List of the best Ivan F. Simpson movies: Nazi Agent(1942), Disraeli(1929), Safe in Hell(1931), Midnight Mary(1933), The Mystery of Mr. X(1934), Man of Two Worlds(1934), The Crash(1932), Mark of the Vampire(1935), The Green Goddess(1930), The Body Disappears(1941), Splendor(1935), British Agent(1934) ... ...
Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Professor Sterling
Conrad Veidt Ann Ayars Frank Reicher Dorothy Tree Ivan F. Simpson William Tannen Martin Kosleck Marc Lawrence Sidney Blackmer Moroni Olsen Pierre Watkin
twin nazi american brother tense thrilling germany store embassy ship loyalty brotherhood espionage betrayal identity theft rivalry sacrifice transformation 1940s
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official.
Biography
USA
1929
89 Minutes
Sir Hugh Myers
George Arliss Joan Bennett Anthony Bushell David Torrence Ivan F. Simpson Doris Lloyd Gwendolyn Logan Charles E. Evans Jack Deery Michael Visaroff Norman Cannon
benjamin disraeli banker spy lord lady charming tense england london parliament egypt mansion political intrigue international conflict love foreign relations government rivalry rise 1870s
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Drama
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Crunch
Dorothy Mackaill Donald Cook Ralf Harolde Morgan Wallace Victor Varconi Ivan F. Simpson John Wray Nina Mae McKinney Gustav von Seyffertitz Cecil Cunningham Charles Middleton
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Tindle
Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Franchot Tone Andy Devine Una Merkel Warren Hymer Ivan F. Simpson Harold Huber
young woman criminal lawyer socialite friend clerk melodramatic gutsy gripping tense courtroom reform school jail gambling house law office apartment murder case poverty bad luck crime
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
"Hutch" Hutchinson
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.
Drama
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Dr. Lott
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.
Drama
1932
58 Minutes
Hodge
Ruth Chatterton George Brent Paul Cavanagh Barbara Leonard Henry Kolker Lois Wilson Ivan F. Simpson Helen Vinson Hardie Albright Edith Kingdom Richard Tucker
The wife (Ruth Chatterton) of a Wall Street loser (George Brent) eyes an Australian sheep rancher (Paul Cavanagh) in Bermuda.
Horror
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Jan
Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi Elizabeth Allan Lionel Atwill Holmes Herbert Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland Ivan F. Simpson Egon Brecher Henry Wadsworth Eily Malyon
count daughter friend investigator professor doctor dark thrilling gripping prague house murder investigation vampires mysterious past love mystery discovery transformation 19th century
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
Adventure
USA
1930
73 Minutes
Watkins
George Arliss H.B. Warner Alice Joyce Ralph Forbes David Tearle Reginald Sheffield Nigel de Brulier Ivan F. Simpson
major wife doctor rajah butler melodramatic suspenseful gripping airplane palace office balcony hostage situation airplane crash royalty marriage courage murder escape pursuit
An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Dean Claxton
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
Drama
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Fletcher
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 »
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
'Poohbah' Evans
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Collins
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Frank Morgan Reginald Owen Louis Hayward David Holt Virginia Weidler E.E. Clive Walter Kingsford Ivan F. Simpson Tom Moore
prince princess colonel mysterious woman fiancé wealthy man eerie tense london boat zoo scams suicide political intrigue arranged marriage secret society journey discovery mystery rivalry
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel, where he seeks adventure ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara George Sanders Walter Slezak Kent Smith Una O'Connor Philip Merivale Thurston Hall George Coulouris Nancy Gates Ivan F. Simpson
schoolmaster mother beautiful woman resistance fighter nazi inspiring touching solemn prison europe school nazi occupation collaboration courage false accusations transformation temptation sacrifice 1940s
A mild-mannered school-teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during W.W.II finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance.
Musical, Romance
USA
1940
105 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco H.B. Warner Dick Purcell Stanley Fields Bunty Cutler Grant Mitchell Ray Walker John Miljan
frenchman duke prisoner servant love interest heiress melodramatic passionate suspenseful ship island louisiana romance journey class distinctions political intrigue love sacrifice adventure 1780s
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
70 Minutes
George Murphy Rita Johnson Virginia Field Leo G. Carroll George Zucco Montagu Love Eddie Quillan Leonard Mudie J.M. Kerrigan Neil Fitzgerald Harry Stubbs
reporter socialite inspector murderer secretary dog fascinating airy suspenseful london pub house shop murder investigation missing persons switched identities unusual romance ransom human-animal friendship mystery
A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing London.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Harvey Stephens Gale Sondergaard Louise Dresser Bennie Bartlett Edward Ellis Beulah Bondi Bonita Granville Virginia Weidler Donald Meek
lover adventurer young woman judge townsperson passionate thrilling emotional salem, mass. courtroom town hall town square puritanism affair repression wrongfully accused witch trials witchcraft love wretched excess
Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. One family in particular uses the hysteria to its ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
130 Minutes
W.C. Fields Freddie Bartholomew Basil Rathbone Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Madge Evans Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone Elizabeth Allan Roland Young Elsa Lanchester
young boy stepfather father ingénue blackmailer aunt melodramatic london family home office wealth family child abuse blackmail love triangle growing up rescue love 19th century
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Adventure, Action
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Herbert Mundin Una O'Connor Melville Cooper
robin hood prince king sheriff of nottingham pretty woman outlaw thrilling cheery rousing forest england castle rebellion corruption royalty wealth quest adventure rescue middle ages
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
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.