List of the best Kay Francis movies: I Found Stella Parish(1935), Give Me Your Heart(1936), Mandalay(1934), My Bill(1938), Man Wanted(1932), Always in My Heart(1942), Wife Wanted(1946), Allotment Wives(1945), British Agent(1934), Secrets of an Actress(1938), Another Dawn(1937), Women in the Wind(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
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.
Romance
USA
1936
87 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Patric Knowles Roland Young Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Helen Flint Zeffie Tilbury Elspeth Dudgeon Halliwell Hobbes Russ Powell
woman aristocrat author invalid businessman physician melodramatic moving unrestrained england italy new york city house running away adoption marriage affair family competition sacrifice
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.
Drama
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Lyle Talbot Warner Oland Ruth Donnelly Reginald Owen Hobart Cavanaugh David Torrence Rafaela Ottiano Halliwell Hobbes Etienne Girardot
political refugee surgeon gunrunner pimp prostitute beautiful woman tense melodramatic sultry mandalay, myanmar rangoon, myanmar brothel boat city poverty prostitution organized crime blackmail secret past new life
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Kay Francis David Manners Andy Devine Una Merkel Kenneth Thomson Claire Dodd Charlotte Merriam Edward Van Sloan Robert Greig
magazine editor playboy salesman fiancée secretary polo player airy witty lighthearted brooklyn, n.y. coney island office nightclub infidelity workplace romance love triangle jealousy corporate ladder divorce forbidden love
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Drama
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Marjorie "Mudge" Scott
Kay Francis Walter Huston Gloria Warren Patty Hale Frank Thomas Jr. Una O'Connor Sidney Blackmer Armida Frank Puglia Russell Arms Anthony Caruso
interior decorator boyfriend ex-husband son daughter moving confident engaging california household prison club boat family false accusations musicians prejudice jealousy discovery growing up
After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. There he befriends his... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
73 Minutes
Kay Francis Paul Cavanagh Robert Shayne Veda Ann Borg Teala Loring John Gallaudet Jonathan Hale Tim Ryan Barton Yarborough
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1945
80 Minutes
Kay Francis Paul Kelly Otto Kruger Gertrude Michael Teala Loring Bernard Nedell
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Elena Moura
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Ian Hunter Gloria Dickson Isabel Jeans Penny Singleton Dennie Moore Selmer Jackson Herbert Rawlinson Emmett Vogan James B. Carson
actress architect friend producer estranged wife father touching melodramatic witty new york city apartment bar theater boat love triangle show business divorce friendship big break infidelity
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Romance
USA
1937
73 Minutes
Kay Francis Errol Flynn Ian Hunter Frieda Inescort Herbert Mundin Billy Bevan Kenneth Hunter G.P. Huntley Jr. Clyde Cook Dick Powell Charles Irwin
widow love interest colonel captain british officer melodramatic tender thrilling africa desert train england love triangle unrequited love marriage second chance colonialism dangerous mission rivalry forbidden love
Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Kay Francis William Gargan Victor Jory Max Rosenbloom Sheila Bromley Eve Arden Eddie Foy Jr. Charles Anthony Hughes
heroine pilot brother friend wife rousing gutsy california airplane cleveland aviation contest family sabotage divorce love triangle rivalry quest 1930s
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Kay Francis Alan Dinehart Marjorie Gateson Gloria Stuart Allen Vincent
wife mistress architect brother daughter designer emotional passionate tender new york city bridge nightclub family home marital problems social climbing affair father/daughter relationship car accident divorce temptation
A married architect, stuck in a loveless marriage, due to his daughter, has an an affair with a dress designer (Natalie). Just when he's ready to ask his wife for a divorce, his daughter falls in love with Natalie's brother.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Warren William Helene Lowell Henry O'Neill Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hicks Maude Turner Gordon Martha Merrill Edgar Kennedy Sam Hayes
pilot friend wife benefactor daredevil melodramatic mushy emotional tense long island, n.y. new york state airplane party friendship love triangle marriage tragic death guilt loyalty forbidden love
Terry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Kay Francis Walter Huston Nils Asther Phillips Holmes Eugene Pallette C. Henry Gordon Louise Closser Hale Jean Parker
mayor wife captain steward deserter commander intense melodramatic hungary village estate barn household river world war i hungarian history romantic dilemma desertion jealousy class conflict
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Claire Landin, Miss Clair King
Kay Francis Pat O'Brien Ralph Forbes Melville Cooper Thurston Hall Grant Mitchell Gordon Oliver John Eldredge Herbert Rawlinson Hugh Compton Sarah Edwards
advertiser father daughter company president fiancé husband cheeky tense engaging melodramatic new york city church office judge's chambers advertising business embezzlement drinking romance competition
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Drama
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Kay Francis Jack Oakie Jimmy Lydon George Bancroft Ann Gillis Carl Esmond William Demarest Richard Nichols Casey Johnson Francesca Santoro Johnny Burke
headmistress teacher child con artist bank robber cheery spirited boarding school boarding-school life childhood foreclosure sacrifice underdog growing up 1870s
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she ... See full summary »
Comedy
1937
82 Minutes
Kay Francis Preston Foster Anita Louise Verree Teasdale Walter Connolly Victor Jory Louise Fazenda Marjorie Gateson Marjorie Rambeau Eric Stanley Henry O'Neill
wife politician rival secretary of state supreme court justice patriotic quirky witty washington, d.c. political intrigue divorce patriotism political campaign marriage rivalry 1930s
The secretary of state's (Preston Foster) Washington-wise wife (Kay Francis) wants him to be president.
Drama
1937
86 Minutes
Kay Francis Basil Rathbone Ian Hunter Jane Bryan Donald Crisp Mary Maguire Dorothy Peterson Laura Hope Crews Robert Barrat Ben Welden Veda Ann Borg
cabaret performer composer husband girl judge mother intense passionate dark striking warsaw, poland courtroom nightclub house concert hall scandal adultery secret past mother/daughter relationship murder
A cabaret singer (Kay Francis) stands trial in Warsaw for killing a concert pianist (Basil Rathbone) to save her daughter's honor.
Comedy
1935
65 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Genevieve Tobin John Eldredge Claire Dodd Ralph Forbes Helene Lowell Spencer Charters William Austin
divorcée ex-husband wife lover thief husband cheeky crafty california household mountain cabin gas station car jealousy mistaken identity schemes thievery mix-up romance
A divorcee (Kay Francis) arranges so her ex-husband can catch his second wife (Genevieve Tobin) being unfaithful.
Drama
1933
70 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Glenda Farrell Allen Jenkins Monroe Owsley Helen Ware Henry Kolker Ferdinand Gottschalk Irving Bacon Clarence Wilson George Chandler
wife ex-husband husband private detective sister partner melodramatic outlandish intricate cruise ship bedroom mansion blackmail divorce jealousy love triangle cruise scam escape forbidden love
A private eye (George Brent) follows a millionaire's wife (Kay Francis) to Havana, where they fall in love.
Comedy
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall Charles Ruggles Edward Everett Horton C. Aubrey Smith Robert Greig
thief pickpocket widow executive amusing passionate madcap paris office household love romance crime scams deception love rivalry 1930s
A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Joan
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Baroness Teri
William Powell Kay Francis Helen Vinson Hardie Albright Andre Luguet Henry Kolker Spencer Charters Alan Mowbray Lawrence Grant Jacques Vanaire Charles Coleman
baron baroness thief detective husband lover amusing lighthearted vienna jewelry shop house crime jewelry theft investigation infidelity affair love pursuit forbidden love temptation
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Edith Flint
Scandal Sheet is a 1931 American crime film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, Vincent Lawrence and Max Marcin. The film stars George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Alice Morrison
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
Musical
USA
1934
85 Minutes
Liane Renaud
Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Hal LeRoy Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Louise Fazenda Fifi D'Orsay Robert Barrat
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
lawyer wife salesgirl emotional solemn sad london naples, italy venice, italy swimming pool infidelity infatuation scandal forgiveness reputation forbidden love fall 1930s
London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Western
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Julie King
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Drama
USA
1930
62 Minutes
Irene Manners
William Powell Kay Francis Scott Kolk William B. Davidson John Elliott Thomas E. Jackson Harry Walker James Finlayson Charles West Charles Sullivan
William Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Carol Nelson
Humphrey Bogart Kay Francis James Stephenson John Eldredge Jessie Busley Arthur Aylesworth Raymond Brown Harland Tucker Ralph Remley Murray Alper Charles Foy
doctor gangster writer widow police officer gambler suspenseful melodramatic tense small town doctor's office prison police station apartment casino grief murder reputation marriage medicine
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
72 Minutes
Ronald Colman Kay Francis Bramwell Fletcher Frances Dade David Torrence Alison Skipworth Frederick Kerr John Rogers Wilson Benge Virginia Bruce
thief gentleman friend inspector lord lady thrilling amusing london estate party household jewelry theft secret life one last job friendship debt rivalry quest love
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Kay Francis Genevieve Tobin Robert Barrat Murray Kinnell Robert McWade J. Farrell MacDonald Henry Kolker
business owner theodore roosevelt mother wife opera singer socialite melodramatic passionate emotional athens, greece stockyard apartment courtroom family home chicago fraud love triangle infidelity family business failing marriage
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
USA
1930
80 Minutes
Walter Huston Kay Francis Kenneth MacKenna Jobyna Howland Paul Cavanagh Eric Kalkhurst Oscar Apfel Gordon McLeod
Marya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I.
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Georgia Drake
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
76 Minutes
Alma Marsden
William Powell Jean Arthur Kay Francis Regis Toomey Stanley Fields Brooks Benedict
husband wife gambler criminal thug brother melodramatic dark gripping new york city gambling house gambling crime redemption family brotherhood husband/wife relationship escape transformation sacrifice
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
Romance
USA
1930
70 Minutes
Countess Olga Balakireff
Billie Dove Basil Rathbone Kay Francis Montagu Love Kenneth Thomson Philip Strange Gino Corrado Elinor Vanderveer
aristocrat violinist countess doctor husband old flame melodramatic emotional england party family home seaside resort marriage high society class distinctions fame mental breakdown infidelity love
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
96 Minutes
Penelope
Groucho Marx Joseph Santley Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Kay Francis Oscar Shaw Mary Eaton Margaret Dumont Cyril Ring Basil Ruysdael
hotel owner wealthy woman daughter guest clerk brother hysterical madcap florida hotel hall auction house business land rush financial crisis theft auction brother relationship adventure quest
During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.