List of the best Henry Stephenson movies: Double Harness(1933), Man of Two Worlds(1934), This Above All(1942), Spring Parade(1940), The Baroness and the Butler(1938), Wise Girl(1937), Walking on Air(1936), The Richest Girl in the World(1934), Lady From Louisiana(1941), The Charge of the Light Brigade(1936), The Mystery of Mr. X(1934), Give Me Your Heart(1936) ... ...
Romance
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Colonel Sam Colby
Ann Harding William Powell Henry Stephenson Lilian Bond George Meeker Reginald Owen Kay Hammond Leigh Allen Hugh Huntley Wallis Clark
wife husband sister old flame father cheeky engaging san francisco apartment party cruise ship deception marriage bachelorhood sister relationship infidelity seduction love rivalry discovery
A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.
Drama
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Sir Basil Pemberton
Francis Lederer Elissa Landi Henry Stephenson J. Farrell MacDonald Walter Byron Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Lumsden Hare Christian Rub Emile Chautard Steffi Duna
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
General Cathaway
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Emperor Franz Joseph
Deanna Durbin Bob Cummings Mischa Auer Henry Stephenson S.Z. Sakall Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Gwynne Allyn Joslyn
A Hungarian woman whose fortune predicts that she will marry may find it coming true when she meets an army drummer.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Count Albert 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.
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Mr. Simon Fletcher
Miriam Hopkins Ray Milland Walter Abel Henry Stephenson Alec Craig Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Betty Philson Marianna Strebly Margaret Dumont Jean De Briac Ivan Lebedeff
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Mr. Horace Bennett
Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Jessie Ralph Henry Stephenson George Meeker Gordon Jones Maxine Jennings Alan Curtis
overbearing young woman impersonator divorcée valet airy amusing madcap mansion father/daughter relationship love triangle impersonation family deception forbidden love discovery quest 1930s
A stubborn young woman hires a struggling singer to play her obnoxious suitor in a scheme to overturn her father's objections to the man she really wants to marry.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Jonathan "John" Connors
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Western
USA
1941
82 Minutes
General Anatole Mirbeau
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.
Action
USA
1936
116 Minutes
Sir Charles Macefield
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Patric Knowles Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce David Niven G.P. Huntley Jr. Spring Byington C. Henry Gordon E.E. Clive
military officer brother fiancée rajah soldier emotional patriotic rousing india military base palace battlefield love triangle battle of balaklava historical events crimean war revenge quest love 1850s
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Sir Herbert Frensham
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes Henry Stephenson Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Leonard Mudie Alec B. Francis Charles Irwin Colin Kenny
serial killer thief police detective fiancé commissioner constable tense brooding suspenseful london apartment murder investigation jewelry theft mistaken identity wrongfully accused love triangle manhunt love pursuit transformation
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Romance
USA
1936
87 Minutes
Edward, Lord Farrington
Kay Francis George Brent Patric Knowles Roland Young Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Helen Flint Zeffie Tilbury Elspeth Dudgeon Halliwell Hobbes Russ Powell
woman aristocrat author invalid businessman physician melodramatic moving unrestrained england italy new york city house running away adoption marriage affair family competition sacrifice
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.
Adventure
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Sir Thomas Lancing
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan John Sheffield Ian Hunter Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Henry Wilcoxon Laraine Day Morton Lowry Gavin Muir
baby tarzan wife ape animal intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful thrilling jungle airplane tree treehouse wildlife tarzan adoption airplane crash adventure discovery
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Doctor Alliot
John Barrymore Katharine Hepburn Billie Burke David Manners Henry Stephenson Paul Cavanagh Elizabeth Patterson Gayle Evers Julie Haydon
husband wife daughter fiancée moving melodramatic touching mansion england mental illness family marriage transformation love sacrifice 1920s
A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.
Drama
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Dr. Jock Frazier
Ann Harding Herbert Marshall Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Hayward Henry Stephenson Margaret Seddon George Hassell Eily Malyon Claudelle Kaye
Psychiatrist finds herself falling for her patient.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Count Anastas Walewski
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.
Romance
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Don Humberto Balcares
Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara Glenn Langan Helen Walker James Gleason Henry Stephenson Margaret Bannerman Ethel Griffies Tommy Cook
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage of world-famous race tracks such as England's Ascot, Palermo in South America, and Churchill Downs, Jamaica, ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
76 Minutes
Barney Newmark
Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery May Robson Otto Kruger Lewis Stone Henry Stephenson Violet Kemble Cooper Donald Crisp Jessie Ralph Lionel Belmore Lawrence Grant
The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her fathers house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Mrs. Clarkson
Irene Dunne Richard Dix Mary Boland Conway Tearle Andy Devine Henry Stephenson Una O'Connor George Barraud Reginald Owen Snub Pollard
outlaw sidekick opera singer servant composer charming emotional melodramatic australia mansion stage prison hideout opera singing outlaws stolen identity romance class conflict love
A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.
Musical, Romance
1944
124 Minutes
John Dyckman Brown I
Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven Jimmy Durante Tom Drake Henry Stephenson Henry O'Neill Ben Blue Frank Sully Donald Meek Lena Horne
singer sister wealthy man sailor vaudevillian amusing spectacular charming emotional nightclub apartment backstage canteen new york city warehouse world war ii home front sibling rivalry sister relationship love triangle
A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Mr. Bryant
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Drama
1932
79 Minutes
Charles B. 'Charlie', 'C.B.' Gaerste
Jean Harlow Chester Morris Una Merkel Lewis Stone Leila Hyams Henry Stephenson May Robson Charles Boyer Harvey Clark
A gold digger (Jean Harlow) breaks up her boss's (Chester Morris) marriage and sins her way to financial success.
Adventure
USA
1935
119 Minutes
Lord Willoughby
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Lionel Atwill Ross Alexander Guy Kibbee Henry Stephenson George Hassell Forrester Harvey Frank McGlynn Robert Barrat
doctor pirate lady governor government official sailor brash confident thrilling england port royal, jamaica ship pirates treason slavery rebellion adventure transformation 17th century
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Russian Ambassador Gregory
William Powell Rosalind Russell Binnie Barnes Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Samuel S. Hinds Henry Stephenson Frank Reicher Charley Grapewin Leonard Mudie Howard C. Hickman
reporter officer socialite spy girlfriend lieutenant melodramatic tense gripping hotel ocean military base restaurant espionage naval warfare deception secret codes jealousy romance quest
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is an expert on codes, she gets ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Annabella Leon Ames J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Sidney Blackmer
nobleman lover napoleon iii native beautiful woman melodramatic spectacular egypt france desert palace imperialism construction romance exile suez canal quest sacrifice love rivalry
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Dr. Tyrell
Eleanor Parker Paul Henreid Alexis Smith Edmund Gwenn Janis Paige Patric Knowles Henry Stephenson Marten Lamont Isobel Elsom Una O'Connor Eva Moore
medical student waitress author friend patient daughter dark emotional london school restaurant apartment hospital paris self-destruction pregnancy poverty abandonment love triangle obsessive love
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Maj. Archer Thorne
Robert Armstrong Helen Mack Roland Young Ralph Bellamy John Miljan Laura Hope Crews Henry Stephenson Phyllis Barry John Warburton Marjorie Gateson Beryl Mercer
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Romance
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Charles Patterson
Marion Davies Dick Powell Charles Ruggles Claude Rains Edward Everett Horton Arthur Treacher Henry Stephenson Clara Blandick John Larkin Walter Kingsford Etienne Girardot
napoleon bonaparte brother socialite suitor teacher passionate lighthearted emotional baltimore france louisiana purchase negotiation impersonation arranged marriage teaching politics love sacrifice rivalry quest
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to ... See full summary »
Drama
1948
105 Minutes
Mr. Brownlow
Robert Newton Alec Guinness John Howard Davies Kay Walsh Francis L. Sullivan Anthony Newley Henry Stephenson Mary Clare Josephine Stuart Ralph Truman
orphan pickpocket criminal kidnapper wealthy man girlfriend dense gripping melodramatic london orphanage street hideout child abuse crime class distinctions kidnapping growing up escape pursuit
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
King Albert
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Capt. Andrew
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Count de Mercey
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
Adventure
USA
1935
132 Minutes
Sir Joseph Banks
Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Dudley Digges Donald Crisp Movita Henry Stephenson Spring Byington
fletcher christian sailor native capt. william bligh captain tense engaging spirited hms bounty england tahiti pitcairn island sailors mutiny tyrants rebellion adventure revenge escape 1780s
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1788 mutiny.
Romance
USA
1948
102 Minutes
General Fitzgerald
David Niven Teresa Wright Evelyn Keyes Farley Granger Jayne Meadows Leo G. Carroll Philip Friend Shepperd Strudwick Henry Stephenson
general soldier american woman love interest pilot emotional melodramatic london house world war ii jealousy loneliness regret love transformation 20th century
Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his ... See full summary »
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Lord Athleigh
Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven Karen Morley Theodore von Eltz Jerome Cowan John Burton Leland Hodgson David Torrence Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp
lord daughter rebel rival mother brash fiery patriotic dublin police station house england street irish life politics father/daughter relationship peace treaty assassination plot quest rivalry
British soldiers follow an aristocrat (Merle Oberon) to her lover, a rebel leader (Brian Aherne) in 1921 Dublin.
Comedy
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Elizabeth Taylor Peter Lawford Cesar Romero Lucile Watson Nigel Bruce Mary Boland Reginald Owen Ian Wolfe Phyllis Morris
performer daughter husband painter mother-in-law acrobat amusing endearing london france ship cabin mother/daughter relationship wedding family class conflict deception love quest forbidden love
A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, who she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged.