List of the best Iris Adrian movies: Shake Hands With Murder(1944), Lady Luck(1936), The Misadventures of Buster Keaton(1950), G.I. Jane(1951), I Killed That Man(1942), The Paleface(1948), Lady of Burlesque(1943), Hard Guy(1941), Murder at Glen Athol(1936), Road to Zanzibar(1941), My Favorite Spy(1951), The Stork Club(1945) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
63 Minutes
A female bail-bond broker and her partner help an accused embezzler prove his innocence. Having the body of the embezzler's late business partner pop up doesn't help matters.
Drama
1936
62 Minutes
Iris Adrian Claude Allister William Bakewell Joe Barton Patricia Farr Arthur Hoyt Lew Kelly Vivien Oakland Duncan Renaldo Jameson Thomas John Kelly
A manicurist is mistaken for the winner of a large sweepstakes and finds herself pursued by fortune hunters.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
62 Minutes
Lt. Adrian
A civilian, ordered to report to his draft board, slips off into a dream about the army life ahead of him. He is assigned to a remote desert post where the soldiers crave female ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
Verne Drake
Ricardo Cortez Joan Woodbury Iris Adrian George Pembroke Herbert Rawlinson Pat Gleason Ralf Harolde Jack Mulhall Vince Barnett Gavin Gordon John Hamilton
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Pepper
Bob Hope Jane Russell Robert Armstrong Iris Adrian Bobby Watson Jackie Searle Joseph Vitale Charles Trowbridge Clem Bevans Jeff York Stanley Andrews
dentist calamity jane federal agent gunrunner native american partner charming hilarious lighthearted rousing wild west wagon train small town saloon jail california unlikely hero bravery gunfight redemption
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
91 Minutes
Gee Gee Graham
Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shea J. Edward Bromberg Iris Adrian Marion Martin Pinky Lee Frank Conroy Gloria Dickson
burlesque dancer comedian police officer stripper charming lighthearted backstage stage theater new york city murder investigation show business unrequited love mystery pursuit rivalry 1940s
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Goldie Duvall
Jack LaRue Mary Healy Kane Richmond Iris Adrian Jack Mulhall Gayle Mellott Howard Banks Ben Taggart
Vic is a night club owner/racketeer whose club is run primarily for the purpose of the club girls marrying the rich blue bloods among the customers, leading to annulments leading to cash settlements and/or blackmail.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1936
64 Minutes
Muriel Randel
John Miljan Irene Ware Noel Madison Barry Norton Iris Adrian Oscar Apfel Betty Blythe Harry Holman Wilson Benge
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
French soubrette in cafe
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Una Merkel Eric Blore Iris Adrian Lionel Royce Buck Woods Leigh Whipper Ernest Whitman Noble Johnson
con artist circus performer best friend tycoon love interest charming lighthearted africa jungle resort swindling road trip circus love triangle friendship mining adventure quest love 1940s
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Lola
Bob Hope Hedy Lamarr Francis L. Sullivan Mike Mazurki John Archer Iris Adrian Arnold Moss Luis Van Rooten Morris Ankrum Angela Clarke Frank Faylen
international spy comedian girlfriend fbi agent witty amusing playful quirky tangiers, morocco airport africa impersonation espionage romantic dilemma dangerous assignment adventure pursuit quest love 1950s
A burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
98 Minutes
Gwen
Betty Hutton Barry Fitzgerald Don DeFore Robert Benchley Bill Goodwin Iris Adrian Mikhail Rasumny Mary Young Andy Russell Perc Launders Mary Currier
hatcheck girl millionaire marine boss singer band leader cheery engaging stork club hotel new york city wealth generosity misunderstanding jealousy romance big-band music rescue transformation love
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Alice
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Alan Hale Sidney Toler Daphne Pollard Betty Healy Iris Adrian Lona Andre James Finlayson Arthur Housman Jim Kilganon
Two pairs of long-lost twin brothers experience high jinks involving a valuable ring, cases of mistaken identity, and gangsters.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Bernice
Billy Gilbert Frank Fay Bonnie Baker Billy Lenhradt Kenneth Brown Harry Langdon Iris Adrian Jimmy Hollywood Eddie Bartell Sydney Chatton James Bush
A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.
Horror
USA
1944
73 Minutes
Mimi Robert
John Carradine Jean Parker Nils Asther Ludwig Stossel George Pembroke Teala Loring Sonia Sorel Iris Adrian Henry Kolker Emmett Lynn Patti McCarty
murderer artist seamstress inspector ex-lover dark creepy artist's studio funeral paris france murder case painting dangerous job wretched excess transformation love 19th century
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1968
107 Minutes
Carhop
Dean Jones Michele Lee David Tomlinson Buddy Hackett Joe Flynn Benson Fong Joe E. Ross Barry Kelley Iris Adrian
race car driver mechanic secretary car dealer herbie lighthearted creative amusing san francisco automobile repair shop car dealership racetrack apartment racing anthropomorphic car deception chase love friendship adventure
A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own.
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Anastasia Anastasia
Jerry Lewis Brian Donlevy Howard McNear Dick Wesson Felicia Atkins Kathleen Freeman Isobel Elsom Fritz Feld Iris Adrian Renee Taylor Sig Ruman
A goofy paperhanger is hired to root out a financial inefficiency on a Hollywood studio lot, wreaking havoc as he goes.
Musical, Romance
USA
1962
103 Minutes
Enid Garvey
Elvis Presley Joan Blackman Angela Lansbury Nancy Walters Roland Winters John Archer Howard McNear Steve Brodie Iris Adrian Darlene Tompkins Jenny Maxwell
surfer singer matriarch girlfriend friend lighthearted campy uplifting beach mansion bus hawaii surfing rebellion singing youth forbidden love growing up transformation 1960s
After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Romance
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Arlene
Deanna Durbin Joseph Cotten Charles Winninger Ludwig Stossel Nella Walker Gus Schilling Samuel S. Hinds Evelyn Ankers Fay Helm Iris Adrian
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Jack Haley Betty Furness Arthur Treacher Raymond Walburn Robert McWade Rosina Lawrence Monroe Owsley Kathleen Lockhart Edward Brophy Charlotte Wynters Tom Dugan
Automotive mogul Peter Randolph needs backers for his diesel engine. Eccentric millionaire Aloysius P. Merriweather is invited to dinner, but he sends barber Joe Jenkins in his place.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
74 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Gene Nelson Phyllis Kirk Ted de Corsia Charles Bronson Jay Novello Nedrick Young James Bell Dub Taylor Gayle Kellogg Mack Chandler
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Hayley Mills Dean Jones Dorothy Provine Roddy McDowall Neville Brand Elsa Lanchester William Demarest Frank Gorshin Richard Eastham Grayson Hall Ed Wynn
young woman sister cat fbi agent bank robber bank teller amusing lighthearted united states household apartment cats siblings investigation kidnapping romance mystery discovery 1960s
After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Brian Keith Alfonso Arau Michele Carey Rick Lenz Harry Morgan Simon Oakland Bill Williams Christopher Dark Fran Ryan Bruce Glover Richard Hale
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Joan Crawford Zachary Scott Sydney Greenstreet David Brian Gladys George Virginia Huston Fred Clark Gertrude Michael Alice White Sam McDaniel Tito Vuolo
dancer deputy sheriff political boss politician socialite melodramatic dark united states boldon city diner carnival carnivals alcoholism political corruption love triangle suicide revenge sacrifice 1940s
A small-town Florida sheriff (Sydney Greenstreet) frames his political pawn's (Zachary Scott) dancer girlfriend (Joan Crawford) for prostitution.
Comedy
USA
1947
78 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marjorie Main George Cleveland Audrey Young Gordon Jones William Ching Peter Thompson Olin Howland Bill Clauson Billy O'Leary
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal ... See full summary »