List of the best James Dunn movies: Hello Sister(1933), That Brennan Girl(1946), Son of the Navy(1940), The Daring Young Man(1935), 365 Nights in Hollywood(1934), Shadows Over Shanghai(1938), Hold That Woman(1940), Living on Love(1937), Jimmy and Sally(1933), The Ghost and the Guest(1943), Hold Me Tight(1933), Bright Eyes(1934) ... ...
Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Alfred L. Werker James Dunn ZaSu Pitts Boots Mallory
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together. Jimmy and Peggy get together in many romantic ways and Peggy ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
95 Minutes
James Dunn Mona Freeman June Duprez Frank Jenks Dorothy Vaughan Charles Arnt Rosalind Ivan Fay Helm Bill Kennedy Connie Leon Edythe Elliot
The film begins on Mother's Day, 1938 when 14-year-old Ziggy Brennan (Mona Freeman) buys a gardenia for her mother. Ziggy's youthful exuberance disappears when she enters their apartment ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
James Dunn Jean Parker Martin Spellman Selmer Jackson William Royle Sarah Padden Craig Reynolds Dave O'Brien Gene Morgan Charles King
Actually, the sailor wants nothing to do with the boy, who we eventually find out is an orphan who ran away from the orphanage, trying to find a new Mom and Dad. The sailor, not knowing ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
73 Minutes
James Dunn Mae Clarke Neil Hamilton Sidney Toler Warren Hymer Stanley Fields Madge Bellamy Frank Melton Raymond Hatton Jack LaRue Arthur Treacher
Two reporters plan to marry but the bride is left waiting at the altar because her groom has gone undercover to expose gang activity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
77 Minutes
James Dunn Alice Faye Frank Mitchell Jack Durant John Bradford Grant Mitchell Frank Melton John Qualen
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of the funds he has ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
66 Minutes
James Dunn Ralph Morgan Linda Gray Robert Barrat Paul Sutton Edward Woods Edwin Mordant Chester Gan Victor Wong
A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
61 Minutes
A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
60 Minutes
James Dunn Helen Whitney Bourne Joan Woodbury Solly Ward Tom Kennedy Franklin Pangborn
salesgirl manager landlord tenant roommate heiress amusing lighthearted madcap city apartment basement restaurant mistaken identity romance jealousy practical jokes love pursuit rivalry 1930s
Mary, a sometimes employed Midwest transplant living in New York is forced to share an apartment with Jack, a starving artist-night watchman. Both having problems paying their rent, ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Happy-go-lucky Jimmy O'Connor, a publicist for the Marlowe Meat Packing Company, continually relies on Sally Johnson, his secretary and sweetheart, to keep him organized and do his work ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
59 Minutes
James Dunn Florence Rice Mabel Todd Robert Dudley Sam McDaniel Jim Toney Eddy Chandler Robert Bice Renee Carson Anthony Warde
A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion.
Drama
USA
1933
69 Minutes
James Dunn Sally Eilers Frank McHugh June Clyde Clay Clement Noel Francis Dorothy Peterson Kenneth Thomson
Sweethearts Chuck Evans and Molly Roberts work at Blair's Department Store and plan on marrying when Chuck gets a raise. They dine one evening with Molly's friend and fellow salesgirl, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Shirley Temple James Dunn Judith Allen Lois Wilson Charles Sellon Walter Johnson Jane Withers Theodore von Eltz Dorothy Christy Brandon Hurst George Irving
orphan maid pilot family patriarch dog young girl charming sad playful airport house plane courtroom child custody aviation tragic death rivalry sacrifice 1930s
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
Musical
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Shirley Temple James Dunn Claire Trevor Alan Dinehart Ray Walker Dorothy Libaire Ralf Harolde James Flavin Richard Tucker Olive Tell John Alexander
ex-convict wife daughter friend thief private investigator amusing endearing outlandish frenetic family home new york state redemption new life family suspicion theft precocious child escape discovery
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Alice Faye James Dunn Ned Sparks Lyda Roberti Cliff Edwards Arline Judge Eleanor Powell Benny Rubin Emma Dunn Roger Imhof George White
producer singer boyfriend aunt performer rival spirited charming florida train georgia theater new york city club show business performance family competition scandal marriage
A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. He sees his name in lights on a local theater and is scandalized over the unauthorized ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1948
76 Minutes
Mike
A would-be playwright and a young woman escaping from a job at a gas station meet cute and fall in love.
Drama
1947
104 Minutes
Brian McCoy
Mickey Rooney Brian Donlevy Ann Blyth James Dunn Tom Tully Sam Levene Walter Sande Mickey Knox James Bell Gloria Holden Eve March
boxer gambler deadbeat dad daughter love interest alcoholic engaging tense melodramatic new york city boxing ring street pool hall apartment corruption rise to stardom gambling redemption moral dilemma boxing
A dancer (Mickey Rooney) tries boxing, kills his buddy in the ring and becomes a gambler's (Brian Donlevy) pawn.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Stew Schaeffer
Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson Angie Dickinson James Dunn Henry Jones Tom Drake Frank Conroy Carl Benton Reid Patricia Crest William Hansen
doctor young man friend sick person nurse wife emotional somber small town doctor's office hospital new england rural community friendship mortality euthanasia guilt illness affair sacrifice
A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »
Drama
1962
145 Minutes
Telegrapher
Richard Beymer Paul Newman Diane Baker Corinne Calvet Fred Clark Dan Dailey James Dunn Juano Hernandez Arthur Kennedy Ricardo Montalban Susan Strasberg
Hemingway's Nick Adams (Richard Beymer) hits the road, meets a boxer (Paul Newman) and drives an ambulance in World War I France.
Musical
USA
1934
69 Minutes
Warner Baxter Madge Evans Shirley Temple Nigel Bruce Stepin Fetchit Frank Melton Lila Lee Ralph Morgan Frank Mitchell Jack Durant Arthur Byron
producer secretary congressman father daughter businessman cheery confident spirited washington, d.c. office stage government building theater great depression entertainment government corruption business optimism
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1966
119 Minutes
Stephen Boyd Elke Sommer Milton Berle Eleanor Parker Joseph Cotten Jill St. John Tony Bennett Edie Adams Ernest Borgnine Ed Begley Walter Brennan
actor friend public relations specialist cabaret performer girlfriend private investigator melodramatic dark sad outlandish hollywood, calif. tijuana, mexico movie set new york city awards ceremony show business social climbing fame blackmail bad publicity
Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.