List of the best John Gilbert movies: The Big Parade(1925), Bardelys the Magnificent(1926), Downstairs(1932), Desert Nights(1929), The Cossacks(1928), Fast Workers(1933), Man, Woman and Sin(1927), The Hollywood Revue(1929), Twelve Miles Out(1927), Four Walls(1928), The Phantom of Paris(1931), Queen Christina(1933) ... ...
War
USA
1925
126 Minutes
James Apperson
John Gilbert Renée Adorée Hobart Bosworth Claire McDowell Claire Adams Karl Dane Robert Ober Tom O'Brien Rosita Marstini
soldier father mother ingénue brother girlfriend emotional melodramatic france battlefield countryside family home farm world war i horrors of war young love family growing up love quest
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1926
90 Minutes
Bardelys
John Gilbert Eleanor Boardman Roy D'Arcy Lionel Belmore Emily Fitzroy George K. Arthur Arthur Lubin Theodore von Eltz Karl Dane Edward Connelly Fred Malatesta
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardelys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
Drama
USA
1932
77 Minutes
John Gilbert Virginia Bruce Paul Lukas Hedda Hopper Reginald Owen Olga Baclanova Bodil Rosing Otto Hoffman Lucien Littlefield Marion Lessing
chauffeur baron baroness butler maid cook melodramatic dark tense manor austria bedroom kitchen wedding aristocracy class distinctions affair blackmail fidelity false accusations
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Drama
USA
1929
72 Minutes
A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Lukashka
John Gilbert Renée Adorée Ernest Torrence Dale Fuller Mary Alden Josephine Borio Neil Neely Yorke Sherwood Joseph Mari Paul Hurst
A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Gunner Smith
Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1927
70 Minutes
John Gilbert Jeanne Eagels Gladys Brockwell Marc McDermott
A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy he and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1929
116 Minutes
Himself, Romeo
John Gilbert Norma Shearer Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Buster Keaton
laurel and hardy singer buster keaton dancer comedian joan crawford lighthearted amusing cheeky spectacular stage dance floor balcony musical revue magic act burlesque vaudeville star-crossed lovers performance love
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Drama
USA
1927
85 Minutes
Jerry Fay
John Gilbert Ernest Torrence Joan Crawford Eileen Percy Paulette Duval Dorothy Sebastian Gwen Lee Edward Earle Bert Roach Tom O'Brien
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
65 Minutes
John Gilbert Joan Crawford Vera Gordon Carmel Myers Robert E. O'Connor Louis Natheaux John Byron
ex-convict ex-girlfriend love interest mechanic gang leader detective confident tense prison new york city garage party rehabilitation murder romance family gangsters transformation quest 1920s
While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny's girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1931
73 Minutes
Chéri-Bibi
John Gilbert Leila Hyams Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt C. Aubrey Smith Natalie Moorhead Ian Keith Alfred Hickman Rose Plumer
A French magician (John Gilbert) poses as his beloved's (Leila Hyams) husband to clear himself of murder.
Romance
USA
1933
97 Minutes
Antonio
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Elizabeth Young C. Aubrey Smith Reginald Owen Georges Renavent Gustav von Seyffertitz David Torrence Ferdinand Munier Akim Tamiroff
queen diplomat count cousin courtier confident melodramatic sweden royal court countryside inn stockholm love triangle marriage politics palace intrigue royalty forbidden love rivalry transformation
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
Romance, Drama
USA
1926
113 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lars Hanson Barbara Kent William Orlamond George Fawcett Eugenie Besserer Marc McDermott Marcelle Corday Rolfe Sedan
soldier countess count friend uncle pastor melodramatic germany ballroom train station adultery friendship loyalty military violence love triangle forbidden love rivalry transformation 1920s
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other once fiercely loved.
Drama
USA
1926
101 Minutes
Lillian Gish John Gilbert Renée Adorée Edward Everett Horton Roy D'Arcy George Hassell David Mir Gene Pouyet Karl Dane Catherine Vidor Valentina Zimina
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Drama
USA
1928
96 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Johnny Mack Brown Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Hobart Bosworth Dorothy Sebastian
beautiful woman aristocrat friend father fiancée melodramatic emotional england paris household love triangle romance social standing aristocracy marriage depression forbidden love fall 1920s
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
Drama
1925
113 Minutes
Prince Danilo Petrovich
Mae Murray John Gilbert Roy D'Arcy Josephine Crowell George Fawcett Tully Marshall Gertrude Bennett Sidney Bracey Estelle Clark Edward Connelly Albert Conti
prince dancer king uncle baron widow melodramatic passionate palace wedding dance hall ruritania marriage courtship class conflict royal life second chance underdog pursuit love
A prince (John Gilbert) and a baron with a foot fetish vie for a widowed U.S. dancer (Mae Murray) in Ruritania.
Drama
USA
1924
76 Minutes
Bezano
Lon Chaney Norma Shearer John Gilbert Tully Marshall Marc McDermott Ford Sterling Harvey Clarke Paulette Duval Ruth King Clyde Cook Brandon Hurst
clown circus performer partner baron wife brooding emotional uneasy laboratory household circus tent arena cage performance disillusionment dignity unrequited love science revenge
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Comedy
1934
92 Minutes
Steve Bramley
Victor McLaglen Helen Vinson John Gilbert Alison Skipworth Wynne Gibson Walter Connolly Fred Keating Tala Birell Leon Errol Walter Catlett Donald Meek
Drama, Romance
1919
87 Minutes
Gray Pendleton
Mary Pickford Sidney Franklin Harold Goodwin A.D. Sears Claire McDowell Sam De Grasse W.H. Bainbridge John Gilbert Betty Bouton Fred Warren Fred Huntley
An outsider trying to exploit the area for its coal inflames tensions among rival families in the Kentucky hills.
Comedy
USA
1928
82 Minutes
Himself (Cameo appearance) (uncredited)
Marion Davies William Haines Dell Henderson Paul Ralli Tenen Holtz Harry Gribbon Sidney Bracey Polly Moran Albert Conti John Gilbert Mae Murray
actress actor studio head director father emotional charming studio hollywood, calif. theater ambition fame filmmaking love triangle love rise transformation 1920s
A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.