List of the best Helen Broderick movies: Murder on a Bridle Path(1936), Top Hat(1935), Swing Time(1936), The Captain Is a Lady(1940), Smartest Girl in Town(1936), Naughty, but Nice(1939), Stand Up and Fight(1939), She's Got Everything(1938), The Rage of Paris(1938), Father Takes a Wife(1941), The Bride Walks Out(1936), No, No, Nanette(1940) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Hildegarde Withers
Helen Broderick James Gleason Louise Latimer Owen Davis Jr. John Arledge John Carroll Leslie Fenton Christian Rub Sheila Terry Willie Best John Miltern
After Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.
Musical, Romance
USA
1935
99 Minutes
Madge Hardwick
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Edward Everett Horton Helen Broderick Eric Blore Erik Rhodes
wife butler dancer producer love interest playful charming witty hotel stage bathroom london venice song and dance romance mistaken identity aspirations dance show business quest
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
Mabel Anderson
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Victor Moore Helen Broderick Eric Blore Betty Furness George Metaxa Landers Stevens John Harrington Pierre Watkin Abe Reynolds
dance instructor dancer gambler father friend fiancée amusing lighthearted new york city stage dance gambling romance marriage money rise love 1930s
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Nancy Crocker
Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Virginia Grey Helen Broderick Billie Burke Dan Dailey Helen Westley Marjorie Main Cecil Cunningham Clem Bevans Francis Pierlot
husband wife spinster elderly woman director endearing spirited cottage retirement home bedroom window ledge ship sea aging retirement attempted suicide infidelity insurance loneliness love
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Mrs. Gwen Mayen
Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Eric Blore Helen Broderick Erik Rhodes Harry Jans Arthur Hoyt Frank Jenks
model wealthy man male model butler sister hilarious madcap heartwarming beach yacht advertising office phone booth hotel gold digging materialism mistaken identity marriage proposal modeling deception love
Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Aunt Martha Hogan
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 »
Western
1939
105 Minutes
Amanda Griffith
Wallace Beery Robert Taylor Florence Rice Helen Broderick Charles Bickford Barton MacLane Charley Grapewin John Qualen Clinton Rosemond Jonathan Hale Claudia Morgan
railroad tycoon stagecoach driver slave trader slave plantation owner stagecoach owner suspenseful fiery rousing american west stagecoach town slave trade abolitionism underground railroad conspiracy rivalry rescue 19th century
A Maryland planter (Robert Taylor) turns railroader and tangles with the boss (Wallace Beery) of a woman's (Florence Rice) stagecoach line.
Comedy
1938
72 Minutes
Aunt Jane Carter
Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Victor Moore Helen Broderick Parkyakarkus Billy Gilbert William Brisbane Solly Ward
After Carol (Ann Sothern) inherits her father's debts, her aunt convinces her to take a job as Fuller's secretary. Carol and Fuller fall in love, but neither can admit it until her aunt sets them up at a resort.
Comedy
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Gloria Patterson
Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer Louis Hayward Helen Broderick Charles Coleman Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker
model advertising executive friend waiter millionaire butler cheery lighthearted new york city office apartment hotel opera house cottage gold digging friendship impersonation modeling jealousy mistaken identity
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
79 Minutes
Aunt Julie
Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Desi Arnaz John Howard Helen Broderick Florence Rice Neil Hamilton Grady Sutton George F. Meader Mary Treen Ruth Dietrich
Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Mattie Dodson
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Mrs. Susan Smith
Anna Neagle Richard Carlson Victor Mature Roland Young Helen Broderick ZaSu Pitts Eve Arden Billy Gilbert
aunt uncle niece artist broadway director suitor lighthearted charming endearing new york city family home theater love triangle family relationships philandering infidelity romance secrets love rivalry
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, ... See full summary »
Romance
1939
95 Minutes
Miss Lorna "Smitty" Smith
Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Allan Jones Akim Tamiroff Helen Broderick Osa Massen Carolyn Lee Astrid Allwyn Georgia Caine
A Manhattan career woman (Madeleine Carroll) tries to resist a man (Fred MacMurray) who wants her to be his wife.
Romance
1941
95 Minutes
Cora Foster
Deanna Durbin Franchot Tone Walter Brennan Robert Stack Robert Benchley Helen Broderick
teen girl teen boy principal older man father businessman melodramatic winsome charming endearing new york state house school office town love triangle scandal parenthood may-december romance young love
A high-school principal's teenage daughter (Deanna Durbin) acts out her crush on an older man (Franchot Tone) in New York.