List of the best Helen Westley movies: Captain Hurricane(1935), Dimples(1936), The Baroness and the Butler(1938), Show Boat(1936), Anne of Green Gables(1934), Moulin Rouge(1934), Splendor(1935), Zaza(1939), Stowaway(1936), Roberta(1935), The Age of Innocence(1934), Lady With Red Hair(1940) ... ...
Drama
USA
1935
72 Minutes
captain seaman first mate housekeeper daughter thrilling rousing amusing ship docks seaside new england seafaring disaster retirement bad luck heroism investment rescue quest
Zenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Mrs. Caroline Drew
Shirley Temple Frank Morgan Helen Westley Robert Kent Stepin Fetchit Astrid Allwyn
street performer grandfather wealthy woman nephew fiancée actor cheery winsome tense mushy new york city street mansion theater stage show business theft family poverty scam
Dimples Appleby lives with the pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is performed.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Countess Sandor
prime minister butler daughter husband countess airy charming offbeat tender hungary parliament political intrigue conflict of interest loyalty family honor unusual romance rivalry transformation 1930s
A butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Parthy Hawks
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.
Drama
USA
1934
79 Minutes
Marilla Cuthbert
Dawn O'Day Tom Brown O.P. Heggie Helen Westley Sara Haden Murray Kinnell Gertrude Messinger June Preston Charley Grapewin Hilda Vaughn
orphan doctor brother sister schoolboy emotional charming prince edward island farm school orphanage family feud illness young love adoption farming forbidden love growing up underdog 1900s
A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada.
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
69 Minutes
Mrs. Morris
Constance Bennett Franchot Tone Tullio Carminati Helen Westley Andrew Tombes Russ Brown Hobart Cavanaugh Georges Renavent Fuzzy Knight Russ Columbo Connee Boswell
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Mrs. Emmeline Lorrimore
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Paul Cavanagh Helen Westley Billie Burke Katharine Alexander Ruth Weston David Niven Ivan F. Simpson Arthur Treacher Torben Meyer
The once-great Lorrimore family faces bankruptcy unless older son Brighton marries wealthy Edith Gilbert. When Brighton instead returns from a trip with his new wife Phyllis, she receives a... See full summary »
Romance
1939
83 Minutes
Anais
Claudette Colbert Herbert Marshall Bert Lahr Helen Westley Constance Collier Genevieve Tobin Walter Catlett Ann E. Todd Rex O'Malley Ernest Cossart Rex Evans
A cabaret performer (Claudette Colbert) has an affair with a married man (Herbert Marshall) in France.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Mrs. Hope
Shirley Temple Robert Young Alice Faye Eugene Pallette Helen Westley Arthur Treacher Allan Lane J. Edward Bromberg
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Roberta, Aunt Minnie
Irene Dunne Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Helen Westley Victor Varconi Claire Dodd Luis Alberni Ferdinand Munier Torben Meyer Adrian Rosley
football player designer band leader ex-girlfriend aunt countess lighthearted charming paris shop nightclub fashion love triangle daunting task love transformation discovery 1930s
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
Drama
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Granny Mingott
Irene Dunne John Boles Lionel Atwill Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley Julie Haydon Herbert Yost Theresa Maxwell Conover Edith Van Cleve Leonard Carey
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
Biography
USA
1940
81 Minutes
Mrs. `'Ma'` Frazier
Miriam Hopkins Claude Rains Richard Ainley Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley John Litel Victor Jory
actress actor producer socialite ex-husband son melodramatic powerful chicago new york city courtroom theater boarding house divorce child custody adultery theater ambition mother/son relationship love
A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown in a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Blanche Brunot
John Wayne Ona Munson Ray Middleton Henry Stephenson Helen Westley Jack Pennick Dorothy Dandridge Shimen Ruskin Jacqueline Dalya Paul Scardon James C. Morton
In the 1890s, a Northern lawyer goes to New Orleans to aid the local reform league in their fight against the crooked lottery run by a Southern ex-general and his beautiful daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Aunt Jessie
Kay Kyser Ellen Drew Jane Wyman Robert Armstrong Helen Westley William Demarest Una O'Connor Lionel Royce Moroni Olsen George Cleveland
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. It turns out that the army ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Franceska Manzoni
Josephine Hutchinson George Houston John Halliday Mona Barrie Helen Westley Laura Hope Crewes
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
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Mrs. Henty
Tony Martin Joan Davis Dixie Dunbar Leah Ray Allan Lane Helen Westley
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Musical
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Aunt Miranda Wilkins
Shirley Temple Randolph Scott Jack Haley Gloria Stuart Phyllis Brooks Helen Westley Slim Summerville William Demarest
young girl advertising executive announcer cousin aunt farmer charming lighthearted winsome city radio station apartment farmhouse office studio advertising radio singing child custody romance
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Fantasy
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Stephanie
Fredric March Evelyn Venable Guy Standing Katharine Alexander Gail Patrick Helen Westley Kathleen Howard Kent Taylor Henry Travers G.P. Huntley Jr. Otto Hoffman
prince father daughter death dark passionate tender estate italy death forbidden love father/daughter relationship heartbreak sacrifice forbidden love metamorphosis 1930s
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
Romance
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Emma Harper
Fredric March Loretta Young Robert Benchley Allyn Joslyn Eve Arden Helen Westley Joyce Compton Tim Ryan Olaf Hytten Dorothy Adams Clarence Kolb
playwright actress banker husband wife bellhop amusing witty endearing new york city broadway theater hotel hotel room reno, nev. divorce remarriage jealousy work-life balance romance love triangle
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play.
Comedy
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Mrs. Galloway
Priscilla Lane Ronald Reagan Jeffrey Lynn May Robson Lee Patrick Helen Westley Walter Catlett Richard Carle George Barbier John Qualen Fay Helm
heiress granddaughter elderly woman boyfriend friend salesgirl amusing lighthearted heartwarming new york city boardinghouse department store europe mansion rags to riches helping others wealth class distinctions romantic dilemma inheritance
An older woman discovers that her multi-million dollar fortune was based on embezzlement, so she sets out to right the wrong. She goes to America to meet the young woman who is the one and ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Grandma Leonard
Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda Edward Arnold Warren William Leo Carrillo Helen Westley Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex Nigel Bruce Lynn Bari
opera singer political candidate mother husband composer spirited uplifting melodramatic new york city music hall iowa show business rags to riches love performance romance ambition transformation underdog love
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Abigail Morrow
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 »