List of the best Louise Beavers movies: Imitation of Life(1934), It Happened in New Orleans(1936), The Jackie Robinson Story(1950), Too Busy to Work(1932), No Time for Comedy(1940), Holiday Inn(1942), What Price Hollywood?(1932), Delightfully Dangerous(1945), Goodbye, My Lady(1956), Wives Never Know(1936), Wide Open(1930), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House(1948) ... ...
Drama
USA
1934
106 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Warren William Louise Beavers Rochelle Hudson Ned Sparks Alan Hale Henry Armetta Wyndham Standing
widow daughter housekeeper friend emotional touching atlantic city, n.j. family friendship abandonment race relations business mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 1930s
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Musical
1936
87 Minutes
A boy soprano (Bobby Breen) and his foster mother (Louise Beavers) meet his rich grandmother (May Robson) after the Civil War.
Biography
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Ruby Dee Minor Watson Louise Beavers Richard Lane Harry Shannon Ben Lessy Billy Wayne Joel Fluellen Bernie Hamilton Kenny Washington Pat Flaherty
baseball player jackie robinson mother wife coach bigot emotional heartwarming rousing powerful america montreal stadium new york city brooklyn, n.y. baseball american dream race relations family rise
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Will Rogers Marian Nixon Dick Powell Frederick Burton Louise Beavers
A depression-era tramp named Jubilo goes looking for the wife that left him. While on his journey, he meets an assortment of characters.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
James Stewart Rosalind Russell Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Louise Beavers Allyn Joslyn Clarence Kolb Robert Greig J.M. Kerrigan Lawrence Grossmith Robert E. O'Connor
playwright actress socialite ex-husband director charming amusing emotional small town new york city party theater love triangle writing success regret broadway love rise rivalry
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Other
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale Walter Abel Louise Beavers Irving Bacon Marek Windheim
singer dancer innkeeper agent florist charming lighthearted winsome connecticut new york city inn hollywood, calif. love triangle holidays singing dance music rivalry love pursuit
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
Drama
USA
1932
88 Minutes
Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Neil Hamilton Gregory Ratoff Brooks Benedict Louise Beavers Eddie Anderson Bryant Washburn Florence Roberts Gordon De Main Heinie Conklin
actress movie star director producer husband engaging melodramatic hollywood, calif. restaurant movie set france fame movies marital problems alcoholism scandal rise transformation fall 1930s
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Musical, Romance
USA
1945
99 Minutes
Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Constance Moore Arthur Treacher Louise Beavers Ruth Tobey Ruth Robinson Andre Charlot Shirley Hunter Chris Drake
teen girl burlesque dancer theatrical producer classmate orchestra conductor butler uplifting lighthearted boarding school new york city music hall party stage singing ambition sister relationship secret identity running away romance discovery
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »
Drama
1956
95 Minutes
Walter Brennan Phil Harris Brandon de Wilde Sidney Poitier William Hopper Louise Beavers
A 14-year-old orphan (Brandon de Wilde) grows attached to a stray dog, then learns the animal's owner wants it back.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Adolphe Menjou Vivienne Osborne Claude Gillingwater Fay Holden Louise Beavers Constance Bergen Purnell Pratt Irving Bacon Ed Gargan
J. Hugh Ramsey, author of "Marriage, the Living Death" decides that the marriage of his friends The Bigelows cannot possibly be as perfect as it appears.
Comedy
USA
1930
67 Minutes
Edward Everett Horton Patsy Ruth Miller Louise Fazenda Vera Lewis T. Roy Barnes E.J. Ratcliffe Louise Beavers Edna Murphy Frank Beal Vince Barnett
A nervous woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, suddenly has to deal with a very forward and attractive young woman who has sneaked into his apartment - and doesn't want to leave.
Comedy, Drama
1948
94 Minutes
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Reginald Denny Sharyn Moffett Connie Marshall Louise Beavers Ian Wolfe Lurene Tuttle Lex Barker
advertising executive wife real estate agent lawyer architect witty amusing connecticut suburbia new york city apartment household moving house building adventure rivalry 1940s
A New York adman (Cary Grant) and his calm wife (Myrna Loy) buy a big old fixer-upper in rural Connecticut.
Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ann Sheridan Ray Collins Edmund Lowe Joan Lorring Clinton Sundberg Minerva Urecal Louise Beavers Dick Ross Lora Lee Michel Matt Moore
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
96 Minutes
Betty Grable Dan Dailey David Wayne Jane Wyatt Mitzi Gaynor Una Merkel Don Hicks Louise Beavers Laura Pierpont
husband wife dancer friend baby orphanage director charming emotional new york city radio station new jersey apartment tv station hospital pregnancy car accident miscarriage love triangle song and dance black market
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.
Biography
1943
92 Minutes
Michael O'Shea Susan Hayward Frank Craven Osa Massen Harry Davenport Virginia Mayo Ralph Morgan Louise Beavers Jonathan Hale Leonard Strong
author wife prospector sailor hobo publisher engaging fascinating spectacular yukon san francisco alaska new york city japan lifestyle changes marriage social activism war imperialism jack london
The writer (Michael O'Shea) joins the Alaskan gold rush, goes to sea, finds a wife (Susan Hayward) and covers the Russo-Japanese War.
Adventure
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Raymond Massey Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford Hedda Hopper Louise Beavers Martha O'Driscoll Lynne Overman
ship captain shipwreck survivor lawyer villain spirited atlantic ocean north carolina florida keys ship office shipwreck shipping insurance love triangle piracy rivalry love adventure 1840s
Florida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Gene Raymond Wynne Gibson Rockliffe Fellowes Earle Foxe Frank Sheridan Edna Bennett Fritzi Ridgeway Louise Beavers Miriam Goldina
Married couple is imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit.
Comedy
1938
78 Minutes
Tommy Kelly Ann Gillis Edgar Kennedy Benita Hume Billy Gilbert Grant Mitchell Nana Bryant George "Spanky" McFarland Louise Beavers William Demarest Mickey Rentschler
mischievous boy rival horse trainer circus performer father mother airy lighthearted small town circus ring backstage camp family home circus animal tricks cross-dressing deception childish mischief rivalry growing up
Young Bill Peck has a romantic dalliance with an adolescent circus performer before heading to summer camp.
Drama
1932
79 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mary Brian Walter Catlett Oscar Apfel Emma Dunn J. Carrol Naish David Landau Claire MacDowell Louise Beavers Ivan Linow Harold Minjir
naval officer personal assistant wife sailor reporter agent witty emotional amusing submarine parade new york city banquet hall party hero worship celebrity privacy media circus marital problems heroism
A Navy war hero (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) marries his girlfriend (Mary Brian) and tries to avoid publicity.
Romance
USA
1957
89 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Leslie Nielsen Walter Brennan Mala Powers Sidney Blackmer Mildred Natwick Fay Wray Philip Ober Craig Hill Louise Beavers April Kent
pilot southern belle bootlegger grandfather fiancée friend airy playful charming lighthearted mississippi houseboat airplane swamp house plane crash new life family unlikely romance injury
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Drama
USA
1958
105 Minutes
Kim Stanley Lloyd Bridges Steven Hill Betty Lou Holland Joan Copeland Gerald Hiken Burt Brinckerhoff Joanne Linville Joyce Van Patten Bert Freed Louise Beavers
movie star promoter soldier mother dark somber sad hollywood, calif. the south abandonment depression fame mother/daughter relationship loneliness wretched excess fall 1950s
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Doris Kenyon Ralph Bellamy Tommy Conlon Raymond Borzage Beryl Mercer Sarah Padden Robert Homans Dawn O'Day Betty Jane Graham Louise Beavers
Already in trouble with the law, Arthur and his friend Nutty break into a drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. The druggist's wife, Mrs. Doray, asks for custody. When he hears... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Red Skelton Lucille Ball Gene Kelly Douglas Dumbrille Rags Ragland Donald Meek George Givot Zero Mostel Tommy Dorsey Virginia O'Brien Louise Beavers
singer dancer nightclub employee louis xv madame du barry charming new york city nightclub french royal court love triangle unrequited love marrying for money performance sacrifice temptation rivalry french revolution
A night club's coatroom attendant who's in-love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Comedy
USA
1936
73 Minutes
George "Spanky" McFarland Phillips Holmes Ralph Morgan Irving Pichel Rosina Lawrence William "Buckwheat' Thomas Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Hobart Bosworth Robert Middlemass Jimmy Burtis
child soldier gambler runaway slave shoeshine boy amusing playful spirited mississippi river riverboat house american south american civil war children during wartime childhood friends orphans on the run imagination adventure
A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.
Drama
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Robert Wagner Natalie Wood George Hamilton Susan Kohner Pearl Bailey Jack Mullaney Onslow Stevens Anne Seymour Virginia Gregg Mabel Albertson Louise Beavers
The minister of the town has died and his son Chad has no tears for him. Sarah, who now calls herself Salome, is pregnant with Chad's baby, but Chad has no future, no job and no money. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyatt Shirley Ross Lee Patrick Jerome Cowan Una O'Connor Romaine Callender Barnett Parker Cornel Wilde Willie Best Louise Beavers
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
56 Minutes
Tom Keene Marion Shilling Jack Stuart Rose Plumer Jack Ward Hooper Atchley Stanley Blystone Alma Chester William Welsh Murdock MacQuarrie Louise Beavers
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1939
93 Minutes
Carole Lombard James Stewart Charles Coburn Lucile Watson Harry Davenport Ruth Weston Donald Briggs Eddie Quillan Esther Dale Rene Orsell Louise Beavers
lawyer judge wife rival daughter son melodramatic family home office marriage employment ambition family illness quest transformation 1930s
A young lawyer (James Stewart) starts a family with the woman (Carole Lombard) he loves instead of with his boss's (Charles Coburn) daughter.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
103 Minutes
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Ruth Hussey Don DeFore Louis Nye Philip Ober Marianne Stewart Peter Leeds Holly Irving William Lanteau Robert F. Simon
suburbanite friend husband wife witty passionate amusing suburbia household abandoned building hotel boat affair marriage friendship vacation love-hate relationship middle age forbidden love temptation
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
74 Minutes
Joan Crawford Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Robert Montgomery Raymond Hackett John Miljan Hedda Hopper Albert Conti Edward Brophy Robert E. O'Connor Martha Sleeper
shopgirl shop owner wealthy man criminal married man mistress melodramatic engaging tender passionate new york city store apartment small town farm new town husband hunting romance marriage of convenience affair
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible one,... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Paul Douglas Marie Wilson William Ching Arleen Whelan Leif Erickson Charles Dingle Lurene Tuttle Hillary Brooke Frieda Inescort Regis Toomey
socialite senator army officer model ex-husband private amusing endearing positive washington, d.c. army base fort lee, va. military life deception romance female bonding culture clash transformation love 1950s
A shallow society matron is urged by her senator father to join the Women's Army Corps.
Comedy
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin Marjorie Rambeau Robert Armstrong Mary Carlisle William Cagney Thelma Todd Franklyn Ardell Tom Dugan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Don Taylor Jeffrey Lynn Ray Collins Hugo Haas Harry Davenport Griff Barnett Katharine Alexander James Todd Morris Ankrum
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris Ronald Reagan Johnnie Davis Jane Bryan Eddie Albert Jane Wyman Henry O'Neill Gordon Oliver Larry Williams William Tracy
cadet friend wife instructor hilarious witty virginia military institute lexington, va. pregnancy secret friendship marriage military quest love temptation 1930s
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.