List of the best Jessie Ralph movies: Walking on Air(1936), They Met in Bombay(1941), Camille(1936), Double Wedding(1937), I Found Stella Parish(1935), Love Is a Headache(1938), Hold That Kiss(1938), The Affairs of Cellini(1934), The Bank Dick(1940), San Francisco(1936), The Good Earth(1937), The Last of Mrs. Cheyney(1937) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Evelyn Bennett
Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Jessie Ralph Henry Stephenson George Meeker Gordon Jones Maxine Jennings Alan Curtis
overbearing young woman impersonator divorcée valet airy amusing madcap mansion father/daughter relationship love triangle impersonation family deception forbidden love discovery quest 1930s
A stubborn young woman hires a struggling singer to play her obnoxious suitor in a scheme to overturn her father's objections to the man she really wants to marry.
Adventure
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Duchess of Beltravers
Clark Gable Rosalind Russell Peter Lorre Jessie Ralph Reginald Owen Edward Ciannelli
thief duchess con artist captain police detective aristocrat charming witty madcap india hotel ship bedroom jewelry theft assumed identity deception unlikely allies con game crime pursuit
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
Romance
USA
1936
108 Minutes
Nanine
Greta Garbo Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Elizabeth Allan Jessie Ralph Henry Daniell
courtesan young man love interest father baron maid melodramatic emotional passionate paris chateau apartment opera house countryside forbidden love scandal love triangle wealth father/son relationship tuberculosis
A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.
Comedy
USA
1937
87 Minutes
Mrs. Kensington-Bly
William Powell Myrna Loy Florence Rice John Beal Jessie Ralph Edgar Kennedy Sidney Toler Mary Gordon Barnett Parker Katharine Alexander Priscilla Lawson
artist sister young woman fiancé ex-wife free spirit amusing lighthearted city trailer wedding opposites attract siblings love triangle matchmaking marriage love rivalry adventure 1930s
Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
Nana
Kay Francis Ian Hunter Paul Lukas Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph Joe Sawyer Eddie Acuff Walter Kingsford Robert Strange Ferdinand Munier
actress journalist producer daughter nanny husband melodramatic brooding endearing london theater ship stage secret past fame missing persons tabloid journalism mother/daughter relationship redemption fall
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
Comedy
USA
1938
68 Minutes
Sheriff Janet Winfield
Franchot Tone Gladys George Mickey Rooney Ralph Morgan Jessie Ralph Barnett Parker Ted Healy Frank Jenks Virginia Weidler Fay Holden Julius Tannen
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Aunt Lucy
Maureen O'Sullivan Dennis O'Keefe Mickey Rooney George Barbier Jessie Ralph Edward Brophy Fay Holden Phillip Terry Ruth Hussey Barnett Parker Frank Albertson
June Evans, clothing model, and Tommy Bradford, travel agent, both dream of being rich. When they meet at millionaire, J. Westley Piermont's daughter's wedding, they both assume each other ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Beatrice
Constance Bennett Fredric March Frank Morgan Fay Wray Jessie Ralph Lucille Ball Vince Barnett Louis Calhern Jay Eaton Paul Harvey
artist duchess duke artist's model steward emigrant witty amusing cheeky madcap florence, italy royal palace bedroom balcony benvenuto cellini scandal incompetency palace intrigue adultery patronage
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Comedy
1940
74 Minutes
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
W.C. Fields Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel Evelyn Del Rio Jessie Ralph Franklin Pangborn Shemp Howard Dick Purcell Grady Sutton Russell Hicks
guard bank teller inspector swindler daughter bank robber madcap hilarious lighthearted outlandish small town bank hotel car luck schemes embezzlement hero worship bank heist getaway
A man inadvertently foils a robbery and is awarded the job of bank guard, forcing him to face a real holdup.
Adventure
1936
115 Minutes
Mrs. Burley
Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph Ted Healy Shirley Ross Al Shean
singer nightclub owner pretty woman real estate agent melodramatic emotional tender san francisco lottery love music opera salvation natural disasters love underdog rivalry 1900s
A Barbary Coast gambler (Clark Gable) loves his new saloon singer (Jeanette MacDonald), then loses her in the 1906 earthquake panic.
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Cuckoo
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Comedy
USA
1937
98 Minutes
The Duchess of Ebley
Joan Crawford Richard Boleslawski William Powell Robert Montgomery Frank Morgan Nigel Bruce Jessie Ralph Benita Hume Melville Cooper Ralph Forbes Colleen Clare
socialite butler wealthy man lord duchess detective witty emotional amusing london estate new york city ship jewelry theft secret identity deception love triangle swindling partnership discovery
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
Comedy, Drama
1936
113 Minutes
Aunt Katherine Forrest
William Powell Myrna Loy James Stewart Elissa Landi Joseph Calleia Jessie Ralph Alan Marshal Penny Singleton William Law Sam Levene George Zucco
detective socialite cousin friend murderer cop witty suspenseful san francisco household nightclub apartment missing persons investigation deception murder blackmail infidelity mystery pursuit
Urbane Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) look for a cousin's missing husband and find murder.
Comedy, Drama
1936
98 Minutes
The Applewoman
Freddie Bartholomew C. Aubrey Smith Dolores Costello Guy Kibbee Mickey Rooney Jessie Ralph
heir earl mother lawyer impostor tender charming emotional brooklyn, n.y. england courtroom inheritance mother/child relationship trial transformation rise underdog 1880s
An 1880s Brooklyn boy (Freddie Bartholomew) is summoned to England by his grandfather (C. Aubrey Smith) and raised as a lord.
Drama, History
USA
1939
103 Minutes
Mrs. Weaver
Claudette Colbert Henry Fonda John Carradine Edna May Oliver Eddie Collins Dorris Bowdon Jessie Ralph Arthur Shields Robert Lowery Roger Imhof Francis Ford
husband wife widow native american tory patriotic thrilling albany, n.y. farm fort dayton mohawk valley frontier life colonialism revolutionary war love daunting task quest rivalry sacrifice 1770s
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Mrs. Helene Smith
Carl Brisson Victor McLaglen Jack Oakie Kitty Carlisle Hart Dorothy Stickney Gertrude Michael Jessie Ralph
A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Lady Hathaway
Franchot Tone Loretta Young Roland Young Lewis Stone Dudley Digges Henry Daniell Jessie Ralph Robert Greig E.E. Clive Wallis Clark John Buckler
An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
66 Minutes
Mrs. Phoebe Fisher
Ann Harding Frank Morgan Katharine Alexander Reginald Owen Jane Baxter Ralph Forbes Jessie Ralph Charles Judels Rafaela Ottiano
For Lotty Wilkins, romance is no longer part of her marriage. In an effort to find what's missing from her life, she and three other women rent an Italian villa for the month of April, ... See full summary »
Romance
1935
92 Minutes
Mrs. O.H.B. Gage
Joan Crawford Brian Aherne Frank Morgan Aline MacMahon Eric Blore Arthur Treacher Fred Keating Jessie Ralph Frank Conroy Etienne Girardot Edward Brophy
socialite archaeologist father millionaire butler grandmother airy witty charming lighthearted new york city yacht greece island connecticut museum class distinctions deception vacation love triangle
An heiress and a young archaeologist fall in love during a chance meeting, but they find that money poses a problem.
Romance
USA
1935
76 Minutes
Lady Mullion
Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery May Robson Otto Kruger Lewis Stone Henry Stephenson Violet Kemble Cooper Donald Crisp Jessie Ralph Lionel Belmore Lawrence Grant
The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her fathers house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Mrs. Blake
Myrna Loy William Powell Una Merkel Harvey Stephens Isabel Jewell Rosalind Russell Henry Wadsworth Edward Brophy Cora Sue Collins Jessie Ralph Perry Ivins
husband wife pretty woman criminal lawyer tense melodramatic household courtroom street marital problems jealousy flirtation accidental killing trial secrets temptation forbidden love fall 1930s
The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Aunt Martha Parker
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Sarah Crosby
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Claire Dodd Frank McHugh Preston Foster Russell Hopton Sterling Holloway Emma Dunn Charles Wilson Jessie Ralph Douglas Dumbrille
baseball player girlfriend manager gambler teammate amusing heartwarming chicago baseball field baseball love success rivalry underdog adventure 1930s
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
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.
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Lawrence Tibbett Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Cesar Romero Thurston Hall Luis Alberni George F. Marion Ruth Donnelly Franklyn Ardell Adrian Rosley Christian Rub
opera singer conductor opera director love interest diva friend engaging spirited positive new york city opera house house philadelphia theater opera creative process rehearsal big break egoism new romance
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Adventure
USA
1935
119 Minutes
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Lionel Atwill Ross Alexander Guy Kibbee Henry Stephenson George Hassell Forrester Harvey Frank McGlynn Robert Barrat
doctor pirate lady governor government official sailor brash confident thrilling england port royal, jamaica ship pirates treason slavery rebellion adventure transformation 17th century
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.