List of the best Paul Stanton movies: Here Comes Trouble(1948), The People vs. Dr. Kildare(1941), I Love You Again(1940), Bachelor Mother(1939), Poor Little Rich Girl(1936), Whistling in the Dark(1941), Private Number(1936), Whipsaw(1935), The Longest Night(1936), Charlie Chan at the Circus(1936), And One Was Beautiful(1940), Mr. Winkle Goes to War(1944) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1948
55 Minutes
Attorney Martin Stafford
William Tracy Joe Sawyer Joan Woodbury Emory Parnell Betty Compson Paul Stanton
reporter newspaper owner burlesque dancer police officer mob boss veteran amusing rousing engaging city newsroom house nightclub office extortion mob corruption crime investigation journalism
A newspaper publisher (Emory Parnell) is being blackmailed by a burlesque queen (Joan Woodbury), and he sends one of his reporters (William Tracy) to talk to her. The girl is murdered and ... See full summary »
Drama
1941
78 Minutes
Mr. Reynolds
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Bonita Granville Alma Kruger Red Skelton Paul Stanton Diana Lewis
doctor nurse mentor truck driver ice skater lawyer melodramatic inspiring charming road hospital courtroom office medicine media lawsuit reputation mentorship sacrifice quest
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Comedy
1940
97 Minutes
Mr. Edward Littlejohn Sr.
William Powell Myrna Loy Frank McHugh Edmund Lowe Don Douglas Nella Walker Pierre Watkin Paul Stanton Morgan Wallace Charles Arnt Harlan Briggs
con artist wife friend lighthearted madcap charming cruise ship new york state con game marriage amnesia mistaken identity transformation love 1940s
A businessman (William Powell) snaps out of 9-year amnesia, reverts to con man and falls in love with his wife (Myrna Loy).
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Hargraves
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Musical
USA
1936
72 Minutes
George Hathaway
Shirley Temple Alice Faye Jack Haley Gloria Stuart Michael Whalen Sara Haden Jane Darwell Claude Gillingwater Paul Stanton Henry Armetta Charles Coleman
young girl entertainer businessman producer man wife amusing tender city mansion apartment street car radio station father/daughter relationship grief music family city life growing up
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Jennings
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Virginia Grey Conrad Veidt Rags Ragland Eve Arden Don Douglas Don Costello Paul Stanton William Tannen
actor cult member thug fiancée friend amusing madcap lighthearted plane radio station race against time murder plot kidnapping cult inheritance radio rivalry escape 1840s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Drama
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Rawlings
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Justice Department Chief Hughes
Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Harvey Stephens William Harrigan Clay Clement Robert Gleckler Robert Warwick Georges Renavent Paul Stanton Wade Boteler Don Rowan
racketeer partner moll federal agent mobster henchman engaging intense suspenseful london new york city st. louis countryside house theft jewel smuggling undercover operations impersonation chase romance
Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
Drama
USA
1936
50 Minutes
Mr. Grover, Head Buyer for the Store
Robert Young Florence Rice Ted Healy Julie Haydon Catherine Doucet Janet Beecher Leslie Fenton Sidney Toler Paul Stanton
Kept overnight by police investigating a murder, department store owner Charley Phelps and sales clerk Joan Sutton solve the mystery, defeat a gang of thieves, and fall in love.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Joe Kinney
Warner Oland Keye Luke Francis Ford George Brasno Olive Brasno Shirley Deane John McGuire Maxine Reiner J. Carrol Naish Paul Stanton Boothe Howard
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Arthur Prince
Bob Cummings Laraine Day Jean Muir Billie Burke Ann Morriss Esther Dale Charles Waldron Frank Milan Rand Brooks Paul Stanton Ruth Tobey
young woman sister love interest husband inmate bachelor emotional sad engaging party car family home prison road car accident sister relationship death imprisonment love triangle responsibility
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally runs over a man with a car.
Drama
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Ruth Warrick Ted Donaldson Bob Haymes Richard Lane Robert Armstrong Richard Gaines Walter Baldwin Art Smith Ann Shoemaker Paul Stanton
bank teller army recruit orphan mechanic wife endearing amusing bank japan army camp heroism duty patriotism world war ii marriage underdog adventure rise sacrifice 1940s
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman, finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
Comedy
1943
67 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Jacqueline White Stephen McNally Russell Hicks Nella Walker Howard Freeman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Paul Stanton
stan & ollie air raid warden nazi spy townspeople hysterical playful small town store factory espionage nazism business sabotage deception world war ii quest underdog rescue 1940s
Rejected by the military, a pair of bumblers volunteers their questionable services to an unsuspecting homefront.
Musical, Comedy
1946
127 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Ilona Massey Roddy McDowall Jane Powell Hugo Haas Mikhail Rasumny Helene Stanley Ann Codee Paul Stanton Doris Lloyd Rosita Marstini
ambassador daughter boyfriend pianist xavier cugat singer lighthearted charming melodramatic mexico party nightclub father/daughter relationship love musicians love growing up 1940s
The U.S. ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Chester Morris Dawn O'Day Edward Ciannelli Walter Abel Richard Bond Lee Patrick Paul Guilfoyle Frank M. Thomas Eddie Acuff Jack Arnold Jack Carson
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
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.
Musical
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Arlene Dahl Andrea King Alan Hale George Tobias George O'Brien Sara Allgood Ben Blue William Frawley Don McGuire Charles Irwin
broadway star singer-songwriter girlfriend singer cheery endearing inspiring new york city dinner party broadway theater rise to stardom fame songwriting singing relationships chancellor "chauncey" olcott pursuit love underdog transformation
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
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
1943
94 Minutes
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Marian Marsh Gordon Oliver Margaret Dumont Peggy Shannon Miles Mander Sarah Padden Wade Boteler Mary Kornman Joe Caits Milburn Stone Harry Tyler
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Comedy
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Ralph Bellamy Alex D'Arcy Cecil Cunningham Molly Lamont Esther Dale Joyce Compton Robert Allen Robert Warwick Mary Forbes
husband wife neighbor heiress music teacher mother amusing charming hilarious madcap new york city apartment marriage reconciliation divorce new love love transformation 1930s
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Adventure
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Herbert Marshall Edward Ciannelli Walter Kingsford Damian O'Flynn Jack Carr Matt McHugh Richard Loo Charles Lung Bud McTaggart
The life of air pioneer Amelia Earhart is here given a fictionalized treatment, with a speculative conclusion.
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.