List of the best Marjorie Rambeau movies: Tugboat Annie Sails Again(1940), Her Man(1930), Primrose Path(1940), Santa Fe Marshal(1940), 20 Mule Team(1940), A Man Called Peter(1955), Man of a Thousand Faces(1957), Min and Bill(1930), Inspiration(1931), Palooka(1934), Strangers May Kiss(1931), Torch Song(1953) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Marjorie Rambeau Alan Hale Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman Clarence Kolb Charles Halton Paul Hurst Victor Kilian Chill Wills Harry Shannon John Hamilton
Now-widowed Tugboat Annie, tugboat queen of the Northwest, struggles to save her job against the competition of rival Captain Bullwinkle.
Comedy
USA
1930
85 Minutes
Helen Twelvetrees Marjorie Rambeau Ricardo Cortez Phillips Holmes James Gleason Franklin Pangborn Harry Sweet Stanley Fields Mathew Betz Thelma Todd Mike Donlin
Havana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Mamie Adams
Ginger Rogers Joel McCrea Marjorie Rambeau Henry Travers Miles Mander Queenie Vassar Joan Carroll Vivienne Osborne Carmen Morales Gene Morgan Mara Alexander
husband prostitute alcoholic mother love interest grandmother disheartening quirky touching primrose hill house beach restaurant nightclub family dysfunction poverty marriage suicide attempt secret life accidental death
A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but when he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized.
Western
USA
1940
66 Minutes
Ma Burton
William Boyd Russell Hayden Marjorie Rambeau Bernadene Hayes Earle Hodgins Britt Wood Kenneth Harlan William Pagan
U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overrun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Josie Johnson
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Biography, Drama
1955
119 Minutes
Miss Laura Fowler
Richard Todd Jean Peters Marjorie Rambeau Jill Esmond Les Tremayne Robert Burton Gladys Hurlbut Richard Garrick Gloria Gordon Billy Chapin
minister chaplain wife heartwarming inspiring washington, d.c. scotland faith religion illness hope marriage social standing discovery rise 1950s
Scottish-born minister Peter Marshall's (Richard Todd) sermons inspire his wife (Jean Peters), congregations and the U.S. Senate.
Biography
USA
1957
122 Minutes
Gert
James Cagney Dorothy Malone Jane Greer Marjorie Rambeau Jim Backus Robert Evans Celia Lovsky Jeanne Cagney Jack Albertson Roger Smith Robert Lyden
actor wife son movie star father mother emotional powerful stage hollywood, calif. family home backstage san francisco show business marriage child custody mental illness lon chaney love transformation
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Bella Pringle
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Don Dillaway DeWitt Jennings Russell Hopton Frank McGlynn Greta Gould Jack Pennick Hank Bell
hotel manager sweetheart daughter mother principal boyfriend bleak melodramatic intense hotel waterfront house boarding school ship adoption poverty mother/child relationship business murder jealousy
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
Drama
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Lulu
Greta Garbo Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Marjorie Rambeau Beryl Mercer Oscar Apfel
Yvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.
Comedy
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Mayme Palooka
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
85 Minutes
Geneva Sterling
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Neil Hamilton Marjorie Rambeau Irene Rich Hale Hamilton Conchita Montenegro Jed Prouty Albert Conti Henry Armetta George Davis
secretary foreign correspondent old flame aunt uncle alcoholic melodramatic shocking tender salon nightclub mexico new york city europe hotel female sexuality love triangle commitment marriage infidelity
Against her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.
Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Mrs. Stewart
Joan Crawford Michael Wilding Gig Young Marjorie Rambeau Harry Morgan Dorothy Patrick James Todd Eugene Loring Paul Guilfoyle Benny Rubin Maidie Norman
A tough but unhappy Broadway star re-evaluates her life when she crosses paths with a blind pianist.
Western
USA
1943
102 Minutes
Bessie Baxter
John Wayne Martha Scott Albert Van Dekker George "Gabby" Hayes Marjorie Rambeau Dale Evans Grant Withers Sidney Blackmer
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
Action
USA
1931
113 Minutes
Mame Kelsey
Wallace Beery Clark Gable Conrad Nagel Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Marie Prevost Cliff Edwards
Story of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Peaches
Wallace Beery Lewis Stone Jean Harlow Johnny Mack Brown Marjorie Rambeau Paul Hurst Clark Gable Ralph Bellamy John Miljan DeWitt Jennings Murray Kinnell
After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
Adventure
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Amelia "Amy" Hardcastle
Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford Marjorie Rambeau Sig Ruman Roger Imhof Warner Richmond Jack Wallace James Donlan
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Mrs. Kingsley
Herbert Marshall Virginia Bruce Mary Astor Janet Beecher Marjorie Rambeau Juanita Quigley Zeffie Tilbury Sarah Padden Dorothy Christy Morgan Wallace Joseph Crehan
lawyer wife daughter second wife mother husband melodramatic intense household washington, d.c. party country club inn small town divorce jealousy remarriage family duplicity social standing
Cynthia is married to Steve and is a selfish hard woman. She decides where they will live, who they will see and even gets rid of Dora, the nanny who raised Steve and is now raising their ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Ruby
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Neil Hamilton Johnny Mack Brown Marjorie Rambeau Guy Kibbee Roscoe Karns
Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
Crime, Drama
1949
79 Minutes
Mrs. Leona Donner
Dennis O'Keefe Gale Storm Jeff Chandler Raymond Burr Marjorie Rambeau
A Los Angeles newsman (Dennis O'Keefe) seeks a woman's (Gale Storm) sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Drama
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Mrs. Dunham
Cornel Wilde Linda Darnell Anne Baxter Kirk Douglas Ann Dvorak Marjorie Rambeau Henry Hull Colleen Townsend Barton MacLane Griff Barnett William Tracy
After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julia Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Madam Europe
Yvonne De Carlo Rod Cameron David Bruce Walter Slezak Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Rambeau J. Edward Bromberg
seductress ballerina prince journalist singer outlaw melodramatic tender outlandish berlin ballroom arizona san francisco concert hall espionage franco-prussian war on the run patronage american west love triangle
A Viennese ballerina is forced to flee to Arizona during the Franco-Prussian War, where she proceeds to vamp numerous men in order to get what she wants.
Drama
USA
1949
112 Minutes
Sarah Calbern
Clark Gable Alexis Smith Mary Astor Wendell Corey Audrey Totter Lewis Stone Marjorie Rambeau Frank Morgan Barry Sullivan Edgar Buchanan Leon Ames
casino owner wife son sister-in-law husband gambler engaging tense tender cool casino family home country club work vs. family gambling family feud scam disease robbery transformation
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
Comedy
1937
82 Minutes
Belle Hardwick
Kay Francis Preston Foster Anita Louise Verree Teasdale Walter Connolly Victor Jory Louise Fazenda Marjorie Gateson Marjorie Rambeau Eric Stanley Henry O'Neill
wife politician rival secretary of state supreme court justice patriotic quirky witty washington, d.c. political intrigue divorce patriotism political campaign marriage rivalry 1930s
The secretary of state's (Preston Foster) Washington-wise wife (Kay Francis) wants him to be president.
Drama
USA
1939
104 Minutes
Mrs. Simon
Myrna Loy Tyrone Power George Brent Brenda Joyce Nigel Bruce Maria Ouspenskaya Joseph Schildkraut Mary Nash Jane Darwell Marjorie Rambeau Henry Travers
doctor woman artist lord daughter wife emotional sad india palace hospital love triangle natural disasters hedonism plagues affair helping others love rise transformation
In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.