List of the best Hale Hamilton movies: Murder at Midnight(1931), Love Affair(1932), The Drums of Jeopardy(1931), The Wolf Dog(1933), The Champ(1931), Common Clay(1930), Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise(1931), The Nitwits(1935), Strangers May Kiss(1931), Rebound(1931), The Marines Are Coming(1935), The Cuban Love Song(1931) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1931
69 Minutes
Aileen Pringle Alice White Hale Hamilton Leslie Fenton Brandon Hurst Kenneth Thomson Clara Blandick William Humphrey
A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest list for a motive and culprit.
Romance
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Dorothy Mackaill Humphrey Bogart Hale Hamilton Halliwell Hobbes Astrid Allwyn Jack Kennedy Barbara Leonard Bradley Page
pilot aviatrix heiress financier actress producer tender emotional thrilling airplane hangar airplane office flying love triangle financial troubles deception suicide betrayal love rivalry
A wife is caught between her drunken husband and her love-starved daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Warner Oland June Collyer Lloyd Hughes Clara Blandick Hale Hamilton Wallace MacDonald George Fawcett
A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
Adventure, Action
1933
240 Minutes
Colbert Clark Frankie Darro Boots Mallory George J. Lewis Henry B. Walthall Hale Hamilton Fred Kohler Donald Reed Gordon De Main Stanley Blystone Tom London
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Drama
USA
1930
88 Minutes
Constance Bennett Lew Ayres Tully Marshall Matty Kemp Beryl Mercer Hale Hamilton Purnell Pratt Ada Williams Charles McNaughton Genevieve Blinn
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Greta Garbo Clark Gable Jean Hersholt John Miljan Alan Hale Hale Hamilton Hilda Vaughn Russell Simpson Cecil Cunningham Ian Keith Marjorie King
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
Comedy
USA
1935
81 Minutes
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Betty Grable Fred Keating Evelyn Brent Hale Hamilton Arthur Aylesworth Erik Rhodes Charles Wilson Willie Best Lew Kelly
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
85 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Neil Hamilton Marjorie Rambeau Irene Rich Hale Hamilton Conchita Montenegro Jed Prouty Albert Conti Henry Armetta George Davis
secretary foreign correspondent old flame aunt uncle alcoholic melodramatic shocking tender salon nightclub mexico new york city europe hotel female sexuality love triangle commitment marriage infidelity
Against her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Ina Claire Robert Ames Myrna Loy Hedda Hopper Robert Williams Hale Hamilton Walter Walker Louise Closser Hale
Story of a girl's unhappiness after her marriage to a man just jilted, and the manner in which she finally wins his affection.
War
USA
1935
68 Minutes
William Haines Conrad Nagel Esther Ralston Armida Edgar Kennedy Hale Hamilton George Regas Michael Visaroff Dell Henderson Broderick O'Farrell
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
Musical
1931
80 Minutes
Lawrence Tibbett Lupe Velez Jimmy Durante Ernest Torrence Karen Morley Hale Hamilton Mathilde Comont Philip Cooper Louise Fazenda
A Marine (Lawrence Tibbett) loves a peanut vendor (Lupe Velez) in Cuba and goes back with a buddy (Jimmy Durante) after the war to find her.
Drama
USA
1926
80 Minutes
Warner Baxter Louis Wilson Neil Hamilton Georgia Hale William Powell Hale Hamilton George Nash Carmelita Geraghty
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is ... See full summary »
Comedy
1931
79 Minutes
Leslie Howard Conchita Montenegro C. Aubrey Smith Karen Morley Mitchell Lewis Hale Hamilton Clyde Cook Bob Gilbert Joan Standing Eulalie Jensen
A San Francisco importer (Leslie Howard) inherits custody of a Polynesian beauty (Conchita Montenegro).
Horror
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Ernest B. Schoedsack Joel McCrea Fay Wray Leslie Banks Robert Armstrong Noble Johnson Steve Clemento Hale Hamilton
hunter passenger count russian brother sister tense shocking island shipwreck jungle mansion hunting shipwreck survival insanity game escape underdog 1930s
An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Armstrong Marie Prevost Kent Douglas John Miljan Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Polly Moran Robert E. O'Connor Tyrrell Davis William Bakewell
Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Dorothy Mackaill C. Aubrey Smith Sam Hardy Marion Shilling Russell Hopton Natalie Moorhead Hale Hamilton Ruthelma Stevens Jack Mulhall
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a stage actor.
Drama
USA
1936
72 Minutes
May Robson Fred MacMurray Mary Carlisle Alan Hale Etienne Girardot William Burress Hale Hamilton Edward Van Sloan Fred Kohler Jr. Ben Alexander George Offerman Jr.
principal superintendent teen girl student political boss corrupt businessman melodramatic small town gambling house club school office gambling love triangle political corruption virtue vice underdog wretched excess 1930s
Miss Bayles (May Robson) has been trying to close down a business operated by Clarence (Alan Hale). Clarence runs a crooked gambling operation in the back room. Miss Bayles uses Clarence's ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Warren William Loretta Young Wallace Ford Alice White Albert Gran Allen Jenkins Marjorie Gateson Hale Hamilton Ruth Donnelly Zita Moulton Frank Reicher
manager wife salesman owner board member model amusing melodramatic spirited department store new york city work-life balance secret marriage workplace romance money affair wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Edwards Clark Gable Lester Vail William Bakewell William Holden Earle Foxe Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Natalie Moorhead Joan Marsh
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.
Drama
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Genevieve Tobin Philip Reed John Eldredge Dorothy Tree Arthur Treacher Doris Lloyd Hale Hamilton Ann Shoemaker Nella Walker
A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.
Comedy
1934
75 Minutes
Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Lewis Stone Patsy Kelly Alan Mowbray Clara Blandick Russell Hopton Hale Hamilton Henry Kolker Nat Pendleton
chorus girl wealthy man millionaire son best friend married man playful spirited amusing missouri beer hall new york city stage mansion yacht gold digging father/son relationship suicide frame-up seduction
An innkeeper's daughter (Jean Harlow) runs away from home and meets a Palm Beach millionaire (Lionel Barrymore) and his son (Franchot Tone).
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore May Robson Dorothy Jordan Joel McCrea Frances Dee David Landau James Bush Buster Phelps Oscar Apfel June Filmer Samuel S. Hinds
doctor widower son foster father husband daughter melodramatic moving new england small town rural community banquet hall medical profession car accident small-town life father/daughter relationship troubled marriage death of mother growing up sacrifice
A selfless doctor (Lionel Barrymore) dedicates his life to his patients and watches his son (Joel McCrea) follow in his footsteps.