List of the best Olaf Hytten movies: Bells of San Angelo(1947), The Great Commandment(1939), California Straight Ahead(1937), I Cover the War(1937), With Love and Kisses(1937), Perils of the Jungle(1953), Bedtime Story(1941), Doughnuts and Society(1936), The Brighton Strangler(1945), The Moonstone(1934), When Ladies Meet(1941), The Good Earth(1937) ... ...
Western
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Lionel Bates
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Andy Devine John McGuire Olaf Hytten David Sharpe Fritz Leiber Hank Patterson Fred S. Toones Eddie Acuff Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers sheriff manager author henchman stranger spirited confident mexican-american border town mine hotel hideout investigation mining smuggling writing impersonation kidnapping quest
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.
Drama
1939
78 Minutes
Nathan
John Beal Maurice Moscovich Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Cooley Lloyd Corrigan Ian Wolfe Olaf Hytten Anthony Marlowe Lester Sharpe Albert Spehr Harold Minjir
In the year A.D. 30, Jesus prevents a young man (John Beal) from leading a revolt against the Romans.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Huggins
John Wayne Louise Latimer Robert McWade Tully Marshall Emerson Treacy Harry Allen Grace Goodall Olaf Hytten Monty Vandergrift Lorin Baker
Former school bus driver Biff Smith manages a trucking company which has its fleet pitted against a freight train in a race to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast.
Action
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Sir Herbert
John Wayne Gwen Gaze Don Barclay Charles Brokaw James Bush Pat Somerset Richard Tucker Olaf Hytten Arthur Aylesworth Franklin Parker Sam Harris
Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Dickson
Pinky Tomlin Toby Wing Kane Richmond Arthur Housman Russell Hopton Fuzzy Knight G. Pat Collins Olaf Hytten
A naïve farmer writing songs tries his chances in New York. Unlucky, he is helped by a crooner who lusts after one of his songs. Ignoring the real value of his composition, he sold it for ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Mac
Clyde Beatty Phyllis Coates Stanley Farrar John Doucette Leonard Mudie Joel Fluellen Roy E. Glenn Sr. Olaf Hytten
Hunter tracks down lions on the Congo jungle.
Romance
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Alfred
Fredric March Loretta Young Robert Benchley Allyn Joslyn Eve Arden Helen Westley Joyce Compton Tim Ryan Olaf Hytten Dorothy Adams Clarence Kolb
playwright actress banker husband wife bellhop amusing witty endearing new york city broadway theater hotel hotel room reno, nev. divorce remarriage jealousy work-life balance romance love triangle
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play.
Romance
USA
1936
64 Minutes
Wellington
Louise Fazenda Maude Eburne Ann Rutherford Edward Nugent Hedda Hopper Franklin Pangborn Rafael Corio Harold Minjir Olaf Hytten Robert Light Claudelle Kaye
Kate Flannagan (Louise Fazenda) and Belle Dugan (Maude Eburne)operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime, friendly... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
67 Minutes
Banks
John Loder June Duprez Michael St. Angel Miles Mander Rose Hobart Gilbert Emery Rex Evans Matthew Boulton Olaf Hytten Lydia Bilbrook Ian Wolfe
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Dr. Ezra Jennings
David Manners Phyllis Barry Gustav von Seyffertitz Jameson Thomas Herbert Bunston Charles Irwin Elspeth Dudgeon John Davidson Claude King Olaf Hytten
Typical Monogram whodunit from the 30's, with dialogue and sound effects based on the well known mystery book with same title. A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and... See full summary »
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.
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Romance, Fantasy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor Irene Browne Beryl Mercer Colin Keith-Johnston Alan Mowbray Juliette Compton Betty Lawford Ferdinand Gottschalk Samuel S. Hinds
wealthy man relative fiancée cousin suitor ambassador cheeky creative engaging england manor street garden household time travel family romance inheritance diary social customs
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Hillary Brooke Milburn Stone Arthur Margetson Halliwell Hobbes Dennis Hoey Minna Phillips Gavin Muir Gerald Hamer Vernon Downing
sherlock holmes doctor watson inspector sister brother doctor engaging crafty intricate suspenseful estate london england hospital family feud ritual murder detective work land claim world war ii greed
Watson (Nigel Bruce) brings in Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on a case of ritual murder at the old Musgrave estate.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar Cedric Hardwicke Sara Allgood Aubrey Mather Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd David Clyde Helena Pickard Lumsden Hare
serial killer inspector singer maid lodger chilling suspenseful disturbing london attic music hall hospital serial murders mystery investigation unusual behavior jack the ripper mystery discovery pursuit
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Adventure
USA
1936
91 Minutes
Randolph Scott Binnie Barnes Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Hugh Buckler Bruce Cabot Robert Barrat Philip Reed Willard Robertson Frank McGlynn Will Stanton
sister colonel major scout traitor native american thrilling emotional powerful adirondack mountains fort wilderness indian village cliff cross-cultural romance french and indian war abduction betrayal brotherhood native americans
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
84 Minutes
Dane Clark Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Alan Hale Craig Stevens Barbara Brown Don McGuire John Ridgely Richard Erdman Herb Anderson Howard Freeman
A bored automobile industry tycoon assumes a false identity, buys a half interest in a gas station, and plays matchmaker for his daughter.
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Lon Chaney Claude Rains Ralph Bellamy Evelyn Ankers Warren William Patric Knowles Maria Ouspenskaya Bela Lugosi Fay Helm Forrester Harvey J.M. Kerrigan
heir father shopkeeper sheriff gypsy werewolf chilling dark eerie campy wales woods castle antique shop werewolves murder hunting metamorphosis 1940s
Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.
Drama
USA
1935
110 Minutes
Fredric March Merle Oberon Herbert Marshall Janet Beecher John Halliday Henrietta Crosman Frieda Inescort Claude Allister George Breakston Fay Chaldecott Dennis Chaldecott
soldier cousin girl friend engaging emotional passionate london france england countryside cottage devotion pride love war blindness jealousy love transformation
The close relationship between a woman and her two male childhood friends is tested when she accepts a marriage proposal from one of them, while the burgeoning First World War threatens to change their lives forever.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Comedy
1937
82 Minutes
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Peter Whitney Faye Emerson Howard da Silva Edward Brophy Charles Drake Vera Lewis Ben Welden Howard C. Hickman
mistress daughter chauffeur tycoon newspaper reporter editor thrilling witty melodramatic suspenseful newsroom boardinghouse household bedroom murder investigation journalism organized crime media circus schemes embezzlement
An investigative crime reporter helps the cops solve the case of a missing tycoon who's later found dead in a cheap boarding house.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Reginald Owen Warburton Gamble Anna May Wong June Clyde Alan Dinehart John Warburton J.M. Kerrigan Alan Mowbray Doris Lloyd Billy Bevan Leila Bennett
sherlock holmes doctor watson lawyer widow pretty woman intricate tense london apartment murder greed investigation inheritance aristocracy secret society mystery discovery 19th century
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack Felix Bressart Lionel Atwill Stanley Ridges Sig Ruman Tom Dugan Charles Halton Peter Caldwell Helmut Dantine
actor actress lieutenant spy nazi madcap hilarious suspenseful poland warsaw love triangle adolf hitler impersonation resistance world war ii adventure 1940s
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Fredric March Gary Cooper Miriam Hopkins Edward Everett Horton Franklin Pangborn Isabel Jewell Wyndham Standing Harry Dunkinson Helena Phillips Evans James Donlan Vernon Steele
artist playwright american boss husband love interest cheeky madcap playful paris apartment london new york city office roommates jealousy romantic dilemma love triangle sex competition
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Marjorie Riordan Rosalind Ivan Martin Kosleck John Abbott Frederick Worlock Morton Lowry Leslie Vincent Gerald Hamer Rex Evans
sherlock holmes doctor watson prince prime minister singer thug spirited tense london ship algiers, algeria airplane lisbon, portugal alexandria, egypt jewel smuggling royalty impersonation sabotage attempted murder investigation
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
Romance
USA
1940
110 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Guy Kibbee ZaSu Pitts Edward Everett Horton Ross Alexander June Martel Gordon Westcott Judy Canova Nella Walker Jack Norton Arthur Treacher Milton Kibbee
Cora and Matt have tons of money and have spent a lot just to be accepted into New York society. The problem is that New York society has very little money. Matt prefers lunch counters and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall Ralph Bellamy Alan Hale Lee Patrick Allen Jenkins Lucile Watson William Frawley Roscoe Karns Grant Mitchell Maris Wrixon
adviser wife inspector dancer dentist chauffeur suspenseful amusing lighthearted office yacht theater storage closet apartment investigation murder marriage impersonation writers mystery
A respected investment advisor has a double life as a mystery writer and becomes involved in the real murder of a shady client.
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor Edith Fellows Jackie Moran Donald Meek Dorothy Stickney Romaine Callender Douglas Scott Margaret Armstrong George McKay Wade Boteler
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Warren William Helene Lowell Henry O'Neill Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hicks Maude Turner Gordon Martha Merrill Edgar Kennedy Sam Hayes
pilot friend wife benefactor daredevil melodramatic mushy emotional tense long island, n.y. new york state airplane party friendship love triangle marriage tragic death guilt loyalty forbidden love
Terry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Laird Cregar Thomas Mitchell George Sanders Anthony Quinn George Zucco Edward Ashley Fortunio Bonanova Stuart Robertson Charles McNaughton
pirate governor damsel in distress english gentleman thrilling passionate amusing jamaica island pirate ship tavern fort pirates love adventure 17th century
An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love-hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
Adventure
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Errol Flynn Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Mildred Natwick Alice Kelley Robert Warwick Harry Cording John Alderson Phil Tully Lester Matthews Tudor Owen
lieutenant sailor pirate princess chaperone cheeky confident gutsy lighthearted witty pirate ship ship beach pirates captivity rescue escape adventure escape growing up
Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
James Stewart Rosalind Russell Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Louise Beavers Allyn Joslyn Clarence Kolb Robert Greig J.M. Kerrigan Lawrence Grossmith Robert E. O'Connor
playwright actress socialite ex-husband director charming amusing emotional small town new york city party theater love triangle writing success regret broadway love rise rivalry
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1945
71 Minutes
Boris Karloff Lon Chaney J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Anne Gwynne Peter Coe Lionel Atwill George Zucco Elena Verdugo Glenn Strange Sig Ruman
mad scientist hunchback frankenstein's monster werewolf count dracula dark creepy suspenseful europe castle laboratory vengeance scientific experiments evil monsters revenge quest 19th century
The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »
Comedy
1937
91 Minutes
Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland Edward Everett Horton Melville Cooper Luis Alberni Lionel Atwill Marie Wilson Lana Turner Linda Perry Craig Reynolds Dorothy Tree
actor countess love interest fan servant amusing outlandish witty paris inn england stage impersonation performance romance misunderstanding theater david garrick rivalry transformation
French actors stage a hoax to deflate the ego of the famed 18th-century British actor (Brian Aherne).
Comedy, Other
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Dennis Morgan Sydney Greenstreet Reginald Gardiner S.Z. Sakall Robert Shayne Una O'Connor Frank Jenks Joyce Compton Dick Elliott Betty Alexander
writer soldier chef editor publisher nurse lighthearted cheery new york city apartment connecticut farm kitchen barn christmas deception country life babies war heroes engagement
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.