List of the best Helen Dickson movies: The Captain Is a Lady(1940), The Lost Weekend(1945), Ladies in Love(1936) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
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 »
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Ray Milland Jane Wyman Howard da Silva Phillip Terry Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Lewis Russell Frank Orth
writer alcoholic brother girlfriend bartender dark bleak intense new york city bar hotel opera house hospital addiction alcoholism lying self-destruction love wretched excess temptation
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Comedy
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Loretta Young Constance Bennett Simone Simon Don Ameche Paul Lukas Tyrone Power Alan Mowbray Wilfrid Lawson J. Edward Bromberg Virginia Field
salesgirl model nobleman doctor roommate magician melodramatic spirited amusing budapest, hungary apartment doctor's office shop romance marriage ambition rags to riches growing up discovery 1930s
Three working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another... See full summary »