List of the best Lumsden Hare movies: His Double Life(1933), Svengali(1931), The Little Minister(1934), Shadows on the Stairs(1941), The Black Watch(1929), Black Moon(1934), Passage From Hong Kong(1941), That Forsyte Woman(1950), Man of Two Worlds(1934), The World Moves On(1934), The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake(1959), Salute(1929) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Oxford
Roland Young Lillian Gish Montagu Love Lumsden Hare Lucy Beaumont Charles Richman Oliver Smith Philip Tonge Audrey Ridgewell Regina DeValet
artist valet widow doctor art dealer playful lighthearted amusing london apartment bedroom westminster abbey cottage mistaken identity art world impersonation recluses dilemma marriage discovery
Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Monsieur Taffy
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Lumsden Hare Carmel Myers Luis Alberni Paul Porcasi
music teacher student singer love interest dark eerie europe concert stage hypnosis singing performance deception suicide transformation fall 1890s
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Tammas Whammond
Katharine Hepburn John Beal Donald Crisp Alan Hale Lumsden Hare Andy Clyde Beryl Mercer Billy Watson Dorothy Stickney Mary Gordon
reverend gypsy lord business owner employee villager charming melodramatic scotland village church street factory infatuation class conflict labor strike secret identity deception religion forbidden love
In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Inspector Gregg
Frieda Inescort Paul Cavanagh Heather Angel Bruce Lester Miles Mander Lumsden Hare Turhan Bey Charles Irwin Phyllis Barry Mary Field Paul Benay
murderer murder suspect murder victim woman intense suspenseful thrilling melodramatic profound brooding boathouse london murder suspicion investigation danger lie truth adventure discovery
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1929
93 Minutes
Colonel of the Black Watch
Victor McLaglen Myrna Loy David Torrence David Rollins Cyril Chadwick Lumsden Hare Roy D'Arcy Mitchell Lewis
Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
John Macklin
Jack Holt Fay Wray Dorothy Burgess Cora Sue Collins Arnold Korff Clarence Muse Lumsden Hare
A young girl who lives on a tropical island loses her parents to a voodoo sacrifice, but although she manages to escape the island, a curse is put on her. Years later, as an adult, she ... See full summary »
Comedy
1941
61 Minutes
Lucille Fairbanks Keith Douglas Paul Cavanagh Richard Ainley Marjorie Gateson Gloria Holden Lumsden Hare Tom Stevenson Boyd Irwin Chester Gan
To woo a woman (Lucille Fairbanks), a crime writer (Keith Douglas) concocts a story involving himself in a murder.
Drama
USA
1950
114 Minutes
Roger Forsyte
Errol Flynn Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Robert Young Janet Leigh Harry Davenport Stanley Logan Lumsden Hare Aubrey Mather Matt Moore
wealthy man wife lover niece friend cousin melodramatic emotional england london household adultery romance death rape wealth family forbidden love rivalry wretched excess
Love among the Forsytes is strange, full of tradition, melancholy and gold digging in this film treatise on Victorian-age rigidity and vestiges of a flawed society.
Drama
USA
1934
97 Minutes
Captain Swan
Francis Lederer Elissa Landi Henry Stephenson J. Farrell MacDonald Walter Byron Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Lumsden Hare Christian Rub Emile Chautard Steffi Duna
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Drama
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Gabriel Warburton, 1825, Sir John Warburton, 1914
Madeleine Carroll Franchot Tone Reginald Denny Sig Ruman Louise Dresser Raul Roulien Stepin Fetchit Lumsden Hare
Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
Horror
USA
1959
70 Minutes
Rogers
Eduard Franz Valerie French Henry Daniell Grant Richards Paul Cavanagh Howard Wendell Paul Wexler Lumsden Hare Frank Gerstle
anthropologist scientist brother native tribesman chilling offbeat laboratory family home jungle curse voodoo anthropology siblings ritual murder mystery pursuit 1950s
Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found murdered.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1929
83 Minutes
Rear Admiral John Randall
George O'Brien William Janney Frank Albertson Ward Bond Helen Chandler Joyce Compton Clifford Dempsey Lumsden Hare Stepin Fetchit David Butler
West Point Cadet John and Annapolis Midshipman Frank focus their fraternal rivalry on the big Army-Navy football game.
Fantasy
1948
89 Minutes
Col. Mandrake
William Powell Ann Blyth Irene Hervey Andrea King Clinton Sundberg Art Smith Hugh French Lumsden Hare Fred Clark Jimmy Logan Mary Field
middle-aged man wife mermaid psychiatrist vacationer amusing winsome offbeat moving touching boston caribbean midlife crisis mermaids jealousy fantasy paranoia adventure discovery love
A Bostonian (William Powell) and his wife (Irene Hervey) winter in the West Indies, where, fishing, he catches a mermaid (Ann Blyth).
Adventure
USA
1940
126 Minutes
Lord Amherst
Spencer Tracy Robert Young Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Robert Barrat Addison Richards Louis Hector Lumsden Hare Donald MacBride Isabel Jewell
frontiersman native american military officer gripping gritty canada wilderness village land wars cannibalism dangerous assignment rebellion quest 1750s
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Adventure
1948
97 Minutes
Lord Kilspindie
Edmund Gwenn Donald Crisp Janet Leigh Tom Drake Rhys Williams Reginald Owen Edmond Breon Alan Napier Hugh Green Lumsden Hare Eileen Erskine
dog doctor shepherd son uplifting endearing scotland edinburgh, scotland medicine rural life pets hydrophobia father/son relationship animals underdog growing up 20th century
A dedicated Scottish doctor tries to cure Lassie's water phobia while caring for patients throughout the glen.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar Cedric Hardwicke Sara Allgood Aubrey Mather Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd David Clyde Helena Pickard Lumsden Hare
serial killer inspector singer maid lodger chilling suspenseful disturbing london attic music hall hospital serial murders mystery investigation unusual behavior jack the ripper mystery discovery pursuit
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Comedy
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Charles Laughton Robert Young Margaret O'Brien William Gargan Reginald Owen Rags Ragland Una O'Connor Donald Stuart Elisabeth Risdon Frank Faylen
ghost soldier young girl father amusing winsome lighthearted playful england castle bravery cowardice family honor curse haunted houses quest rescue 1940s
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ann Richards Anita Louise Cecil Kellaway Gladys Cooper Byron Barr Robert Sully Reginald Denny Ernest Cossart James Millican
soldier woman mother fiancée melodramatic tense italy party london world war ii love letters long-distance relationship murder amnesia domestic violence mystery love 1940s
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Action
USA
1936
116 Minutes
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Patric Knowles Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce David Niven G.P. Huntley Jr. Spring Byington C. Henry Gordon E.E. Clive
military officer brother fiancée rajah soldier emotional patriotic rousing india military base palace battlefield love triangle battle of balaklava historical events crimean war revenge quest love 1850s
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
98 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Richard Burton Audrey Dalton John Sutton Ronald Squire George Dolenz Tudor Owen J.M. Kerrigan Margaret Brewster Argentina Brunetti Mario Siletti
wife man cousin wealthy man brooding dark mansion funeral england murder inheritance love mystery forbidden love temptation victorian era
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Comedy
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Joan Crawford Richard Boleslawski William Powell Robert Montgomery Frank Morgan Nigel Bruce Jessie Ralph Benita Hume Melville Cooper Ralph Forbes Colleen Clare
socialite butler wealthy man lord duchess detective witty emotional amusing london estate new york city ship jewelry theft secret identity deception love triangle swindling partnership discovery
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
Adventure
USA
1936
91 Minutes
Randolph Scott Binnie Barnes Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Hugh Buckler Bruce Cabot Robert Barrat Philip Reed Willard Robertson Frank McGlynn Will Stanton
sister colonel major scout traitor native american thrilling emotional powerful adirondack mountains fort wilderness indian village cliff cross-cultural romance french and indian war abduction betrayal brotherhood native americans
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1951
116 Minutes
Gregory Peck Susan Hayward Raymond Massey Kieron Moore James Robertson Justice Jayne Meadows John Sutton Dennis Hoey Walter Talun Paula Morgan Francis X. Bushman
king beautiful woman prophet monster passionate powerful israel royal court adultery royalty religion forbidden love transformation 10th century b.c.
After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
130 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Judith Anderson George Sanders Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper
widower housekeeper husband wife bride dark suspenseful emotional mansion england cabin death fire obsession betrayal deception suicide transformation mystery 1940s
A British gentleman's (Laurence Olivier) innocent bride (Joan Fontaine) grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Paula Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny
heir farm girl colonel countess soldier thrilling rousing spirited striking england netherlands countryside barn windmill king charles ii royalty exile unlikely romance conspiracy honor
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
Drama, History
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Hal Stalmaster Luana Patten Jeff York Sebastian Cabot Richard Beymer Walter Sande Rusty Lane Whit Bissell Will Wright Virginia Christine Walter Coy
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Horror
USA
1941
114 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Donald Crisp Ian Hunter Barton MacLane C. Aubrey Smith Sara Allgood Peter Godfrey Frederick Worlock William Tannen
dr. jekyll mr. hyde mistress brooding gripping suspenseful london laboratory split personality human nature experiments evil metamorphosis mystery 1880s
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
Mystery & Thriller
1922
109 Minutes
John Barrymore Roland Young Carol Dempster Gustav von Seyffertitz Louis Wolheim Percy Knight William Powell Hedda Hopper Reginald Denny Peggy Bayfield Margaret Kemp
professor moriarty doctor watson sherlock holmes criminal love interest friend thrilling witty london switzerland england household partnership false accusations theft blackmail investigation organized crime mystery pursuit
The famous detective (John Barrymore) comes to the rescue when an archcriminal (Gustav von Seyffertitz) targets a prince (Reginald Denny).
Comedy
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Boris Karloff Fay Bainter Ann Rutherford Thurston Hall Konstantin Shayne Florence Bates Gordon Jones Reginald Denny Henry Corden
man fiancée mother beautiful woman villain criminal endearing amusing united states city household dreams imagination courage heroism crime adventure quest pursuit 1940s
A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1952
108 Minutes
James Mason Danielle Darrieux Michael Rennie Walter Hampden Oscar Karlweis Herbert Berghof John Wengraf Ben Astar Roger Plowden Michael Pate Ivan Triesault
spy mercenary countess ambassador agent cool tense creative turkey rio de janeiro world war ii espionage nazism true crime escape love fall 1940s
The Albanian valet (James Mason) for the British ambassador to Turkey sells secrets to World War II Germans.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.