List of the best Paul Harvey movies: August Week-end(1936), Advice to the Lovelorn(1933), Meet Dr. Christian(1939), Arizona(1940), Calamity Jane(1953), Side Street(1950), Blondie's Lucky Day(1946), You Can't Escape Forever(1942), On Again, Off Again(1937), April in Paris(1952), High Flyers(1937), Three for the Show(1955) ... ...
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
George Washburne
Valerie Hobson G.P. Huntley Jr. Paul Harvey Betty Compson Claire McDowell Frank Melton Dorothea Kent Maynard Holmes Edgar Norton Gigi Parrish Howard C. Hickman
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Gaskell
Lee Tracy Sally Blane Sterling Holloway Jean Adair Paul Harvey
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column because he missed the scoop on... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
63 Minutes
John Hewitt
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Robert Baldwin Enid Bennett Paul Harvey Marcia Mae Jones Jackie Moran Maude Eburne
A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of Rivers End, Minnesota.
Western
1940
122 Minutes
Solomon Warner
Jean Arthur William Holden Warren William Porter Hall Paul Harvey George Chandler Byron Foulger Regis Toomey Paul Lopez Colin Tapley Uvaldo Varela
pioneer entrepreneur woman drifter love interest inspiring amusing gutsy tucson, ariz. business romance con game abandonment love underdog 1860s
A drifter (William Holden) and the cavalry help the first woman (Jean Arthur) in Tucson protect her freight line from Indians.
Musical
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Henry Miller
Doris Day Howard Keel Allyn Ann McLerie Philip Carey Dick Wesson Paul Harvey Chubby Johnson Gale Robbins
frontier woman lieutenant cowboy maid saloon owner amusing cheery playful saloon chicago stage cabin desert deadwood, s.d. friendship singing impersonation mistaken identity jealousy romance
The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Emil Lorrison
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Comedy
USA
1946
75 Minutes
Jonathan Butler, Sr.
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Marjorie Kent Frank Jenks Paul Harvey Charles Arnt
In order to close a business deal, Dagwood impersonates Mr. Dithers. While doing so he must avoid the nearly blind process server Jim Gray.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
Maj. Turner
George Brent Brenda Marshall Gene Lockhart Roscoe Karns Edward Ciannelli Paul Harvey Edith Barrett Harry Hayden Charles Halton Don DeFore George Meeker
When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he fries. She calls in a story about his death and gets transferred ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Mr. Applegate
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Marjorie Lord Patricia Wilder Esther Muir Paul Harvey Russell Hicks George Meeker Maxine Jennings Kitty McHugh Hal K. Dawson
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company.
Musical, Romance
USA
1952
101 Minutes
Secretary Robert Sherman
Doris Day Ray Bolger Claude Dauphin Eve Miller George Givot Paul Harvey Herbert Farjeon Wilson Millar Raymond Largay John Alvin Jack Lomas
bureaucrat chorus girl boss fiancée entertainer busboy winsome uplifting touching amusing washington, d.c. new york city cruise ship nightclub paris unlikely romance culture clash singing love triangle matchmaking
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Horace Arlington
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Lupe Velez Marjorie Lord Jack Carson Paul Harvey Charles Judels Lucien Prival Herbert Evans Herbert Clifton George Irving
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Col. Harold J. Wharton
Betty Grable Gower Champion Jack Lemmon Marge Champion Myron McCormick Paul Harvey Robert Bice Hal K. Dawson Charlotte Lawrence Willard Waterman Aileen Carlyle
wife husband dancer best friend colonel producer amusing lighthearted stage reno, nev. new york city love triangle missing persons misunderstanding friendship marriage performance love rivalry 1950s
A Broadway star (Betty Grable) marries her husband's (Jack Lemmon) partner; then her husband returns from World War II.
Comedy
UK
1951
87 Minutes
D.A. Abbott
Donald O'Connor Jimmy Durante Piper Laurie Joyce Holden William Conrad Henry O'Neill Paul Harvey Jess Barker Elisabeth Risdon Frank Nelson Charles Flynn
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Perry Winfield
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.
Comedy
USA
1946
89 Minutes
Mr. J.G. Nuboult
Ann Sothern George Murphy Hillary Brooke Stephen McNally Ray Collins Jeff York Paul Harvey Murray Alper
inventor boss young woman beautiful woman tycoon secretary lighthearted amusing los angeles stadium college plant helicopter aviation sabotage inventions espionage sexism new job love
After graduating college Maisie becomes involved both professionally and personally Joe Morton, who's just developed a revolutionary helicopter.
Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Lefty Crawford
Joe E. Brown Olivia de Havilland William Frawley Roscoe Karns Joe King Ruth Donnelly Paul Harvey Eddie Shubert G. Pat Collins Spencer Charters Gene Morgan
pitcher fiancée baseball manager baseball player gambler wife hilarious thrilling chicago baseball field stadium household baseball gambling lying kidnapping engagement love rise transformation
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
"J.G." Carpenter
Edward G. Robinson Jean Arthur Arthur Hohl Wallace Ford Arthur Byron Donald Meek Paul Harvey Edward Brophy Etienne Girardot James Donlan
clerk gangster love interest boss police detective newspaper owner madcap confident intricate witty apartment police station office newsroom hideout mistaken identity wrongfully accused impersonation murder plot crime
Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
Comedy
1934
81 Minutes
Will Rogers Peggy Wood Conchita Montenegro Mary Carlisle Roger Imhof Robert Taylor Paul Harvey Grace Goodall Gregory Gaye Frank Melton
Musical, Romance
1945
72 Minutes
Thomas Marsden
Jane Frazee Stanley Brown Harry Langdon Minna Gombell Lita Ward Tim Ryan Paul Harvey Wendell Niles
An unpaid songwriter (Jane Frazee) hounds a bandleader and finds herself a new partner (Brad Taylor).
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Brendon Boyd
Robert Walker Joan Leslie Edward Arnold Spring Byington Leon Ames Jan Sterling Anthony Ross Paul Harvey Kathryn Card Tommy Myers Rudy Lee
When a naval officer's wife breaks her ankle and is laid up, her husband takes over running the household by employing military regimentation and discipline, which leads to a number of amusing situations.
Comedy
USA
1952
76 Minutes
Samuel T. Jones
Ozzie Nelson Harriet Nelson Ricky Nelson David Nelson Rock Hudson Barbara Lawrence Sheldon Leonard Jim Backus Paul Harvey Gale Gordon Ann Doran
When Ozzie tries to get some publicity for an ad agency, David and Ricky get mixed up with gangsters.
Comedy
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Rev. A.I. Galsworthy
Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett Don Taylor Billie Burke Leo G. Carroll Moroni Olsen Melville Cooper Taylor Holmes Paul Harvey Frank Orth
father bride daughter mother groom amusing playful endearing america household church wedding marriage family aging parenthood love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Opera businessman (uncredited)
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Mr. Whitewood
Edward G. Robinson Jane Bryan Allen Jenkins Willard Parker Ruth Donnelly John Litel Eric Stanley Harold Huber Edward Brophy Paul Harvey Bobby Jordan
police officer bootlegger bar owner gangster orphan wife lighthearted cheeky new york state household business adoption prohibition crime murder transformation fall 1930s
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Western
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Yellow Hand
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur Jimmy Ellison Charles Bickford Porter Hall Victor Varconi Helen Burgess John Miljan George "Gabby" Hayes Paul Harvey Frank McGlynn
military officer cowboy indian buffalo bill tense thrilling american west battle cowboys native people adventure sacrifice 1870s
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Mr. Joe Maxwell
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 »
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Attoney Brian
Loretta Young Cary Grant Jackie Kelk Henry Travers Russell Hopton Andrew Tombes Howard H. Lang Harry Green Marion Burns Paul Harvey Charles Coleman
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Romance
USA
1949
78 Minutes
Jim Townsend
Ronald Reagan Virginia Mayo Eddie Bracken Dona Drake Henry Travers Lois Wilson Florence Bates Jerome Cowan Helen Westcott Paul Harvey Lloyd Corrigan
talent scout artist teacher secretary photographer mother lighthearted playful new york city artist's studio apartment beach school courtroom talent search publicity art deception family trials
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Cyrus Random, Sr.
Red Skelton Sally Forrest Macdonald Carey Monica Lewis William Demarest Raymond Walburn Jane Darwell Lillian Bronson Herb Anderson Paul Harvey
inventor girlfriend pretty woman rival amusing lighthearted indiana small town inventions cars competition romance song and dance rivalry quest discovery love 1890s
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Emissary
Constance Bennett Fredric March Frank Morgan Fay Wray Jessie Ralph Lucille Ball Vince Barnett Louis Calhern Jay Eaton Paul Harvey
artist duchess duke artist's model steward emigrant witty amusing cheeky madcap florence, italy royal palace bedroom balcony benvenuto cellini scandal incompetency palace intrigue adultery patronage
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Musical
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Fred Astaire Vera-Ellen Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Keenan Wynn Gale Robbins Gloria DeHaven Harry Shannon Debbie Reynolds Paul Harvey Carleton Carpenter
songwriter dancer wife entertainer nightclub owner cheery witty theater new york city backstage partnership friendship songwriting performance disaster second chance adventure rivalry love transformation
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
105 Minutes
Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Una Merkel Sid Silvers Buddy Ebsen June Knight Vilma Ebsen Nick Long Jr. Robert Wildhack Paul Harvey
singer dancer producer widow columnist secretary amusing witty new york city broadway theater dance show business love deception quest rise love rivalry 1930s
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show. He gets an offer of money by Lillian, if she can dance in his show. Gordon's old class mate Irene, tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
94 Minutes
William Powell Shelley Winters James Gleason Marsha Hunt Dorothy Hart Felix Bressart Art Baker Sheldon Leonard Howard Freeman Houseley Stevenson Paul Harvey
During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Thomas Mitchell Marilyn Maxwell Henry Hull Claude Jarman Jr. Cameron Mitchell Geraldine Wall Barbara Brown Chill Wills Paul Harvey
Van Johnson is a navy pilot in WWII, who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors of the mission and are lost at sea. As they ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Rita Johnson Gigi Perreau Jimmy Hunt Peter Miles Lillian Bronson Hattie McDaniel Chill Wills Catherine Doucet Paul Harvey
A bachelor marries a widow and her three kids join the honeymoon.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Robert Lowery Barbara Britton Frank Albertson Lola Lane James Bush Edmund MacDonald Byron Barr Elisabeth Risdon Ralph Sanford John Harmon Paul Harvey
A young girl tries to prove a man innocent of robbery and murder charges.
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
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.
Crime, Drama
1948
111 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Conte Lee J. Cobb Helen Walker Betty Garde Kasia Orzazewski Joanne de Bergh Howard Smith Moroni Olsen John McIntire Paul Harvey
prisoner mother wife editor reporter police officer thrilling engaging newsroom family home prison police station justice murder corruption pursuit mystery 1940s
A Chicago newsman (James Stewart) digs up the story of a scrubwoman's son (Richard Conte) framed for murder.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor Don Taylor Billie Burke Moroni Olsen Richard Rober Marietta Canty Russ Tamblyn Tom Irish Hayden Rorke
father mother daughter son-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law amusing endearing touching united states household parenthood love family old age love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Comedy
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Jack Benny Alexis Smith Guy Kibbee Dolores Moran Allyn Joslyn Reginald Gardiner John Alexander Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont Robert Blake Ethel Griffies
musician angel thief campy cheeky hedonistic quirky earth new york city radio station restaurant dreams radio performers hedonism fall quest temptation transformation 1940s
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Musical
USA
1939
101 Minutes
Joel McCrea Andrea Leeds Walter Brennan Gene Reynolds Terry Kilburn Tommy Kelly Chuck Stubbs Walter Tetley Arthur Hohl Marjorie Main Porter Hall
poor boy classmate teacher violinist schoolmaster touching inspiring engaging music conservatory new york city basement classroom classical music talent bankruptcy music education friendship poverty discovery underdog
A boy runs away from home and ends up at a music school for poor children. When the school suffers hard times, he enlists the aid of violinist Heifetz to save the day.
Mystery & Thriller
1938
67 Minutes
Sidney Toler Phyllis Brooks Victor Sen Yung Eddie Collins John "Dusty" King Claire Dodd George Zucco Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence Richard Lane Layne Tom Jr.
The Chinese detective (Sidney Toler) and his No. 2 son (Sen Yung) hold a ship in port to probe a shooting on board.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Gregory Peck Michael Chekhov Leo G. Carroll Rhonda Fleming John Emery Norman Lloyd Bill Goodwin Steven Geray Donald Curtis Wallace Ford
doctor impostor detective psychoanalyst dense gripping suspenseful intricate vermont new york city mental institution ski resort amnesia psychoanalysis murder love deception quest love mystery
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Drama
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Luise Rainer Charley Grapewin Janet Beecher Eddie Quillan Victor Varconi Oscar O'Shea Helen Troy William Demarest John Arledge Irving Bacon
cab driver husband wife brother immigrant mobster melodramatic new york city garage taxi ship hideout gangsters mistaken identity corruption bombing taxicab business deportation pursuit rivalry
Julius Trent, the founder and president of Trent Mills objects to the plans of his manager, Walford Andrews, to manufacture a synthetic wool called Woolex. Finding Julius behind the times, ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1945
100 Minutes
Jeanne Crain Dana Andrews Dick Haymes Vivian Blaine Charles Winninger Fay Bainter Donald Meek Frank McHugh Percy Kilbride Harry Morgan Jane Nigh
mother father daughter son singer reporter lighthearted heartwarming fair trailer iowa infatuation competition love triangle family growing up love quest 1940s
The Frake family attends the annual Iowa State Fair; each member of the clan has their own reason for doing so.
Comedy
USA
1954
113 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Audrey Hepburn William Holden Walter Hampden John Williams Martha Hyer Joan Vohs Marcel Dalio Marcel Hillaire Nella Walker Francis X. Bushman
chauffeur ceo daughter bachelor charming endearing united states romance business love triangle siblings love forbidden love transformation underdog 1950s
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.