List of the best Hattie McDaniel movies: Sky Racket(1937), The Shopworn Angel(1938), The Great Lie(1941), George Washington Slept Here(1942), Johnny Come Lately(1943), Song of the South(1946), Judge Priest(1934), Maryland(1940), Mickey(1948), The Male Animal(1942), The Shining Hour(1938), Affectionately Yours(1941) ... ...
Action
1937
66 Minutes
Jenny
Romance
1938
85 Minutes
Martha
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Walter Pidgeon Hattie McDaniel Sam Levene Nat Pendleton Alan Curtis Eleanor Lynn Charles D. Brown
A worldly Broadway actress (Margaret Sullavan) lets a folksy doughboy (James Stewart) court her and marries him before he ships out.
Romance
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Violet
Bette Davis George Brent Mary Astor Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Grant Mitchell Jerome Cowan Sam McDaniel Thurston Hall Russell Hicks Olin Howland
sweetheart pianist pilot maid mother manager melodramatic cheeky gutsy new york city maryland country house arizona rivalry marriage divorce death adoption deception quest
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.
Comedy
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Hester
Jack Benny Ann Sheridan Charles Coburn Percy Kilbride Hattie McDaniel William Tracy Joyce Reynolds Lee Patrick
husband wife home owner repairman neighbor uncle madcap hilarious pennsylvania new york city marital problems houseguest home repairs george washington money discovery sacrifice rise 1940s
When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie persuades Bill to buy a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house that George Washington allegedly slept in.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
97 Minutes
Aida
James Cagney Grace George Marjorie Main Marjorie Lord Hattie McDaniel Edward McNamara
reporter drifter editor mysterious woman dowager bleak engaging small town jail corruption mission journalism imprisonment secret pursuit wretched excess 1940s
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1946
95 Minutes
Aunt Tempy
Ruth Warrick Harve Foster Bobby Driscoll James Baskett Luana Patten Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Erik Rolf Glenn Leedy Mary Field Anita Brown
The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.
Drama
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Aunt Dilsey
Will Rogers Tom Brown Anita Louise Henry B. Walthall Stepin Fetchit Hattie McDaniel
judge nephew love interest housekeeper widower patriotic playful small town kentucky justice small-town life romance race relations performance love discovery 1890s
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.
Drama
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Aunt Carrie
Walter Brennan Fay Bainter John Payne Brenda Joyce Charles Ruggles Hattie McDaniel Marjorie Weaver Sidney Blackmer
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Romance
1948
87 Minutes
Bertha
Lois Butler Bill Goodwin Irene Hervey Rose Hobart Skip Homeier Hattie McDaniel John Sutton
A redheaded tomboy (Lois Butler) plays matchmaker for her widower father (Bill Goodwin) and a next-door neighbor (Irene Hervey).
Comedy
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Cleota
Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Jack Carson Joan Leslie Herb Anderson Don DeFore Hattie McDaniel Eugene Pallette
professor dean student wife ex-boyfriend trustee uplifting emotional family home university midwest free speech censorship love triangle education career rivalry transformation 1940s
It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
Belvedere
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.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Cynthia
Merle Oberon Dennis Morgan Rita Hayworth Ralph Bellamy George Tobias James Gleason Hattie McDaniel Jerome Cowan Butterfly McQueen Renie Riano Frank Wilcox
journalist divorcée husband fiancé love interest playful madcap engaging new york city lisbon, portugal household marital problems romance jealousy engagement infidelity deception love pursuit rivalry
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females. He's in Lisbon attempting his latest "conquest" when ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
172 Minutes
Fidelia
Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Monty Woolley Shirley Temple Lionel Barrymore Robert Walker Hattie McDaniel
housewife daughter young woman lodger soldier maid melodramatic heartwarming house small town united states war loss young love home front love growing up sacrifice 1940s
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife struggles to care for their two daughters - and a pair of lodgers who have moved in - alone.
Drama
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Minerva Clay
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland George Brent Dennis Morgan Charles Coburn Frank Craven Billie Burke Hattie McDaniel Lee Patrick
socialite decorator lawyer doctor melodramatic brash maryland the south racism sibling rivalry infidelity adultery divorce self-destruction rivalry forbidden love fall 1940s
The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband; in retaliation, her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.
Comedy
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Phyllis
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Rita Johnson Gigi Perreau Jimmy Hunt Peter Miles Lillian Bronson Hattie McDaniel Chill Wills Catherine Doucet Paul Harvey
A bachelor marries a widow and her three kids join the honeymoon.
Comedy
USA
1944
106 Minutes
April
Joyce Reynolds Robert Hutton Edward Arnold Ann Harding Robert Benchley Alan Hale Barbara Brown Hattie McDaniel Richard Erdman Jackie Moran
teen girl father sister soldier mother teen boy amusing endearing heartwarming family home army base high school party small town park small-town life party love triangle world war ii sexual awakening
Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her ... See full summary »
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Mammy
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Rosetta Washington
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Frank Morgan Walter Pidgeon Una Merkel Cliff Edwards George Zucco Hattie McDaniel Margaret Hamilton
After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.
Romance
USA
1936
62 Minutes
Hattie
Brian Donlevy Glenda Farrell Norman Foster Helen Wood Robert McWade Theodore von Eltz Romaine Callender Joe Sawyer Hattie McDaniel Murray Alper
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Callie
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Arthur Kennedy Charley Grapewin Gene Lockhart Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Sydney Greenstreet Regis Toomey Hattie McDaniel
general wife american indian chief father soldier thrilling spectacular confident patriotic battlefield military academy montana gen. george armstrong custer american civil war military life leadership indian wars sacrifice quest 1870s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Isabella
Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker Henry Mowbray Charles Hill Mailes Charles French Claire McDowell Larry Francis Hattie McDaniel Henry Hall
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »
Romance
1946
94 Minutes
Cynthia
Jeanne Crain Glenn Langan Lynn Bari Alan Young Barbara Lawrence Conrad Janis Esther Dale Hobart Cavanaugh Ann E. Todd Hattie McDaniel Don Hayden
teen girl teacher boy father friend grandmother charming endearing touching high school attic skating rink teen romance popularity homecoming memory father/daughter relationship love growing up rivalry
A shy high-school debater (Jeanne Crain) has a crush on her French teacher (Glenn Langan) during the Roaring '20s.
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Ginger Rogers James Stewart Jimmy Ellison Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Frances Mercer Phyllis Kennedy Alec Craig Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Hattie McDaniel
professor dean wife ex-girlfriend singer charming amusing playful new york city small town romance father/son relationship jealousy secret marriage newlyweds love discovery 1930s
A professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
99 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Fred MacMurray Fred Stone Evelyn Venable Frank Albertson Ann Shoemaker Charley Grapewin Grady Sutton Hedda Hopper Jonathan Hale Hattie McDaniel
daughter mother father wealthy man amusing emotional spirited small town household midwest aspirations social standing class distinctions romance dining love quest 1930s
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Oliver Hardy Harry Langdon Billie Burke Alice Brady Jimmy Ellison Jean Parker June Lang Olin Howland J. Farrell MacDonald Stepin Fetchit Hattie McDaniel
doctor daughter snob son elephant professor lighthearted charming mississippi small town doctor's office carnival street courtroom animals small-town life snobbishness carnivals mother/son relationship trials
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Sam Levene Frances Mercer Stanley Ridges Helen Whitney Bourne Vicki Lester Ann Evers Catherine O'Quinn Linda Terry Eleanor Hansen
heiress wealthy man editor police officer husband wife madcap crafty engaging new york city house office police station apartment murder high society investigation news romance adventure
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Irene Dunne Allan Jones Charles Winninger Helen Westley Paul Robeson Helen Morgan Donald Cook Sammy White Queenie Smith J. Farrell MacDonald Arthur Hohl
singer gambler actress actor father daughter spectacular emotional melodramatic river boat chicago nightclub theater mississippi show business interracial romance racism love marriage
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Robert Young Ned Sparks Helen Broderick Vivien Oakland Willie Best Robert Warwick Billy Gilbert Eddie Dunn Wade Boteler
model engineer husband wife business partner millionaire amusing melodramatic new york city city hall police station household marriage poverty ambition love triangle unrequited love love transformation 1930s
Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Comedy
1937
62 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1932
94 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Herbert Marshall Cary Grant Dickie Moore Robert E. O'Connor Gene Morgan Rita La Roy Sidney Toler Morgan Wallace Francis Sayles Gertrude Short
A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation.