List of the best Purnell Pratt movies: The Trespasser(1929), Red-Haired Alibi(1932), Come On, Rangers(1938), Ladies Crave Excitement(1935), Mystery Squadron(1933), I Cover the Waterfront(1933), Paid(1931), Common Clay(1930), Seven Keys to Baldpate(1917), Waterfront Lady(1935), Bachelor Apartment(1931), Dance, Fools, Dance(1931) ... ...
Drama
USA
1929
100 Minutes
Hector Ferguson
Gloria Swanson Robert Ames Purnell Pratt William Holden Henry B. Walthall Kay Hammond Blanche Frederici
The trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband.
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Police Inspector Regan
Merna Kennedy Theodore von Eltz Grant Withers Purnell Pratt Huntley Gordon Fred Kelsey Arthur Hoyt Paul Porcasi Shirley Temple
A young girl new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
Western
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Senator Harvey
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton J. Farrell MacDonald Purnell Pratt Harry Woods Bruce MacFarlane Lane Chandler Chester Gunnels Lee Powell Frank McCarroll
roy rogers texas ranger love interest senator brother trigger rousing thrilling engaging texas camp wilderness small town ranch texas rangers murder outlaws reunion desertion political corruption
Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws.
Action
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Amos Starke
Norman Foster Evalyn Knapp Esther Ralston Eric Linden Purnell Pratt Irene Franklin Emma Dunn Gilbert Emery Russell Hicks Christian Rub Francis Macdonald
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Adventure
1933
146 Minutes
Lafe Johnson
Bob Steele Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Lucile Browne Jack Mulhall Purnell Pratt Lafe McKee
The Black Ace and his pilots attempt to sabotage a dam that is to be built on one of the country's richest gold mines.
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
John Phelps
Claudette Colbert Ben Lyon Ernest Torrence Hobart Cavanaugh Maurice Black Purnell Pratt Wilfred Lucas Harry Beresford
reporter smuggler daughter illegal immigrant police officer editor gritty melodramatic waterfront san diego ship apartment hideout news investigation deception smuggling illegal immigration pursuit mystery
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Edward Gilder
Joan Crawford Robert Armstrong Marie Prevost Kent Douglas John Miljan Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Polly Moran Robert E. O'Connor Tyrrell Davis William Bakewell
Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
88 Minutes
Richard Fullerton
Constance Bennett Lew Ayres Tully Marshall Matty Kemp Beryl Mercer Hale Hamilton Purnell Pratt Ada Williams Charles McNaughton Genevieve Blinn
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1917
106 Minutes
George M. Cohan Eric Hudson Hedda Hopper Armand Cortes Frank Losee Anna Q. Nilsson Purnell Pratt
A writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Dist. Atty. Shaw
Ann Rutherford Frank Albertson J. Farrell MacDonald Barbara Pepper Charles Wilson Grant Withers Purnell Pratt Jack LaRue Ward Bond
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Herbert "Herb" Carraway
Lowell Sherman Irene Dunne Mae Murray Norman Kerry Claudia Dell Ivan Lebedeff Noel Francis Purnell Pratt Charles Coleman Kitty Kelly Bess Flowers
A New York playboy dates wild woman until he falls for a hard-working stenographer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Parker
Joan Crawford Cliff Edwards Clark Gable Lester Vail William Bakewell William Holden Earle Foxe Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Natalie Moorhead Joan Marsh
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Higgins
Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Adolphe Menjou Vivienne Osborne Claude Gillingwater Fay Holden Louise Beavers Constance Bergen Purnell Pratt Irving Bacon Ed Gargan
J. Hugh Ramsey, author of "Marriage, the Living Death" decides that the marriage of his friends The Bigelows cannot possibly be as perfect as it appears.
Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Doctor
Mary Carlisle Buster Crabbe Charles Starrett Florence Lake Eddie Tamblyn Sally Starr Tom Dugan Burr McIntosh Grady Sutton Purnell Pratt Franklin Parker
A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson H.B. Warner Marian Marsh Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Frances Starr Ona Munson Boris Karloff Robert Elliott Aline MacMahon Purnell Pratt
editor news reporter murderer publisher secretary love interest melodramatic dark new york city journalism ethics suicide deception family love fall wretched excess 1930s
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Drama
USA
1933
60 Minutes
William Gargan Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy Jack LaRue Gregory Ratoff Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh June Brewster Robert Benchley Betty Furness Dorothy Burgess
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Ann Dvorak Helene Lowell Helen Chandler Harry Tyler Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Vincent Sherman Eric Wilton Robert McWade Paul Hurst
A gambler hides out for some gangsters in an old lady's house. Later he's arrested for murder but the old woman provides him with an alibi by saying he was with her on the night of the murder.
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Romance
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Young Hardie Albright Harry Bowen Allan Cavan Eddy Chandler Jack Cheatham Joe Dominguez Ruth Donnelly Tom Dugan Cliff Edwards
The rebellious daughter of an army general becomes involved with a communist agitator, much to the consternation of her father, who instead attempts to pair her with a handsome yet dim-witted soldier.