List of the best Irene Dunne movies: The Awful Truth(1937), Show Boat(1936), Love Affair(1939), Theodora Goes Wild(1936), Roberta(1935), Penny Serenade(1941), Anna and the King of Siam(1946), The Mudlark(1951), The Silver Cord(1933), Magnificent Obsession(1935), It Grows on Trees(1952), Over 21(1945) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Lucy Warriner
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Ralph Bellamy Alex D'Arcy Cecil Cunningham Molly Lamont Esther Dale Joyce Compton Robert Allen Robert Warwick Mary Forbes
husband wife neighbor heiress music teacher mother amusing charming hilarious madcap new york city apartment marriage reconciliation divorce new love love transformation 1930s
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Magnolia 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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
87 Minutes
Irene Dunne Charles Boyer Maria Ouspenskaya Lee Bowman Astrid Allwyn Maurice Moscovich Scotty Beckett Ferike Boros
playboy frenchman singer love interest grandmother fiancé tender mushy endearing cruise ship atlantic ocean new york city empire state building madeira, portugal affair chance meeting romance accident love sacrifice
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, after he has had a chance to earn a decent living.
Comedy
USA
1936
94 Minutes
Irene Dunne Melvyn Douglas Thomas Mitchell Thurston Hall Rosalind Keith Spring Byington
writer aunt publisher artist wife editor winsome heartwarming witty playful connecticut family home new york city secret life writing conflict of interest small-town life gossip transformation forbidden love
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who'd be scandalized if they knew.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
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
1941
118 Minutes
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Beulah Bondi Edgar Buchanan Ann Doran Eva Lee Kuney Leonard Willey Wallis Clark Walter Soderling Baby Biffle Edmund Elton
newspaper owner wife child social worker assistant gripping melodramatic sad new york city family home japan parenthood adoption tragic death unhappy marriage quest love 1940s
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Drama
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Irene Dunne Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Lee J. Cobb Gale Sondergaard Mikhail Rasumny Dennis Hoey Tito Renaldo
king teacher wife son daughter engaging spirited thailand bangkok royal palace school culture clash friendship jealousy social change westernization discovery transformation 1860s
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Drama
UK|USA
1951
99 Minutes
Irene Dunne Alec Guinness Andrew Ray Finlay Currie Beatrice Campbell Anthony Steel Raymond Lovell Marjorie Fielding Ronan O'Casey Edward Rigby
In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria, which he thinks so beautiful, he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
112 Minutes
Helen Hudson
Irene Dunne Robert Taylor Charles Butterworth Betty Furness Sara Haden Ralph Morgan Henry Armetta Gilbert Emery Arthur Hoyt
millionaire widow mentor best friend doctor melodramatic heartwarming brightwood hospital house repentance accidental death new love forgiveness sacrifice wretched excess transformation 1930s
The life of spoiled rich Robert Merrick is saved through the use of a hospital's only resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1952
84 Minutes
Irene Dunne Dean Jagger Joan Evans Richard Crenna Edith Meiser Sandy Descher Dee Pollak Les Tremayne Malcolm Lee Beggs Forrest Lewis Frank Ferguson
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Comedy
USA
1945
102 Minutes
editor writer owner military wife amusing patriotic new york city florida arkansas military base newsroom newspapers writing military life marriage career vs. love world war ii adventure sacrifice transformation
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Nancy Andrews
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Irene Dunne Lionel Atwill Phillips Holmes Una Merkel Douglas Walton C. Henry Gordon Jean Parker Mitchell Lewis
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Irene Dunne Ricardo Cortez Myrna Loy Jill Esmond Florence Eldridge Kay Johnson Julie Haydon Mary Duncan Peg Entwistle Elsie Prescott Wally Albright
young woman leader outcast detective son hypnotist eerie melodramatic suspenseful new york city circus train beverly hills, calif. police station murder racism hypnosis investigation mother/child relationship friendship
Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.
Drama
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Ellen
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.
Comedy
USA
1931
82 Minutes
Mary Brown Porter
Irene Dunne Pat O'Brien Myrna Loy John Halliday Matt Moore Lester Vail Pauline Stevens
In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost -his- childhood sweetheart, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Irene Dunne Walter Huston Conrad Nagel Bruce Cabot Edna May Oliver Sam Hardy Mitchell Lewis Helen Eby-Rock Gertrude Michael J. Carrol Naish Sarah Padden
social worker army officer doctor judge suitor engaging moving profound striking prison havana new york state manhattan social activism prison adultery pregnancy blackmail sacrifice forbidden love
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Anna Stanley
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Comedy
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Irene Dunne Fred MacMurray William Demarest Andy Devine Gigi Perreau Natalie Wood Philip Ober Ann Doran Margaret Gibson
songwriter cowboy widower ex-girlfriend newlywed daughter lighthearted charming new york city wyoming ranch countryside dance hall studio city vs. country marriage water supply neighbors accident relocation
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Heyward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married, and ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1934
76 Minutes
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
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Irene Dunne Donald Woods Hugh Herbert Ned Sparks Joseph Cawthorn Louis Calhern Winifred Shaw
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
Comedy
USA
1947
118 Minutes
Vinnie Day
William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor Edmund Gwenn ZaSu Pitts Jimmy Lydon Martin Milner
father mother son schoolgirl maid amusing endearing new york city household father/son relationship family marriage parenthood authority transformation love 1890s
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Fantasy
USA
1943
120 Minutes
Dorinda Durston
Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne Van Johnson Ward Bond James Gleason Lionel Barrymore Barry Nelson Esther Williams Henry O'Neill Don DeFore Charles Smith
guardian angel pilot love interest commanding officer friend patriotic spirited england arizona military academy afterlife world war ii bombing jealousy mission love quest 1940s
A dead World War II bomber pilot named Pete Sandidge, becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
Drama
USA
1939
90 Minutes
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Romance
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Helene Andrews
Lowell Sherman Irene Dunne Mae Murray Norman Kerry Claudia Dell Ivan Lebedeff Noel Francis Purnell Pratt Charles Coleman Kitty Kelly Bess Flowers
A New York playboy dates wild woman until he falls for a hard-working stenographer.
Western
USA
1931
131 Minutes
Richard Dix Irene Dunne Estelle Taylor Nance O'Neil William Collier Jr. Roscoe Ates George E. Stone Robert McWade Edna May Oliver Frank Darien Eugene Jackson
editor wife prostitute servant outlaw native american rousing wild oklahoma oil field courtroom gambling house abandonment trial oil newspapers marriage land rush adventure love
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.