List of the best Mary Forbes movies: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man(1939), Terror by Night(1946), Working Girls(1931), East Is West(1930), A Farewell to Arms(1932), South of Suez(1940), The Awful Truth(1937), The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945), Nothing but the Truth(1941), Sadie McKee(1934), When Ladies Meet(1941), You Can't Take It With You(1938) ... ...
Comedy
1939
76 Minutes
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
W.C. Fields Edgar Bergen Constance Moore James Bush Mary Forbes Thurston Hall Edward Brophy Grady Sutton Eddie Anderson
con artist circus owner daughter suitor ventriloquist mother lighthearted amusing circus countryside mansion family home balloon love triangle marriage family con game debt marrying for money love
The owner (W.C. Fields) of a circus plays Cupid for his daughter (Constance Moore) and his ventriloquist (Edgar Bergen).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Lady Margaret Carstairs
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey Mary Forbes Billy Bevan Frederick Worlock Leland Hodgson Geoffrey Steele Boyd Davis
sherlock holmes doctor watson major son lady villain suspenseful crafty london train station train compartment car jewelry theft murder false accusations impersonation mother/son relationship investigation mystery
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Mrs. Johnstone
Judith Wood Dorothy Hall Paul Lukas Stuart Erwin Frances Dee Mary Forbes Frances Moffett Claire Dodd Dorothy Stickney Alberta Vaughn
Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Mrs. Benson
Lupe Velez Lew Ayres Edward G. Robinson E. Alyn Warren Tetsu Komai Henry Kolker Mary Forbes Edgar Norton Charles Middleton Jean Hersholt
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Romance
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Miss Van Campen
Helen Hayes Gary Cooper Adolphe Menjou Mary Philips Jack LaRue Blanche Frederici Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery
ambulance driver nurse commanding officer soldier emotional gripping italy battlefield hospital switzerland world war i horrors of war love triangle love transformation 1910s
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Mrs. Putnam
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Ralph Bellamy Alex D'Arcy Cecil Cunningham Molly Lamont Esther Dale Joyce Compton Robert Allen Robert Warwick Mary Forbes
husband wife neighbor heiress music teacher mother amusing charming hilarious madcap new york city apartment marriage reconciliation divorce new love love transformation 1930s
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Horror
USA
1945
110 Minutes
George Sanders Hurd Hatfield Angela Lansbury Donna Reed Lowell Gilmore Peter Lawford Richard Fraser Lydia Bilbrook Morton Lowry Douglas Walton Mary Forbes
wealthy man painter lord enemy lover creepy disturbing sad london tavern parlor theater street attic youth beauty blackmail morality vanity suicide
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Comedy
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Edward Arnold Leif Erickson Helen Vinson Willie Best Glenn Anders Grant Mitchell Catherine Doucet Rose Hobart Clarence Kolb
stockbroker niece uncle boss partner employee amusing madcap crafty intricate yacht florida office wager schemes honesty family business money rivalry
Stockbroker T.T. Ralston has promised his niece Gwen to double it if she can raise $20,000. for charity. But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the $10,000 she's ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
95 Minutes
Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Esther Ralston Edward Arnold Earl Oxford Jean Dixon Leo G. Carroll Akim Tamiroff Zelda Sears Helen Ware
A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Greer Garson Herbert Marshall Spring Byington Rafael Corio Max Willenz Florence Shirley Leslie Francis Mona Barrie Olaf Hytten
novelist boyfriend publisher wife best friend partner engaging amusing moving new york city apartment garden cottage infidelity deception jealousy writing marriage love triangle rivalry
A successful novelist falls in love with her married publisher, to the consternation of her boyfriend, who arranges for her to meet the publisher's wife.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
67 Minutes
George Murphy Dorothea Kent Edward Ciannelli Leon Ames El Brendel Richard Tucker Frances Robinson John Wray Arthur Loft Pierre Watkin Grant Richards
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
Romance
1948
100 Minutes
James Stewart Joan Fontaine Eddie Albert Roland Young Willard Parker Percy Kilbride Porter Hall Marcy McGuire Arthur Walsh William Bakewell Paul Cavanagh
Experiencing a change of heart on her wedding night, a socialite (Joan Fontaine) decides to find a companion more interesting than her husband.
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.
Romance
USA
1937
73 Minutes
Kay Francis Errol Flynn Ian Hunter Frieda Inescort Herbert Mundin Billy Bevan Kenneth Hunter G.P. Huntley Jr. Clyde Cook Dick Powell Charles Irwin
widow love interest colonel captain british officer melodramatic tender thrilling africa desert train england love triangle unrequited love marriage second chance colonialism dangerous mission rivalry forbidden love
Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Allyn Joslyn Evelyn Keyes Edmund Lowe John Hubbard Anita Louise Frank Craven Michael Duane Ann Savage William Demarest Hobart Cavanaugh Frank Sully
detective friend writer photographer socialite wife witty cool frenetic photography studio dressing room house murder inheritance deception greed investigation mystery temptation pursuit
A crime fiction writer and his wife investigate murders that are occurring at a fashion photography studio.
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Loretta Young Cary Grant Jackie Kelk Henry Travers Russell Hopton Andrew Tombes Howard H. Lang Harry Green Marion Burns Paul Harvey Charles Coleman
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Adventure
USA
1935
119 Minutes
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Lionel Atwill Ross Alexander Guy Kibbee Henry Stephenson George Hassell Forrester Harvey Frank McGlynn Robert Barrat
doctor pirate lady governor government official sailor brash confident thrilling england port royal, jamaica ship pirates treason slavery rebellion adventure transformation 17th century
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.