List of the best Norma Shearer movies: The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934), A Lady of Chance(1928), The Divorcee(1930), Private Lives(1931), A Free Soul(1931), Lady of the Night(1925), Let Us Be Gay(1930), Riptide(1934), We Were Dancing(1942), Strangers May Kiss(1931), Her Cardboard Lover(1942), Their Own Desire(1929) ... ...
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Norma Shearer Fredric March Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan Katharine Alexander Una O'Connor Ian Wolfe Marion Clayton Ralph Forbes Vernon Downing
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest chilling melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
80 Minutes
Norma Shearer Lowell Sherman Gwen Lee Johnny Mack Brown Eugenie Besserer Buddy Messinger
Seasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.
Drama
USA
1930
83 Minutes
Norma Shearer Chester Morris Conrad Nagel Robert Montgomery Florence Eldridge Helene Millard Robert Elliott Mary Doran Tyler Brooke Zelda Sears George Irving
socialite newspaper reporter housewife alcoholic old flame husband melodramatic moving new york city yacht paris divorce infidelity love triangle reunion hypocrisy depression transformation forbidden love discovery
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
Comedy
USA
1931
84 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Reginald Denny Una Merkel Jean Hersholt George Davis
husband wife ex-husband ex-wife charming madcap switzerland hotel marriage love-hate relationship honeymoon fidelity love pursuit 1930s
Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.
Drama
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Jan Ashe
Norma Shearer Lionel Barrymore Clark Gable Leslie Howard James Gleason
lawyer mobster daughter fiancé judge emotional melodramatic courtroom family home trial love triangle murder pursuit sacrifice 1930s
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Drama
USA
1925
58 Minutes
Norma Shearer Malcolm McGregor George K. Arthur Fred Esmelton Dale Fuller Lew Harvey Betty Morrissey
street urchin daughter friend inventor judge girl melodramatic heartwarming dance hall office reform school bank love triangle inventions unrequited love relationships class distinctions love transformation 1920s
A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.
Romance
USA
1930
79 Minutes
Norma Shearer Rod La Rocque Marie Dressler Gilbert Emery Hedda Hopper Raymond Hackett Sally Eilers Tyrrell Davis Wilfred Noy Bill O'Brien Sybil Grove
ex-husband ex-wife pretty woman socialite mistress amusing melodramatic long island, n.y. paris household divorce marriage romance makeover infidelity love transformation discovery 1930s
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Herbert Marshall Mrs. Patrick Campbell Skeets Gallagher Ralph Forbes
husband old flame wife aristocrat aunt secretary endearing emotional melodramatic italy mediterranean coast resort mansion england marriage trust gossip reunion wrongfully accused class distinctions
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
95 Minutes
Norma Shearer Lee Bowman Melvyn Douglas Gail Patrick Marjorie Main Reginald Owen Connie Gilchrist Sig Ruman
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
85 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Norma Shearer Robert Taylor George Sanders Frank McHugh Elizabeth Patterson Chill Wills
wealthy woman songwriter ex-boyfriend partner maid judge charming madcap tender palm beach, fla. casino house bedroom courtroom love triangle servitude gambling unrequited love change of heart deception
A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. The ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1929
65 Minutes
Lally
Norma Shearer Belle Bennett Lewis Stone Robert Montgomery Helene Millard Cecil Cunningham Henry Herbert Mary Doran June Nash
daughter father mother fiancée love interest melodramatic emotional california household romance divorce marriage father/daughter relationship family love discovery 1920s
Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This sours Lally on all men, while on ... See full summary »
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
Drama
USA
1924
76 Minutes
Lon Chaney Norma Shearer John Gilbert Tully Marshall Marc McDermott Ford Sterling Harvey Clarke Paulette Duval Ruth King Clyde Cook Brandon Hurst
clown circus performer partner baron wife brooding emotional uneasy laboratory household circus tent arena cage performance disillusionment dignity unrequited love science revenge
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Romance
USA
1927
105 Minutes
Kathi
Ramon Novarro Norma Shearer Jean Hersholt Gustav von Seyffertitz
prince student barmaid tutor king endearing moving heidelberg, germany beer garden university castle love freedom friendship family education growing up forbidden love 19th century
A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."
Musical
USA
1929
116 Minutes
John Gilbert Norma Shearer Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Buster Keaton
laurel and hardy singer buster keaton dancer comedian joan crawford lighthearted amusing cheeky spectacular stage dance floor balcony musical revue magic act burlesque vaudeville star-crossed lovers performance love
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.