List of the best Jill Esmond movies: F.P.1 Doesn't Answer(1933), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946), The Skin Game(1931), State's Attorney(1932), Thirteen Women(1932), A Man Called Peter(1955), Is My Face Red?(1932), Night People(1954), On the Sunny Side(1942), Random Harvest(1942), The White Cliffs of Dover(1944), This Above All(1942) ... ...
Drama
1933
109 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Jill Esmond Leslie Fenton George Merritt Donald Calthrop Alexander Field Francis L. Sullivan Warwick Ward Nicholas Hannen William Freshman
An aircraft landing site in the Atlantic is targeted by a rival who wants the floating platform rendered useless.
Adventure
USA
1946
86 Minutes
The Queen Mother
Cornel Wilde Anita Louise Jill Esmond Edgar Buchanan Henry Daniell George Macready Russell Hicks John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Eva Moore Ray Teal
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Drama
UK
1931
87 Minutes
Jill
Edmund Gwenn Helen Haye Jill Esmond Phyllis Konstam John Longden Frank Lawton C.V. France Edward Chapman Ronald Frankau Herbert Ross Dora Gregory
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Lillian Ulrich
John Barrymore Helen Twelvetrees William "Stage" Boyd Jill Esmond Mary Duncan Albert Conti C. Henry Gordon Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel
attorney governor mobster prostitute client gritty engaging shocking melodramatic gambling house courtroom speakeasy apartment political corruption mobsters redemption alcoholism romance court battles rise
Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Jo Turner
Irene Dunne Ricardo Cortez Myrna Loy Jill Esmond Florence Eldridge Kay Johnson Julie Haydon Mary Duncan Peg Entwistle Elsie Prescott Wally Albright
young woman leader outcast detective son hypnotist eerie melodramatic suspenseful new york city circus train beverly hills, calif. police station murder racism hypnosis investigation mother/child relationship friendship
Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.
Biography, Drama
1955
119 Minutes
Mrs. Findlay
Richard Todd Jean Peters Marjorie Rambeau Jill Esmond Les Tremayne Robert Burton Gladys Hurlbut Richard Garrick Gloria Gordon Billy Chapin
minister chaplain wife heartwarming inspiring washington, d.c. scotland faith religion illness hope marriage social standing discovery rise 1950s
Scottish-born minister Peter Marshall's (Richard Todd) sermons inspire his wife (Jean Peters), congregations and the U.S. Senate.
Comedy
1932
67 Minutes
Mildred Huntington
Helen Twelvetrees Ricardo Cortez Robert Armstrong Jill Esmond Arline Judge Clarence Muse Sidney Toler Fletcher Norton
A muckraking journalist's belief that nothing and no one is sacred takes a toll on his personal and professional lives.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
93 Minutes
Frau Schindler
Gregory Peck Broderick Crawford Anita Björk Rita Gam Walter Abel Buddy Ebsen Casey Adams Jill Esmond
colonel ex-lover elderly person father spy suspenseful thrilling west berlin military hospital kidnapping espionage conspiracy communism bureaucracy nazis quest rescue discovery cold war
During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
69 Minutes
Mrs. Aylesworth
Roddy McDowall Jane Darwell Freddie Mercer Stanley Clements Katharine Alexander Don Douglas Ann E. Todd Jill Esmond Leon Tyler Fred Walburn
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Lydia Rainier
Ronald Colman Greer Garson Philip Dorn Susan Peters Reginald Owen Henry Travers Margaret Wycherly Bramwell Fletcher Arthur Margetson Jill Esmond Marta Linden
veteran showgirl fiancée sibling doctor government official emotional passionate england mental institution music hall household small town amnesia world war i car crash inheritance election relationships love
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
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.
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.