List of the best May Beatty movies: Mad Love(1935), Man-Proof(1937), Dressed to Kill(1941), Private Number(1936), Show Boat(1936), Call It a Day(1937) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Françoise
Peter Lorre Frances Drake Colin Clive Ted Healy Edward Brophy Sara Haden Henry Kolker May Beatty Keye Luke Rollo Lloyd Clarence Wilson
surgeon actress pianist reporter maid lunatic eerie suspenseful quirky paris train household medical experiments obsession framed murder impersonation forbidden love temptation transformation
In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
Myrna Loy Franchot Tone Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Nana Bryant Leonard Penn John Miljan William Stack Oscar O'Shea Marie Blake May Beatty
young woman heiress playboy mother illustrator friend airy witty melodramatic mushy new york city wedding office boxing match unrequited love marrying for money love triangle infidelity mother/daughter relationship jealousy
Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Lloyd Nolan Mary Beth Hughes Sheila Ryan William Demarest Ben Carter Virginia Brissac Erwin Kalser Henry Daniell Dick Rich Milton Parsons Charles Arnt
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.
Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Robert Taylor Loretta Young Patsy Kelly Basil Rathbone Joe E. Lewis Marjorie Gateson Paul Harvey Jane Darwell Paul Stanton John Miljan Monroe Owsley
A maid secretly marries the son of her wealthy boss.
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Irene Dunne Allan Jones Charles Winninger Helen Westley Paul Robeson Helen Morgan Donald Cook Sammy White Queenie Smith J. Farrell MacDonald Arthur Hohl
singer gambler actress actor father daughter spectacular emotional melodramatic river boat chicago nightclub theater mississippi show business interracial romance racism love marriage
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Comedy
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Ian Hunter Anita Louise Alice Brady Roland Young Frieda Inescort Bonita Granville Peggy Wood Marcia Ralston Walter Woolf King Peter Willes
The first day of spring has a profound affect on the Hilton family. The father, an accountant, finds himself unable to work, and when he tries to work, he is wooed by an actress whose taxes... See full summary »