List of the best Karen Morley movies: Our Daily Bread(1934), The Thirteenth Hour(1947), The Phantom of Crestwood(1932), Black Fury(1935), Flesh(1932), Outcast(1937), Arsene Lupin(1932), Gabriel Over the White House(1933), The Mask of Fu Manchu(1932), The Healer(1936), Never the Twain Shall Meet(1931), Last Train From Madrid(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Mary Sims
Karen Morley Tom Keene Barbara Pepper Addison Richards John Qualen Lloyd Ingram Sidney Bracey Henry Hall Nellie V. Nichols Frank Minor
husband wife farmer carpenter plumber musician uplifting tense spirited apartment farm countryside great depression agriculture commune farming love triangle rise transformation temptation
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
65 Minutes
In the 7th of Columbia's "Whistler" series, truck-firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm, and shortly thereafter is slugged by a masked assailant who steals the... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley H.B. Warner Anita Louise Pauline Frederick Sam Hardy Skeets Gallagher Tom Douglas
banker gold digger sister ex-lover aunt thief intricate fascinating creepy gripping los angeles seaside mansion murder blackmail investigation suspicion family honor mystery revenge
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Anna Novak
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Drama
1932
95 Minutes
Laura
Wallace Beery Karen Morley Ricardo Cortez Jean Hersholt John Miljan Vince Barnett Herman Bing Greta Meyer Edward Brophy Ward Bond Nat Pendleton
wrestler criminal wife old flame manager promoter brooding thrilling tense gutsy wrestling ring germany beer garden new york city gym prison wrestling love triangle deception infidelity
A simple German wrestler (Wallace Beery) comes to America with his bride (Karen Morley), pregnant by another man (Ricardo Cortez).
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Though a doctor is cleared of wrongdoing in a patient's death, the deceased person's family harasses him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
84 Minutes
Sonia
John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Karen Morley John Miljan Tully Marshall Henry Armetta George Davis John Davidson James T. Mack Mary Jane Irving
A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Pendola "Pendie" Molloy
Walter Huston Arthur Byron Karen Morley Franchot Tone Dickie Moore C. Henry Gordon David Landau Samuel S. Hinds William Pawley Jean Parker Claire DuBrey
president chief of staff secret police secretary of state lover gangster creative dark incredible white house washington, d.c. politics dictatorship crime visions divine intervention great depression transformation quest rise
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Horror
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Sheila
Boris Karloff Lewis Stone Karen Morley Myrna Loy Charles Starrett Jean Hersholt Lawrence Grant David Torrence
villain daughter commander doctor explorer archaeologist engaging campy gobi desert england expedition schemes showdown good versus evil father/daughter relationship rivalry quest rescue 1930s
(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Evelyn Allen
Ralph Bellamy Mickey Rooney Karen Morley Judith Allen Robert McWade Bruce Warren J. Farrell MacDonald Vessie Farrell
A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him.
Comedy
1931
79 Minutes
Maisie Morrison
Leslie Howard Conchita Montenegro C. Aubrey Smith Karen Morley Mitchell Lewis Hale Hamilton Clyde Cook Bob Gilbert Joan Standing Eulalie Jensen
A San Francisco importer (Leslie Howard) inherits custody of a Polynesian beauty (Conchita Montenegro).
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Baroness Helene Rafitte
Dorothy Lamour Lew Ayres Gilbert Roland Karen Morley Lionel Atwill Helen Mack Bob Cummings Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Lee Bowman
A newsman (Lew Ayres), a beauty (Dorothy Lamour) and a fugitive (Gilbert Roland) are among those escaping by train from the Spanish Civil War.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Cathleen O'Brien
Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven Karen Morley Theodore von Eltz Jerome Cowan John Burton Leland Hodgson David Torrence Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp
lord daughter rebel rival mother brash fiery patriotic dublin police station house england street irish life politics father/daughter relationship peace treaty assassination plot quest rivalry
British soldiers follow an aristocrat (Merle Oberon) to her lover, a rebel leader (Brian Aherne) in 1921 Dublin.
Comedy, Drama
1931
71 Minutes
Myrtle Burns
Marie Dressler Polly Moran Roscoe Ates Karen Morley William Bakewell John Miljan Joan Marsh Tom McGuire Kane Richmond Mary Alden Bob Perry
music teacher mother tenant daughter racketeer boyfriend cheeky positive small town household political rally club attic town hall election corruption reform small-town life murder racketeering
Wives go on strike to make their husbands vote for a mother (Marie Dressler) running for mayor against corruption.
Romance
1938
95 Minutes
Mrs. Goodwin
Loretta Young Richard Greene Walter Brennan Douglas Dumbrille Karen Morley Willard Robertson George H. Reed Leona Roberts
horse trainer farmer woman soldier auctioneer moving spirited suspenseful kentucky racetrack farm horse racing family feud murder pride love rivalry sacrifice 1930s
Musical
1931
80 Minutes
Crystal
Lawrence Tibbett Lupe Velez Jimmy Durante Ernest Torrence Karen Morley Hale Hamilton Mathilde Comont Philip Cooper Louise Fazenda
A Marine (Lawrence Tibbett) loves a peanut vendor (Lupe Velez) in Cuba and goes back with a buddy (Jimmy Durante) after the war to find her.
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Carlotta
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Alice Claudet
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
85 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Neil Hamilton Marjorie Rambeau Irene Rich Hale Hamilton Conchita Montenegro Jed Prouty Albert Conti Henry Armetta George Davis
secretary foreign correspondent old flame aunt uncle alcoholic melodramatic shocking tender salon nightclub mexico new york city europe hotel female sexuality love triangle commitment marriage infidelity
Against her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.