge John Black
Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Charles Winninger Guy Kibbee June Preisser Grace Hayes Betty Jaynes Douglas McPhail Rand Brooks Leni Lynn John Sheffield
singer dancer parent girlfriend lighthearted charming united states long island, n.y. vaudeville failing career determination show business music adventure rise 1930s
A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.
Comedy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
William Lundigan Jean Rogers Dan Dailey Guy Kibbee J. Carrol Naish Connie Gilchrist
boardinghouse owner niece boxer janitor promoter tenant amusing engaging touching boardinghouse boxing ring bedroom brooklyn, n.y. family home love triangle romance friendship relationships boxing love
The routine of a group of fledgling boxers all living in Ma Galestrum's boarding house is interrupted when Ma allows her roving niece, beautiful Judy Galestrum, to move in. Especially ... See full summary »
Western
1932
84 Minutes
Dr. Blake
Richard Dix Ann Harding Edna May Oliver Guy Kibbee Julie Haydon Donald Cook Harry Holman Skeets Gallagher Walter Walker Wally Albright Marilyn Knowlden
Newlyweds (Richard Dix, Ann Harding) head for 1870s Nebraska and build a banking empire spanning three generations.
Comedy, Drama
1936
98 Minutes
Mr. Silas Hobbs
Freddie Bartholomew C. Aubrey Smith Dolores Costello Guy Kibbee Mickey Rooney Jessie Ralph
heir earl mother lawyer impostor tender charming emotional brooklyn, n.y. england courtroom inheritance mother/child relationship trial transformation rise underdog 1880s
An 1880s Brooklyn boy (Freddie Bartholomew) is summoned to England by his grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith) and raised as a lord.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
Gov. Hubert "Happy" Hopper
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Faneul H. Peabody
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Musical
USA
1933
102 Minutes
Silas Gould
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh
director actor secretary competitor theater owner ex-wife lighthearted charming spectacular witty new york city stage backstage apartment street filmmaking musicals theft secret love show business
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Alfons
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Pop Greer
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Eric Linden Guy Kibbee Frank McHugh Charlotte Merriam Regis Toomey Leo Nomis
race car driver brother mistress best friend competitor confident gutsy melodramatic racetrack club car bar indianapolis racing family accident guilt friendship drinking transformation
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
George Ames
Walter Huston James Stewart Beulah Bondi Gene Reynolds Guy Kibbee Charles Coburn John Carradine Ann Rutherford Leatrice Joy Gilbert
preacher surgeon mother professor brash disheartening emotional small town school battlefield church maryland virginia american civil war father/son relationship medicine family neglect mother/son relationship rise
Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm.
Comedy
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Judge George Lee
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Rags Ragland George Bancroft Guy Kibbee Diana Lewis Peter Whitney Celia Travers Lucien Littlefield Louis Mason Mark Daniels
detective fiancée friend villain twin playful lighthearted georgia fort murder investigation treasure deception romance mystery adventure 1940s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Dennis Garret
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Comedy
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Pop Devlin
Joe E. Brown Evalyn Knapp Lilian Bond George Meeker Guy Kibbee George Ernest Ben Hendricks Jr. Virginia Sale Frank Shallenbach Richard Carle Louis Robinson
fireman coach fiancée baseball scout gold digger company president playful amusing firehouse baseball field office st. louis community center inventions firefighting baseball duplicity contract engagement quest
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Mike the Drunk
David Manners Ann Dvorak Ken Murray J. Carrol Naish Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Allen Vincent Edward Nugent William Janney
musician singer girlfriend publicist band member star engaging melodramatic confident house concert hall office stage rise to stardom music fame romance arrogance show business discovery
Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.
Adventure
USA
1935
119 Minutes
Hagthorpe
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Lionel Atwill Ross Alexander Guy Kibbee Henry Stephenson George Hassell Forrester Harvey Frank McGlynn Robert Barrat
doctor pirate lady governor government official sailor brash confident thrilling england port royal, jamaica ship pirates treason slavery rebellion adventure transformation 17th century
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Abner Dillon
Ruby Keeler Warner Baxter Bebe Daniels George Brent Dick Powell Guy Kibbee Una Merkel Ginger Rogers Ned Sparks George E. Stone
actress actor director diva engaging spirited playful broadway theater new york city love triangle redemption hope quest love rivalry 1930s
When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
James Clafflin
Paul Muni Mary Astor Aline MacMahon Donald Cook Alan Dinehart Guy Kibbee Margaret Lindsay Jean Muir Anna Q. Nilsson Patricia Ellis Douglas Dumbrille
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Musical
USA
1934
85 Minutes
Henry Simpson
Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Hal LeRoy Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Louise Fazenda Fifi D'Orsay Robert Barrat
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Eight Ball Harrison
Wallace Beery Virginia Bruce Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Calleia Lewis Stone Guy Kibbee Bruce Cabot Cliff Edwards
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed.
Musical
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Judge David Bronson
Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Charles Butterworth H.B. Warner Raymond Walburn Dick Rich Trevor Bardette
tycoon rancher son love interest henchman spirited uplifting small town ranch newsroom office house railroad ethics impersonation deception ranchers land dispute quest adventure
Railroad owner Jim Knox uses everything to get the land he needs for his new railroad cheaply. Everybody hopes, that Steve Logan ends his regime, but he allies with Jim Knox. Nobody knows, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
71 Minutes
Harry Taylor
William Powell Carole Lombard Wynne Gibson Lawrence Gray George Chandler Guy Kibbee Andre Cheron Tom Ricketts Rolfe Sedan
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Adventure
USA
1947
81 Minutes
Ed Thompson
Ted Donaldson Jane Darwell Robert Paige Noreen Nash Ray Collins Guy Kibbee Willie Best Robert Bice Pierre Watkin Bill Cartledge
grandmother grandson horse ranch hand horse owner horse trainer emotional uplifting tender winsome horse auction horse track ranch stable family home debt horse racing training financial troubles family
A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.
Romance
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Cass Wheeler
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Neil Hamilton Johnny Mack Brown Marjorie Rambeau Guy Kibbee Roscoe Karns
Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
Comedy
1942
84 Minutes
Judge Horace Bowser
Marjorie Main ZaSu Pitts Aline MacMahon Susan Peters Lee Bowman Guy Kibbee Virginia Grey Richard Quine Ruby Dandridge Al Shean Gerald Oliver Smith
When a busybody (Marjorie Main) tries setting up her nephew with a friend's daughter, he instead falls for the daughter of his aunt's enemy.
Drama
USA
1940
90 Minutes
Mr. Webb
William Holden Martha Scott Frank Craven Fay Bainter Beulah Bondi Thomas Mitchell Guy Kibbee Stuart Erwin
milkman editor stage manager professor husband wife emotional sad amusing grover's corners new hampshire garden wedding cemetery small-town life america love transformation growing up love
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Drama
USA
1932
58 Minutes
Murphy
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Nancy Carroll Lilyan Tashman Earle Foxe Sheila Terry Betty Gillette Guy Kibbee Ivan Linow Dewey Robinson Richard Alexander Frank Reicher
russian nobleman servant wealthy man former lover wife engaging emotional melodramatic turkey moscow train station castle russia russian revolution relationships romance schemes love triangle exile
A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Mr. Smith
Bert Lahr Charlotte Greenwood Pat O'Brien Kathryn Crawford Charles Winninger Hedda Hopper Guy Kibbee Herbert Braggiotti
An eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.
Romance
1941
85 Minutes
Judge Graham
Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Edward Arnold Lee Bowman Jean Rogers Mary Beth Hughes Guy Kibbee Barbara Jo Allen Leon Belasco Bobby Larson Charles Coleman
judge businessman wife reporter sculptor boyfriend madcap playful confident new york city courtroom cape cod studio street deception impersonation law judgment divorce journalism
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Dean Phineas Armour
Mickey Rooney Busby Berkeley Judy Garland Gil Stratton Robert Strickland Rags Ragland June Allyson Nancy Walker Guy Kibbee Tommy Dorsey Band Frances Rafferty
young man young woman father dean daughter student endearing winsome amusing college american west education courtship performance love school quest adventure temptation 1940s
A young philandering playboy is sent to a College, somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.
Western
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Judge
John Wayne Pedro Armendáriz Harry Carey Jr. Ward Bond Mildred Natwick Charles Halton Jane Darwell Mae Marsh Guy Kibbee Dorothy Ford Ben Johnson
bank robber cattle rustler sheriff mother baby intense passionate rousing desert bank small town arizona redemption morality daunting task robbery american west transformation pursuit 19th century
Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
Drama
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Hardie Albright Lionel Belmore Harry Beresford George Brent Bette Davis Noel Francis Blanche Frederici Alan Hale Harry Holman Olin Howland
Following the death of Selena's father, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.