List of the best Mitchell Leisen movies: To Each His Own(1946), Easy Living(1937), Remember the Night(1940), No Man of Her Own(1950), Hold Back the Dawn(1941), Death Takes a Holiday(1934), Hands Across the Table(1935), Arise, My Love(1940), Golden Earrings(1947), Take a Letter, Darling(1942), Murder at the Vanities(1934), Four Hours to Kill(1935) ... ...
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1946
122 Minutes
Director
Olivia de Havilland John Lund Mary Anderson Roland Culver Phillip Terry Bill Goodwin Virginia Welles Victoria Horne Griff Barnett Alma Macrorie Bill Ward
businesswoman pilot lord wife father son engaging fascinating intense london roof new york state pharmacy household train station illegitimate child adoption jealousy love world war ii
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Director
Jean Arthur Edward Arnold Ray Milland Luis Alberni Mary Nash Franklin Pangborn Barlowe Borland William Demarest Andrew Tombes Esther Dale Harlan Briggs
office worker wealthy man son wife hotel owner stockbroker cheeky playful frenetic new york city bus office hotel automat chance meeting class distinctions misunderstanding great depression rags to riches romance
A wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off the roof of a building; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
7.6/10
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck John Lund Jane Cowl Phyllis Thaxter Lyle Bettger Henry O'Neill Richard Denning Carole Mathews
A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
7.4/10
Romance
USA
1941
115 Minutes
Director
Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard Victor Francen Walter Abel Curt Bois Rosemary DeCamp Eric Feldary Nestor Paiva Eva Puig Micheline Cheirel
gigolo teacher girlfriend melodramatic mexico los angeles border hollywood, calif. immigration love deception escape discovery 1940s
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
7.1/10
Fantasy
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Evelyn Venable Guy Standing Katharine Alexander Gail Patrick Helen Westley Kathleen Howard Kent Taylor Henry Travers G.P. Huntley Jr. Otto Hoffman
prince father daughter death dark passionate tender estate italy death forbidden love father/daughter relationship heartbreak sacrifice forbidden love metamorphosis 1930s
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
7.0/10
Romance
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Director
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Astrid Allwyn Marie Prevost Ruth Donnelly
manicurist wealthy man love interest heiress lighthearted endearing amusing new york city hotel apartment marrying for money the great depression schemes unlikely romance quest discovery 1930s
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1940
110 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Ray Milland Dennis O'Keefe Walter Abel Dick Purcell George Zucco Frank Puglia Esther Dale Paul Leyssac Ann Codee Stanley Logan
pilot journalist editor priest love interest lighthearted witty patriotic spain paris europe ocean liner prisoners of war journalism love world war ii career escape transformation 1930s
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Marlene Dietrich Murvyn Vye Bruce Lester Dennis Hoey Reinhold Schünzel Ivan Triesault Hermine Sterler Eric Feldary Gisela Werbiseck Larry Simms
On the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Director
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Macdonald Carey Constance Moore Robert Benchley Charles Arnt Cecil Kellaway Kathleen Howard Margaret Seddon Dooley Wilson George H. Reed
painter ad executive secretary brother sister escort charming lighthearted playful office party restaurant apartment shop love-hate relationship advertising social standing unusual occupations romance work
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Director
Carl Brisson Victor McLaglen Jack Oakie Kitty Carlisle Hart Dorothy Stickney Gertrude Michael Jessie Ralph
A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Director
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Director
actress doctor baby ex-wife police officer manager cheeky melodramatic amusing new york city theater doctor's office apartment marriage of convenience adoption romance schemes illness love transformation
In order to adopt an abandoned baby, an actress arranges a marriage of convenience with a doctor.
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Director
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Director
Joan Fontaine John Lund Mona Freeman Peter Hansen David Stollery Virginia Farmer Angela Clarke Lowell Gilmore Robert Barrat Gertrude Michael Mary Murphy
Based on James Barrie's play "Alice Sit-By-The-Fire". In turn-of-the-century New York, a young girl who believes she's learned "the seamy side of life" from a risque play takes it upon ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1941
131 Minutes
Director
Story follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps --- a wealthy playboy, a college jock and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Wanda Hendrix Francis Lederer Celia Lovsky Angela Clarke Richard Avonde Joseph Calleia Roland Winters Frank Puglia Luis Alberni Jane Nigh
captain secret agent young man traitor love interest young woman intense gutsy patriotic milan small town battlefield family home world war ii secret mission betrayal reunion war crime military quest
A group of agents in the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the C.I.A.) are sent to Italy during World War II to spy on the Germans. Most of them are killed because of an ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Director
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Charles Butterworth Jean Dixon Dorothy Lamour Harvey Stephens Cecil Cunningham Charles Arnt Franklin Pangborn Anthony Quinn Charles Judels
singer jazz musician roommate old flame agent hypochondriac gripping brooding panama court apartment club new york city radio station musicians poverty marriage jealousy infidelity depression
A singer stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by work and the arrival of an old flame.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
98 Minutes
Director
Jane Powell Cliff Robertson Keith Andes Kaye Ballard Tommy Noonan Una Merkel Kelly Brown Judy Nugent Frank Cady Nacho Galindo Chris Essay
pretty woman boyfriend blue-collar worker millionaire fiancé best friend lighthearted spirited amusing balboa, calif. beach ferry household yacht tijuana, mexico marriage proposal romantic dilemma marrying for money jealousy true love
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Director
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and lands up at a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Director
Ginger Rogers Ray Milland Jon Hall Warner Baxter Barry Sullivan Mischa Auer Mary Philips Phyllis Brooks Edward Fielding Don Loper Mary Parker
editor bachelor psychiatrist friend fascinating emotional spectacular psychiatrist's office newsroom apartment psychiatry memory daydreaming advice romance fashion adventure love transformation 1940s
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
100 Minutes
Director
A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Director
A female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.
5.8/10
Biography
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Director
impostor wife ballerina opera singer violinist broadway star melodramatic uplifting ukraine russia new york city broadway performance show business opera rise 1910s
Story of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and the many stars that he introduced and represented to the world of music.
5.5/10
Comedy
USA
1948
85 Minutes
Director
A daydreaming young lady, until she meets her reality man.
4.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
85 Minutes
Director
Anne Baxter Steve Forrest Simone Renant Victor Francen Maurice Teynac Robert Christopher Ina de la Hye Joseph Tomelty Olivier Hussenot Jean Ozenne
Nightclub singer fleeing the scene of a murder is protected by a young man who is studying for the priesthood.
Musical, Comedy
1938
91 Minutes
Director
W.C. Fields Martha Raye Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Shirley Ross Lynne Overman Ben Blue Leif Erickson Grace Bradley Rufe Davis Tito Guizar
radio host girlfriend ex-wife brother engineer daughter charming madcap amusing playful ocean liner atlantic ocean boat race sabotage divorce romantic dilemma reconciliation inventions rivalry love
Performers put on shows as T. Frothingill Bellows (W.C. Fields) steers his ocean liner in a trans-Atlantic race.
Drama
1936
80 Minutes
Director
Personal problems and a blizzard beset passengers of a plane heading from New York to the West Coast.
Comedy
1939
94 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Don Ameche John Barrymore Francis Lederer Mary Astor Elaine Barrie Hedda Hopper Rex O'Malley Monty Woolley Armand Kaliz Lionel Pape
showgirl taxi driver wealthy man socialite baroness playful crafty paris party disguise high society cheating schemes courtship love pursuit 1930s
A Paris cabby (Don Ameche) chases a chorus girl (Claudette Colbert) hired by a rich man (John Barrymore) to pose as a baroness.
Romance
1943
83 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Ilka Chase Richard Haydn Paul McGrath June Havoc Marjorie Gateson Bill Goodwin Rhys Williams Murray Alper Grant Withers
photographer worker friend fiancé publisher witty lighthearted new york city tunnel unlikely romance love triangle journalism employment construction reconciliation love rivalry 1940s
A magazine photographer (Claudette Colbert) makes a he-man tunnel digger (Fred MacMurray) her assistant.
7.4/10
Romance
USA
1941
115 Minutes
Director
Charles Boyer Olivia de Havilland Paulette Goddard Victor Francen Walter Abel Curt Bois Rosemary DeCamp Eric Feldary Nestor Paiva Eva Puig Micheline Cheirel
gigolo teacher girlfriend melodramatic mexico los angeles border hollywood, calif. immigration love deception escape discovery 1940s
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
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