List of the best Patsy Kelly movies: Danger! Women at Work(1943), My Son, the Hero(1943), Pigskin Parade(1936), Private Number(1936), There Goes My Heart(1938), Ever Since Eve(1937), The Cowboy and the Lady(1938), Thanks a Million(1935), Freaky Friday(1976), Broadway Limited(1941), Playmates(1941), Merrily We Live(1938) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1943
62 Minutes
3 women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business.
Comedy
USA
1943
66 Minutes
A broken down boxing promoter finds that his son has become a hero fighting in the pacific and is about to come home for a war bond tour. Trouble is, he's been lying about how successful ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Johnny Downs Betty Grable Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Judy Garland
coach student athlete wife communist sister lighthearted amusing charming yale stadium texas college football unlikely hero mix-up sports underdog rivalry quest
Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.
Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Gracie
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.
Romance
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Peggy O'Brien
heiress reporter friend grandfather salesgirl editor cheery amusing lighthearted yacht new york city department store island cabin class distinctions journalism family friendship romance impersonation
A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.
Comedy
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Sadie Day
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Frank McHugh Patsy Kelly Louise Fazenda Barton MacLane Marcia Ralston Carol Hughes Frederick Clark Mary Treen Anderson Lawler
secretary beautiful woman writer roommate girlfriend amusing playful san francisco office deception disguise romance writing beauty employment love transformation discovery 1930s
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
Romance
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Katie Callahan
Gary Cooper Merle Oberon Walter Brennan Patsy Kelly Fuzzy Knight Mabel Todd Henry Kolker Harry Davenport Emma Dunn Walter Walker Berton Churchill
wealthy girl father maid cowboy best friend lighthearted tender charming city household bar palm beach, fla. montana wealth father/daughter relationship impersonation deception elopement romance love
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Phoebe Mason
Dick Powell Ann Dvorak Fred Allen Patsy Kelly Raymond Walburn David Rubinoff Benny Baker Andrew Tombes Alan Dinehart Paul Harvey Edwin Maxwell
singer dancer manager politician wife rival playful cheeky engaging bus new york city town rally hotel ambition politics radio romance performance rise
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1976
95 Minutes
Mrs. Schmauss
Barbara Harris Jodie Foster John Astin Patsy Kelly Vicki Schreck Dick Van Patten Sorrell Booke Alan Oppenheimer Kaye Ballard Ruth Buzzi Marc McClure
housewife daughter brother husband classmate principal airy emotional madcap school suburbia household trading places mother/daughter relationship rebellion magic role reversal self-discovery metamorphosis quest
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
Comedy
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Patsy
Victor McLaglen Marjorie Woodworth Dennis O'Keefe Patsy Kelly ZaSu Pitts Leonid Kinskey George E. Stone Gay Ellen Dakin
producer movie star secretary engineer childhood sweetheart stranger amusing madcap chicago train station train philadelphia new york city show business kidnapping publicity stunts train travel babies quest adventure
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
Lulu Monahan
Kay Kyser John Barrymore Lupe Velez Patsy Kelly Ginny Simms May Robson Peter Lind Hayes Harry Babbitt
john barrymore kay kyser bandleader singer dancer grandmother airy amusing charming playful radio station theater nightclub hotel room radio big-band music actors william shakespeare publicity stunts song and dance
Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Etta
Brian Aherne Constance Bennett Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Patsy Kelly Ann Dvorak Tom Brown Clarence Kolb
matron ex-convict chauffeur butler tramp daughter hysterical wild united states household rehabilitation family dysfunction homelessness mistaken identity philanthropy transformation love 1930s
Dizzy society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome "tramp" who shows up at her doorstep and soon ends up in a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Mac, Head Nurse
Constance Towers Anthony Eisley Michael Dante Virginia Grey Patsy Kelly Betty Bronson Marie Devereux Karen Conrad Linda Francis Barbara Perry Walter Mathews
Kelly's path towards happiness is thrown amiss when she witnesses a shocking event, which threatens not just her happiness, but her mental health as well.
Western
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Helga
John Wayne Binnie Barnes Albert Van Dekker Helen Parrish Patsy Kelly Edgar Kennedy Dick Purcell Harry Shannon Charles Halton Emmett Lynn Bob McKenzie
pharmacist saloon owner rancher woman brother tense somber rousing california mining town pharmacy ranch extortion frame-up illness gold rush mob banding together rivalry quest
During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Fitz
Alice Faye Adolphe Menjou Gregory Ratoff Ted Healy Patsy Kelly Tony Martin
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
80 Minutes
Jill Barker
Marion Davies Bing Crosby Fifi D'Orsay Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Bobby Watson Ned Sparks
actor actress girlfriend singer roommate amusing spirited lighthearted new york city hollywood, calif. train hollywood acting romance jealousy determination rivalry forbidden love pursuit 1930s
A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Jinx
Adolphe Menjou Hal Roach Carole Landis John Hubbard Charles Butterworth Patsy Kelly George E. Stone Margaret Roach Polly Ann Young Edward Norris
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There ... See full summary »
Comedy
1934
75 Minutes
Kitty Lennihan
Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Lewis Stone Patsy Kelly Alan Mowbray Clara Blandick Russell Hopton Hale Hamilton Henry Kolker Nat Pendleton
chorus girl wealthy man millionaire son best friend married man playful spirited amusing missouri beer hall new york city stage mansion yacht gold digging father/son relationship suicide frame-up seduction
An innkeeper's daughter (Jean Harlow) runs away from home and meets a Palm Beach millionaire (Lionel Barrymore) and his son (Franchot Tone).
Comedy
USA
1960
111 Minutes
Maggie
Doris Day David Niven Janis Paige Spring Byington Richard Haydn Patsy Kelly Jack Weston Margaret Lindsay
critic housewife singer friend son amusing emotional new york city apartment country house theater street marriage career success jealousy theater love rise rivalry
Drama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kate, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
Kitty
Jimmy Ritz Harry Ritz Al Ritz Anita Louise Lionel Atwill Patsy Kelly Bela Lugosi Joseph Calleia Edward Norris Wally Vernon Paul Harvey
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
Comedy
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Rose
Edward Herrmann Barbara Harris Karen Valentine Susan Clark Michael Constantine Cloris Leachman Patsy Kelly Douglas Fowley Virginia Capers Steve Franken Dena Dietrich
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Irma "Toledo" Knight
Al Jolson Ruby Keeler Glenda Farrell Helen Morgan Barton MacLane Sharon Lynne Patsy Kelly Benny Rubin Phil Regan Gordon Westcott Joyce Compton
Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1968
136 Minutes
Laura-Louise McBirney
Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon Sidney Blackmer Maurice Evans Ralph Bellamy Elisha Cook Jr. Patsy Kelly Charles Grodin
actor pregnant woman elderly person neighbor demon chilling creepy frightening apartment queens, n.y. occult pregnancy blindness demonic possession transformation temptation 1960s
A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Gertrude Ross
Dana Andrews Rhonda Fleming Efrem Zimbalist Jr. John Kerr Anne Francis Keenan Wynn Troy Donahue Joe Mantell Patsy Kelly Donald May Louis Quinn
navy pilot copilot soldier stewardess wife passenger engaging incredible suspenseful airplane cockpit flying flashbacks catastrophe equipment malfunction survival escape quest 1930s
Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.