List of the best Margaret Hamilton movies: When's Your Birthday?(1937), Stablemates(1938), The Daydreamer(1966), Riding High(1950), My Little Chickadee(1940), Way Down East(1935), The Red Pony(1949), 13 Ghosts(1960), The Wizard of Oz(1939), You Only Live Once(1937), The Sun Comes Up(1949), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938) ... ...
Comedy
1937
77 Minutes
Mossy
Joe E. Brown Edgar Kennedy Margaret Hamilton Marian Marsh Suzanne Kaaren
astrologer boxer sweetheart ex-fiancée gambler carnival barker amusing spirited restaurant boxing ring carnival astrology bad luck love triangle gambling boxing engagement underdog love 1930s
Afraid to marry his fiancée, Diane (Suzanne Kaaren), under a negative planetary influence, wacky astrology student, busboy and aspiring prizefighter Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) calls off the wedding and finds a new sweetheart.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
89 Minutes
Beulah Flanders
Wallace Beery Mickey Rooney Arthur Hohl Margaret Hamilton Minor Watson Marjorie Gateson Oscar O'Shea Frank Hagney Cliff Nazarro Johnnie Morris
A washed up, alcoholic Vet and a dreamer stable boy help nurse a sick race horse back to health.
Comedy
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Paul O'Keefe Jack Gilford Ray Bolger Margaret Hamilton
An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Edna
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Mrs. Gideon
Mae West W.C. Fields Joseph Calleia Dick Foran Margaret Hamilton George Moran Si Jenks Gene Austin
con artist singer bandit news reporter cheeky campy amusing train saloon hotel wild west con game marriage love triangle rivalry temptation adventure 1800s
After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Martha Perkins
Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda Slim Summerville Edward Trevor Margaret Hamilton Andy Devine Russell Simpson Spring Byington Astrid Allwyn Sara Haden Al Lydell
young woman squire wife son neighbor cousin melodramatic intense new england town household street river garden rural life father/son relationship illegitimate child judgment jealousy storm
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
Adventure
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Teacher
Myrna Loy Robert Mitchum Peter Miles Louis Calhern Shepperd Strudwick Margaret Hamilton Patty King Jackie Jackson Beau Bridges Nino Tempo Tommy Sheridan
young boy father mother ranch hand grandfather friend heartwarming emotional salinas valley ranch household school family responsibility loss coming of age horses illness growing up discovery
A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
Horror
USA
1960
88 Minutes
Elaine Zacharides
Charles Herbert Jo Morrow Martin Milner Donald Woods Rosemary DeCamp Margaret Hamilton John Van Dreelen
ghost witch father mother daughter son frightful creative eerie thrilling mansion haunted house ghosts witchcraft haunting hidden treasure inheritance fear adventure discovery
A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.
Musical, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1939
101 Minutes
Miss Almira Gulch, The Wicked Witch of the West
Judy Garland Frank Morgan Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Jack Haley Billie Burke Margaret Hamilton Charley Grapewin Pat Walshe Clara Blandick
young girl witch dog lion wizard scarecrow creative touching emotional farm village emerald city kansas oz courage song and dance journey friendship magic discovery
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Hester
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Musical
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Mrs. Golightly
Jeanette MacDonald Lloyd Nolan Claude Jarman Jr. Percy Kilbride Lewis Stone Nicholas Joy Margaret Hamilton Hope Landin Esther Somers Dwayne Hickman Teddy Infuhr
lassie widow orphan dog love interest emotional spirited heartwarming georgia countryside household orphanage rural community human-animal friendship orphans maternal instinct starting over grief discovery growing up
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1938
93 Minutes
Mrs. Harper
Tommy Kelly Jackie Moran Ann Gillis May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory Spring Byington Margaret Hamilton
tom sawyer aunt huckleberry finn murderer girl playful amusing st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river cave childhood children vs. adults treasure running away murder growing up adventure 1830s
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Vermont Drugstore Lady
Carole Lombard Fredric March Charles Winninger Walter Connolly Sig Ruman Frank Fay Max Rosenbloom Margaret Hamilton
doctor reporter editor patient amusing endearing winsome vermont small town new york city hotel newsroom fraud romance deception illness celebrity newspapers adventure love
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Lucy Gurget
Janet Gaynor Henry Fonda Charles Bickford Slim Summerville Andy Devine Roger Imhof Jane Withers Margaret Hamilton Sig Ruman John Qualen Kitty Kelly
farmer cook bully boat captain dentist love interest amusing spirited new york state fair boat love triangle fighting marriage cowardice money rural life love underdog transformation
Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
121 Minutes
Hilda
Anne Baxter Ralph Bellamy Ruth Warrick Aline MacMahon Scott McKay Marie McDonald Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Percy Kilbride
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Mrs. Jackson
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Romance
USA
1946
81 Minutes
Miss Applegate
Donna Reed Tom Drake Edward Everett Horton Spring Byington Sig Ruman Harry Davenport Wm. "Bill" Phillips Margaret Hamilton Hobart Cavanaugh Warner Anderson Connie Gilchrist
sailor fiancée employee charming endearing quirky new york city department store apartment secret military love triangle deception world war ii love metamorphosis discovery 1940s
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
Musical
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Mrs. Small
Bobby Breen Charles Ruggles Dolores Costello Irene Dare Robert Barrat Dorothy Peterson John "Dusty" King Billy Gilbert Margaret Hamilton Charles Murray
Tommy Martin lives with mother Martha in a conservative religious community but dreams of a singing career. He leaves to join a traveling show where he befriends skating sensation Irene and performs lively tunes to make a living.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Maizie
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Frank Morgan Walter Pidgeon Una Merkel Cliff Edwards George Zucco Hattie McDaniel Margaret Hamilton
After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Jane Bryan Allen Jenkins Willard Parker Ruth Donnelly John Litel Eric Stanley Harold Huber Edward Brophy Paul Harvey Bobby Jordan
police officer bootlegger bar owner gangster orphan wife lighthearted cheeky new york state household business adoption prohibition crime murder transformation fall 1930s
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Musical
USA
1939
94 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Charles Winninger Guy Kibbee June Preisser Grace Hayes Betty Jaynes Douglas McPhail Rand Brooks Leni Lynn John Sheffield
singer dancer parent girlfriend lighthearted charming united states long island, n.y. vaudeville failing career determination show business music adventure rise 1930s
A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Sean Connery Diane Cannon Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Alan King Christopher Walken Val Avery Richard Williams Garrett Morris Stan Gottlieb Paul Benjamin
burglar ex-girlfriend mafia boss psychopath henchman gripping thrilling suspenseful crafty new york city apartment building crime surveillance robbery dangerous assignment fall temptation pursuit 1970s
After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.