List of the best Laraine Day movies: My Dear Secretary(1948), Woman on Pier 13(1950), Foreign Correspondent(1940), The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944), And One Was Beautiful(1940), Fingers at the Window(1942), Keep Your Powder Dry(1945), Mr. Lucky(1943), Toy Tiger(1956), The High and the Mighty(1954), Calling Dr. Kildare(1939), Kathleen(1941) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Stephanie "Steve" Gaylord
Laraine Day Kirk Douglas Keenan Wynn Helen Walker Rudy Vallee Florence Bates Alan Mowbray Grady Sutton Irene Ryan Gale Robbins Virginia Hewitt
novelist secretary publisher neighbor wife husband cheeky playful apartment beach house las vegas nightclub writing romantic dilemma publishing unlikely romance love transformation discovery 1940s
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Crime, Drama
1950
73 Minutes
Nan Lowry Collins
shipping magnate communist femme fatale wife brother-in-law blackmailer brooding engaging intense suspenseful gripping tense san francisco communism extortion secret past unions deception retribution discovery
Communists blackmail a San Francisco shipper (Robert Ryan) and recruit his wife's (Laraine Day) brother (John Agar) with a blonde.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Carol Fisher
Joel McCrea Laraine Day Herbert Marshall George Sanders Albert Basserman Robert Benchley Edmund Gwenn Edward Ciannelli Harry Davenport Martin Kosleck
reporter editor spy diplomat love interest politician suspenseful gripping thrilling london europe new york city amsterdam espionage conspiracy romance world war ii adventure love pursuit
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Madeleine
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Bob Cummings Laraine Day Jean Muir Billie Burke Ann Morriss Esther Dale Charles Waldron Frank Milan Rand Brooks Paul Stanton Ruth Tobey
young woman sister love interest husband inmate bachelor emotional sad engaging party car family home prison road car accident sister relationship death imprisonment love triangle responsibility
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally runs over a man with a car.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Lew Ayres Laraine Day Basil Rathbone Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Charles D. Brown Cliff Clark James Flavin Russell Gleason William Tannen Mark Daniels
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Drama
1945
93 Minutes
Lana Turner Laraine Day Susan Peters Agnes Moorehead Bill Johnson Natalie Schafer Lee Patrick Marta Linden June Lockhart Jess Barker Michael Kirby
A debutante (Lana Turner), a serviceman's bride (Susan Peters) and a girl (Laraine Day) from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Dorothy Bryant
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Comedy
1956
88 Minutes
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Taylor
Jeff Chandler Laraine Day Tim Hovey Cecil Kellaway Richard Haydn David Janssen
art designer vice president artist son director boy charming lighthearted amusing new york city advertising office boarding school small town artist's studio lake advertising ambition parenthood father figure impersonation
A New York adman (Jeff Chandler) is conned into posing as the father of a co-worker's (Laraine Day) son (Tim Hovey) at boarding school.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
147 Minutes
Lydia Rice
John Wayne Claire Trevor Laraine Day Jan Sterling Robert Stack Phil Harris Robert Newton David Brian
pilot passenger crew member tense suspenseful airplane airport survival redemption disaster plane crash quest 1950s
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
Drama
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Nurse Mary Lamont
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Lana Turner Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Lynne Carver Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Harlan Briggs
intern physician nurse patient sister criminal melodramatic engaging new york city hospital basement apartment false accusations medical profession injury investigation framed for murder confidence discovery quest
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Dr. Angela Martha "Angel" Kent
Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall Laraine Day Gail Patrick Felix Bressart Lloyd Corrigan Nella Walker Guy Bellis Wade Boteler Charles Judels Else Argal
girl father governess friend fiancée psychologist charming amusing emotional household antique shop truck philadelphia daydreaming father/daughter relationship loneliness neglect romance psychoanalysis escape
Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Lucia Pell
Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Ronald Reagan Henry Travers Chris-Pin Martin Tom Conway Chill Wills Nydia Westman Charles Stevens
rancher uncle bandit banker old flame husband positive frenetic striking mexico ranch old west theft oil foreclosure redemption kidnapping transformation love 19th century
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan. Saying ... See full summary »
Drama
1941
78 Minutes
Nurse Mary Lamont
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Bonita Granville Alma Kruger Red Skelton Paul Stanton Diana Lewis
doctor nurse mentor truck driver ice skater lawyer melodramatic inspiring charming road hospital courtroom office medicine media lawsuit reputation mentorship sacrifice quest
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Crime, Drama
1941
94 Minutes
Miss "Croney" Cronin
Edward G. Robinson Edward Arnold Laraine Day Marsha Hunt William T. Orr Don Beddoe Walter Kingsford Charles Dingle Charles Halton
A crusading newsman (Edward G. Robinson) starts up a tabloid with a gangster (Edward Arnold) as his 50-50 partner.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Nurse Mary Lamont
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Nurse Mary Lamont
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
82 Minutes
Eileen Daly
Wallace Beery Tom Brown Alan Curtis Laraine Day Fay Holden Marc Lawrence Marion Martin David Gorcey Donald Haines Ben Welden Etta McDaniel
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Mary Lamont
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
Sci-Fi
1978
100 Minutes
Mrs. Cummings, Mrs. Grant
Ricardo Montalban Herve Villechaize Adrienne Barbeau Joseph Campanella George Chakiris Joseph Cotten Laraine Day George Maharis Cameron Mitchell France Nuyen Karen Valentine
Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) and his helper, Tattoo (Herve Villechaize), give some more rich guests what they want.
Mystery & Thriller
1975
100 Minutes
Claire Garwood
Robert Stack Ralph Bellamy Polly Bergen Theodore Bikel Sonny Bono Dane Clark Laraine Day Fernando Lamas George Maharis Farrah Fawcett Hugh O'Brian
When murder occurs on a trans-Atlantic flight, the passengers and crew realize that the killer might strike again.
Adventure
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Mrs. Richard Lancing
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan John Sheffield Ian Hunter Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Henry Wilcoxon Laraine Day Morton Lowry Gavin Muir
baby tarzan wife ape animal intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful thrilling jungle airplane tree treehouse wildlife tarzan adoption airplane crash adventure discovery
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Drama
1940
97 Minutes
Linda Rodgers
Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Mona Barrie Paul Cavanagh Jack Carson Louis Calhern Laraine Day Reed Hadley Frances Drake
physician patient rich girl wealthy man debutante husband tense disheartening emotional new york city clinic hospital apartment ship suicide attempt unrequited love health care class distinctions marriage sacrifice
A doctor (Spencer Tracy) marries a model (Hedy Lamarr) and quits his clinic to make enough money to please her.