List of the best Isobel Elsom movies: The Sign of Four(1923), Over-Exposed(1956), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing(1955), The Two Mrs. Carrolls(1947), The Unseen(1945), Love From a Stranger(1947), The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957), You Were Never Lovelier(1942), Ladies in Retirement(1941), Escape Me Never(1947), The Second Time Around(1961), The Errand Boy(1961) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1923
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Mary Morstan
Eille Norwood Arthur M. Cullin Isobel Elsom Fred Raynham Norman Page Humberston Wright Henry Wilson Arthur Bell Mme. Lisa D'Esterre
A convict seeks revenge on the partners who cheated him of his treasure share.
Drama
1956
80 Minutes
Mrs. Payton Grange
A model turns photographer (Cleo Moore) and meets a newsman (Richard Crenna) and racketeers on her way to the top.
Romance
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Adeline Palmer-Jones
Jennifer Jones William Holden Torin Thatcher Isobel Elsom Jorja Curtright Virginia Gregg Richard Loo Donna Martell
reporter doctor friend sister uncle melodramatic emotional hong kong family home office forbidden love interracial relationship war forbidden love 1950s
A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
99 Minutes
Mrs. Latham
Humphrey Bogart Barbara Stanwyck Alexis Smith Nigel Bruce Isobel Elsom Patrick O'Moore Ann Carter Anita Sharp-Bolster Barry Bernard Colin Campbell Peter Godfrey
husband wife love interest daughter killer brooding tense scotland household countryside london mental illness murder deception marriage infidelity discovery fall 1940s
An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
81 Minutes
Marian Tygarth
Joel McCrea Gail Russell Herbert Marshall Phyllis Brooks Isobel Elsom Norman Lloyd Mikhail Rasumny Elisabeth Risdon Tom Tully Nona Griffith Richard Lyon
widower governess murderer son child dark intricate gripping suspenseful new england house neighborhood murder police work investigation suspicion crime quest discovery mystery
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
81 Minutes
Auntie Loo-Loo
John Hodiak Sylvia Sidney Ann Richards John Howard Isobel Elsom Frederick Worlock Ernest Cossart Philip Tonge Anita Sharp-Bolster Billy Bevan
A newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Mrs. Charlotte Ogden
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.
Musical
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Maria Castro
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Leslie Brooks Adele Mara Isobel Elsom Gus Schilling Barbara Brown Douglas Leavitt Catherine Craig Kathleen Howard
dancer band leader father daughter bride sister tender lighthearted buenos aires, argentina wedding club gambling dance romance marriage father/daughter relationship scam forbidden love transformation rise
In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Leonora Fiske
Ida Lupino Louis Hayward Evelyn Keyes Elsa Lanchester Edith Barrett Isobel Elsom Emma Dunn Clyde Cook Queenie Leonard
actress retiree housekeeper sister nephew melodramatic chilling england household countryside deception murder family isolation revenge fall 1940s
The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.
Drama
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Mrs. MacLean
Errol Flynn Ida Lupino Eleanor Parker Gig Young Reginald Denny Isobel Elsom Albert Basserman Ludwig Stossel Frank Puglia Anthony Caruso
It is Venice, 1900, and Fenella is engaged to composer Caryl Dubrok until she hears that an unmarried woman named Gemma and child is staying with a composer named Dubrok. So the engagement ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1961
99 Minutes
Mrs. Rogers
Debbie Reynolds Andy Griffith Steve Forrest Juliet Prowse Thelma Ritter Ken Scott Isobel Elsom Rodolfo Acosta Timothy Agoglia Carey Tom Greenway Eleanor Audley
widow mother sheriff rancher gambler criminal cheeky campy spirited new york city arizona ice cream parlor hideout new life courtship frontier life motherhood kidnapping rivalry love
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Irma Paramutual
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, Comedy
1946
112 Minutes
Aunt Jennifer
Kathryn Grayson June Allyson Lauritz Melchior Jimmy Durante Peter Lawford Ben Blue Isobel Elsom Harry Hayden
singer sister pianist father mother opera singer cheery amusing lighthearted playful boston new york city bowery beer garden opera house singing ambition family sister relationship class distinctions
Boston socialite Abigail Chandler dreams of singing with the Metropolitan Opera but secretly takes a job singing at a beer hall in the Bowery in order to pay for voice lessons.
Fantasy
1944
112 Minutes
Genevieve Cliveden-Banks
John Garfield Paul Henreid Eleanor Parker Sydney Greenstreet Faye Emerson Sara Allgood Isobel Elsom George Tobias Edmund Gwenn
pianist wife steward reporter reverend sailor bleak dreamy emotional london apartment limbo ship world war ii air raids death suicide judgment supernatural discovery
A ship sails on with a cynical newsman (John Garfield), a suicidal couple (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker) and others who are dead but don't know it.
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett Theodore Bikel Isobel Elsom Mona Washbourne John Alderson John McLiam
professor pretty woman peasant suitor amusing charming winsome london aspirations wager class distinctions high society love discovery quest transformation 1900s
Snobbish phonetics Professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Drama
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Mrs. Laura Winters
Edward Arnold Fay Bainter Richard Ney Jean Rogers Sara Allgood Spring Byington Van Johnson Isobel Elsom Frances Rafferty Dorothy Morris Halliwell Hobbes
wealthy woman romantic interest son daughter best friend mother spirited emotional city household office hospital military base home front snobbishness draft family class distinctions world war ii transformation
A Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II.
Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Mrs. Athelny
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.
Biography
USA
1954
132 Minutes
Mrs. Harris
Jose Ferrer Merle Oberon Helen Traubel Doe Avedon Walter Pidgeon Paul Henreid Tamara Toumanova Paul Stewart Isobel Elsom David Burns Jim Backus
composer wife singer musician melodramatic charming theater new york city music romance success love rise 1920s
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Comedy
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Mrs. Van Cleeve
Jerry Lewis Marilyn Maxwell Connie Stevens Salvatore Baccaloni Reginald Gardiner Hans Conried Ida Moore Gary Lewis Judy Franklin Isobel Elsom Alex Geary
movie star sister agent father repairman baby amusing madcap charming house movie set office mexico small town secret childcare babies unrequited love marriage sacrifice
A TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.
Drama
USA
1947
116 Minutes
Innkeeper
Gregory Peck Alida Valli Charles Laughton Charles Coburn Ann Todd Ethel Barrymore Louis Jourdan Leo G. Carroll Joan Tetzel Isobel Elsom John Goldsworthy
lawyer murderer servant judge police officer hotel manager tense engaging gripping suspenseful brooding london courtroom hotel restaurant home murder trial marriage false accusations
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Mme. Clary
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Romance
USA
1964
107 Minutes
Dona Teresa Lacayo
Ann-Margret Anthony Franciosa Carol Lynley Gardner McKay Pamela Tiffin Andre Lawrence Gene Tierney Brian Keith Vito Scotti Isobel Elsom Maurice Marsac
student singer secretary reporter playboy doctor amusing frenetic campy madrid newsroom hotel england party tourism travel love triangle marriage dating love
Three American lovelies room together in Madrid and all manage to get themselves into seemingly unhappy relationships with fellows.
Comedy
1963
90 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Jill St. John Agnes Moorehead John McGiver Ray Walston Nancy Kulp Francesca Bellini John Abbott Jerry Hausner Peggy Mondo Mary Treen
young man rich girl mother boss employee amusing playful spirited department store suburbia house affluent neighborhood wealth disapproval relationships challenge work family forbidden love transformation
A klutzy poodle sitter (Jerry Lewis) goes to work in his girlfriend's (Jill St. John) mother's (Agnes Moorehead) department store.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
invalid orphan father son housekeeper uncle endearing uplifting sad england garden mansion abandonment maturing acceptance grief healing secret growing up transformation
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Paul Newman Barbara Rush Alexis Smith Brian Keith Diane Brewster Billie Burke John Williams Robert Vaughn Otto Kruger Paul Picerni Robert Douglas
lawyer mother sweetheart alcoholic boss' wife birth father melodramatic fiery striking brash philadelphia house courtroom law office korea moral dilemma adultery social climbing blackmail korean war
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
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.