List of the best Lucille Ball movies: Yours, Mine and Ours(1968), The Dark Corner(1946), The Fuller Brush Girl(1950), Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949), Best Foot Forward(1943), Forever Darling(1956), Beauty for the Asking(1939), Next Time I Marry(1938), Too Many Girls(1940), Mame(1974), Panama Lady(1939), Her Husband's Affairs(1947) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1968
111 Minutes
Helen North Beardsley
Lucille Ball Henry Fonda Van Johnson Tom Bosley Tim Matheson Morgan Brittany Tracy Nelson Mitch Vogel Eric Shea
widow naval officer teen girl friend doctor child amusing lighthearted playful naval base california house restaurant big family parenthood siblings dating love family love
A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
99 Minutes
Lucille Ball Mark Stevens Clifton Webb William Bendix Kurt Kreuger Cathy Downs Reed Hadley Constance Collier
private investigator secretary art dealer wife criminal ex-convict suspenseful tense new york city street office investigation love triangle infidelity murder framed stalking mystery pursuit 1940s
A secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed for a murder.
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Lucille Ball Eddie Albert Carl Benton Reid Gale Robbins Jerome Cowan Fred Graham Lee Patrick
secretary office worker smuggler wife stripper hit man madcap witty office family home nightclub hideout police station murder mistaken identity investigation chase smuggling jealousy mystery
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend's kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
87 Minutes
secretary bookie wealthy woman old flame love interest lighthearted amusing office racetrack scam blackmail real estate gambling deception jealousy transformation rise love 1940s
A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Lucille Ball William Gaxton Virginia Weidler Tommy Dix Nancy Walker Gloria DeHaven Kenny Bowers June Allyson Jack Jordan Beverly Tyler Chill Wills
lucille ball cadet girlfriend agent amusing madcap lighthearted military academy school dance fame school social event music song and dance growing up discovery 1940s
Lucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.
Comedy
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz James Mason Louis Calhern John Emery John Hoyt Natalie Schafer Mabel Albertson Ralph Dumke Nancy Kulp Willis Bouchey
chemist wife angel cousin father boss madcap campy playful endearing family home yosemite valley movie theater woods unhappy marriage career vs. love angels reconciliation camping infatuation
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
68 Minutes
Jean Russell
Lucille Ball Patric Knowles Donald Woods Frieda Inescort Inez Courtney Leona Maricle Frances Mercer Helen Whitney Bourne George Andre Beranger Kay Sutton Ann Evers
Denny drops fiancée Jean and marries Flora who is worth ten million dollars. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. She goes to Jeffrey and he ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
64 Minutes
Nancy Crocker Fleming
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Lee Bowman Granville Bates Mantan Moreland Elliott Sullivan Murray Alper Robert Homans Dick Elliott Florence Lake Cyrus W. Kendall
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Consuelo "Connie" Casey
Lucille Ball Richard Carlson Desi Arnaz Ann Miller Eddie Bracken Frances Langford Hal LeRoy Libby Bennett Harry Shannon Douglas Walton Chester Clute
heiress football player father friend playwright lighthearted amusing playful new mexico small town college football field college life wealth football romance father/daughter relationship escape adventure 1940s
A young lady goes to College and, without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards, who eventually join the college team and turn it into one of the best, while one of the players falls in love with her.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1974
132 Minutes
Mame Dennis
Lucille Ball Robert Preston Bea Arthur Bruce Davison Joyce Van Patten Don Porter Audrey Christie Jane Connell Kirby Furlong John McGiver Doria Cook
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Drama
USA
1939
64 Minutes
Lucy
Lucille Ball Allan Lane Steffi Duna Evelyn Brent Donald Briggs Bernadene Hayes Abner Biberman William Pawley Earle Hodgins Joe Devlin
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what "real" life is like.
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Lucille Ball Franchot Tone Edward Everett Horton Mikhail Rasumny Gene Lockhart Nana Bryant
advertising executive wife mad scientist boss mayor hilarious melodramatic frenetic office travel agency family home baseball field work-life balance marriage battle of sexes technology honeymoon advertising transformation love
A scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.
Musical
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Lucille Ball Dick Powell Virginia O'Brien Bert Lahr Rags Ragland June Allyson Steven Geray Paul Regan Howard Freeman Betty Jaynes John Craven
shipyard worker broadway star coworker uncle producer inspiring lighthearted spirited patriotic town broadway theater new york city shipyard rally patriotism working class class conflict world war ii broadway unlikely romance
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Fantasy
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Lucille Ball John Agar Patricia Medina Gregory Gaye William Fawcett George Tobias
caliph queen prince doctor evil king friend thrilling arabia palace street family home hideout palace intrigue murder secret identity deception magical weapon royalty adventure ancient times
Using a magic flying carpet and a handful of friends, the son of a murdered Caliph must fight the usurper in order to win the throne of the Caliphate.
Comedy
1940
68 Minutes
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Robert Coote Virginia Vale Emma Dunn Elaine Shepard William Halligan Oscar O'Shea Norman Mayes Patsy O'Byrne Dell Henderson
wife husband mother playboy seductress lighthearted amusing household nightclub apartment office party marriage separation seduction impersonation mistaken identity in-laws temptation rivalry
An outcast husband (James Ellison) flirts with another woman who turns out to be his wife (Lucille Ball).
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Mary Jane Saunders William Demarest Bruce Cabot Thomas Gomez Tom Pedi Paul Lees Houseley Stevenson Ben Welden Emmett Vogan
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Bruce Cabot Jack Kirkwood Lea Penman Eric Blore Hugh French Joseph Vitale
actor wealthy woman husband daughter townsperson theodore roosevelt frenetic hilarious heartwarming new mexico plains saloon mansion england small town class distinctions impersonation engagement acting unlikely romance
An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lucille Ball Barton MacLane Eugene Pallette Agnes Moorehead Sam Levene Ray Collins Marion Martin William T. Orr George Cleveland Vera Gordon
A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Dorothy "Dot", "Spindle" Duncan
George Murphy Lucille Ball Edmond O'Brien Henry Travers Franklin Pangborn George Cleveland Kathleen Howard Marguerite Chapman Lloyd Corrigan Mady Correll Frank McGlynn
executive secretary sailor mafioso wrestler social climber amusing cheery playful office chapel opera house dance hall big city love triangle misunderstanding culture clash workplace romance career vs. love rivalry
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup... See full summary »
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
1949
77 Minutes
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Lizabeth Scott Sonny Tufts Lloyd Nolan Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell Art Baker Gordon Jones Don Beddoe
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... 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
1938
68 Minutes
Jack Oakie Lucille Ball Ruth Donnelly Bradley Page Fritz Feld Thurston Hall Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates James Burke Lee Van Atta Anthony Warde
Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a maid... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Harold Peary Mapy Cortés Marcy McGuire Peter Lind Hayes Walter Reed Wallace Ford Arnold Stang Charles Victor Addison Richards
private soldier friend fiancée wealthy woman lawyer lighthearted spirited amusing army base nightclub new york city office mansion lake inheritance marriage impersonation deception radio
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama
1939
75 Minutes
Peggy Nolan
Chester Morris Lucille Ball Wendy Barrie John Carradine Allen Jenkins Joseph Calleia C. Aubrey Smith Patric Knowles Kent Taylor Elisabeth Risdon Casey Johnson
prostitute pilot detective businessman anarchist professor melodramatic creepy suspenseful los angeles jungle amazon plane crash lost anarchy civilization native people death escape wretched excess
Conflicts arise among the 12 survivors of a jungle plane crash when it is learned only five can return to civilization.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Salina Garret Pine
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Miriam "Screwball"
Ginger Rogers Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Peggy Conklin Lee Bowman Eve Arden Dorothea Kent Red Skelton Donald Meek Jack Carson Allan Lane
typist waiter camper social director woman friend madcap emotional endearing resort new york city new york state breakup friendship vacation jealousy romance love transformation rivalry
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Comedy
1974
60 Minutes
Executive Producer
Peter Marshall Art Carney Lucille Ball Nanette Fabray Arnold Schwarzenegger Doria Cook Sid Gould
Musical
1940
90 Minutes
Bubbles, Tiger Lily White
Maureen O'Hara Louis Hayward Lucille Ball Virginia Field Ralph Bellamy Maria Ouspenskaya Mary Carlisle Katharine Alexander Edward Brophy Walter Abel Harold Huber
A burlesque queen (Lucille Ball) competes with an aspiring ballerina (Maureen O'Hara) for a divorced playboy (Louis Hayward).
Comedy
USA
1938
79 Minutes
Christine
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Lucille Ball Ann Miller Frank Albertson Donald MacBride Cliff Dunstan Philip Loeb Philip Wood Alexander Asro
theatrical producer director manager playwright hotel manager detective unrestrained witty hotel new york city ballroom show business broadway theater production debt deception quest pursuit 1930s
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
Specialty
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Comedy
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Julie Patterson
Jim Jordan Marian Jordan Lucille Ball Lee Bonnell Dorothy Lovett Harold Peary Isabel Randolph Walter Baldwin Neil Hamilton
Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista. Based on the "Fibber McGee and... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Claire "Clair" Williams
Lily Pons Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Patricia Wilder Vinton Haworth Gregory Gaye Ferdinand Gottschalk
opera singer fiancée musician girlfriend band member band leader amusing charming cheery ocean liner new york city paris apartment limousine roadhouse escape arranged marriage love music show business
Nikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Lady-in-Waiting
Constance Bennett Fredric March Frank Morgan Fay Wray Jessie Ralph Lucille Ball Vince Barnett Louis Calhern Jay Eaton Paul Harvey
artist duchess duke artist's model steward emigrant witty amusing cheeky madcap florence, italy royal palace bedroom balcony benvenuto cellini scandal incompetency palace intrigue adultery patronage
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Gwendolyn Dilley
Lily Pons Henry Fonda Eric Blore Osgood Perkins Lucien Littlefield Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Paul Porcasi Scotty Beckett Esther Dale Clarence Wilson
opera singer composer agent producer husband wife melodramatic passionate paris monte carlo, monaco stage club street ambition jealousy music competition success marriage rivalry
Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Judith
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Comedy
1937
62 Minutes
Ann "Annie" Howell
Guy Kibbee Una Merkel Lynne Overman Thurston Hall Guinn "Big Boy" Williams William Demarest Lucille Ball Harry Tyler Bradley Page Si Jenks Charles West
Con men use an honest front man (Guy Kibbee) to get a farmer (Lynne Overman) to promote their gold mine.
Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Gloria Wilson
Fred Stone Jean Parker Esther Dale Moroni Olsen Frank Albertson Maxine Jennings Ray Mayer Lucille Ball Rafael Corio Frank Jenks Spencer Charters
Senior couple take their pretty daughter (Jean Parker) -- from their home and farm in Mid-America -- to Hollywood -- to become a movie star.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
110 Minutes
Kitty Collins
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Harriet Hilliard Astrid Allwyn Harry Beresford Russell Hicks Brooks Benedict Ray Mayer Lucille Ball Addison Randall
sailor dancer girlfriend sister charming lighthearted winsome san francisco ship new york city romance dance friendship pursuit love 1930s
A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
106 Minutes
Irene Dunne Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Helen Westley Victor Varconi Claire Dodd Luis Alberni Ferdinand Munier Torben Meyer Adrian Rosley
football player designer band leader ex-girlfriend aunt countess lighthearted charming paris shop nightclub fashion love triangle daunting task love transformation discovery 1930s
An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.