List of the best Joseph Cawthorn movies: Jazz Heaven(1929), Brides Are Like That(1936), White Zombie(1932), Bright Lights(1935), Broken Dreams(1933), Harmony Lane(1935), Sweet Adeline(1935), They Call It Sin(1932), One Rainy Afternoon(1936), Housewife(1934), Grand Slam(1933), Love Me Tonight(1932) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1929
71 Minutes
Herman Kemple
Sally O'Neil Joseph Cawthorn Johnny Mack Brown Clyde Cook Blanche Frederici Albert Conti Henry Armetta Ole M. Ness J. Barney Sherry Adele Watson
A Southern songwriter brings his piano to New York and meets a girl who works on Tin Pan Alley
Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Uncle Fred Schultz
Ross Alexander Anita Louise Joseph Cawthorn Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Mary Treen Alma Lloyd Craig Reynolds Dick Purcell
husband wife father-in-law mother-in-law uncle doctor charming airy family home farm office jewelry shop marriage family dysfunction love triangle ambition poverty financial troubles love 1930s
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1932
73 Minutes
Dr. Bruner
Bela Lugosi Madge Bellamy Robert Frazer Joseph Cawthorn John Harron Brandon Hurst Clarence Muse
zombie newlywed wealthy man witch doctor eerie creepy tense haiti plantation castle supernatural jealousy zombies rescue resurrection marriage love rescue 1930s
A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Oscar Schlemmer
Joe E. Brown Ann Dvorak Patricia Ellis William Gargan Joseph Cawthorn Arthur Treacher Gordon Westcott Joseph Crehan William Demarest
Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Pop
Randolph Scott Martha Sleeper Buster Phelps Beryl Mercer Joseph Cawthorn Charlotte Merriam Sidney Bracey Martin Burton Clarence Geldart Edward LeSaint Adele St. Mauer
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Professor Henry Kleber
Douglass Montgomery Evelyn Venable William Frawley Adrienne Ames Joseph Cawthorn David Torrence Gilbert Emery Lloyd Hughes Al Herman Cora Sue Collins
composer fiancée wife minstrel father music teacher spirited melodramatic kentucky plantation family home saloon church new york city stephen foster songwriting marital problems father/son relationship alcoholism financial troubles
The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
Musical
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Oscar Schmidt
Irene Dunne Donald Woods Hugh Herbert Ned Sparks Joseph Cawthorn Louis Calhern Winifred Shaw
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Robert A. Hollister
Loretta Young George Brent David Manners Louis Calhern Una Merkel Joseph Cawthorn Helen Vinson
Marian moves to New York to make it big in the chorus and becomes involved in a love triangle.
Romance
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Monsieur Pelerin
Francis Lederer Ida Lupino Hugh Herbert Roland Young Erik Rhodes Joseph Cawthorn Countess Liev de Maigret Donald Meek Georgia Caine Richard Carle Mischa Auer
actor young woman mistress fiancé father husband lighthearted playful paris movie theater courtroom jail ice-skating rink theater reputation romance acting mishaps scandal father/daughter relationship
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Krueger
Bette Davis George Brent Ann Dvorak John Halliday Ruth Donnelly Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Joseph Cawthorn Harry Tyler Leila Bennett Ronnie Cosby
housewife ad copywriter lover husband son old friend witty melodramatic uneasy advertising office house courtroom divorce advertising ambition infidelity poverty marriage love rise
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Alex Alexandrovitch
Paul Lukas Loretta Young Frank McHugh Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Walter Byron Ferdinand Gottschalk Joseph Cawthorn Paul Porcasi Mary Doran Lucien Prival
Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Dr. Armand de Fontinac (as Joseph Cawthorne)
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Dr. Wilson
George Arliss Edna May Oliver Janet Beecher Charlotte Henry Ralph Morgan Edward Ellis Frank Albertson Rafaela Ottiano Donald Meek Joseph Cawthorn Harry C. Bradley
millionaire son granddaughter sister lawyer adopted son offbeat witty massachusetts house memorial service inheritance greed family schemes eccentricity reconciliation love quest 1930s
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Rudy
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Dick Powell Gloria Stuart Adolphe Menjou Glenda Farrell Grant Mitchell Dorothy Dare Alice Brady Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Winifred Shaw Joseph Cawthorn
mother daughter son fiancée lover hotel desk clerk amusing lighthearted hotel romance rivalry love wealth performance pursuit underdog 1930s
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.