List of the best Rafaela Ottiano movies: As You Desire Me(1932), Maytime(1937), She Done Him Wrong(1933), The Last Gentleman(1934), Mandalay(1934), One Frightened Night(1935), Enchanted April(1935), Female(1933), That Girl From Paris(1937), Ann Vickers(1933), Anthony Adverse(1936) ... ...
Drama
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Lena
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Erich von Stroheim Hedda Hopper Owen Moore Rafaela Ottiano Warburton Gamble Albert Conti William Ricciardi Roland Varno
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man (Tony) shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Ellen
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Comedy
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Russian Rita
Mae West Cary Grant Owen Moore Gilbert Roland Noah Beery David Landau Rafaela Ottiano Dewey Robinson Rochelle Hudson Tammany Young Fuzzy Knight
singer convict femme fatale agent bar owner ex-boyfriend hedonistic confident cheeky bar prison mission crime love triangle seduction prostitution alcohol jealousy wretched excess temptation
In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Retta Barr
George Arliss Edna May Oliver Janet Beecher Charlotte Henry Ralph Morgan Edward Ellis Frank Albertson Rafaela Ottiano Donald Meek Joseph Cawthorn Harry C. Bradley
millionaire son granddaughter sister lawyer adopted son offbeat witty massachusetts house memorial service inheritance greed family schemes eccentricity reconciliation love quest 1930s
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for a memorial service. Once there, Barr ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Madame Countess
Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Lyle Talbot Warner Oland Ruth Donnelly Reginald Owen Hobart Cavanaugh David Torrence Rafaela Ottiano Halliwell Hobbes Etienne Girardot
political refugee surgeon gunrunner pimp prostitute beautiful woman tense melodramatic sultry mandalay, myanmar rangoon, myanmar brothel boat city poverty prostitution organized crime blackmail secret past new life
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Elvira, the maid
Charley Grapewin Mary Carlisle Arthur Hohl Evalyn Knapp Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Lucien Littlefield Regis Toomey Rafaela Ottiano Fred Kelsey Clarence Wilson
An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter, decides to divide his estate among a group of people less close to him: his niece and nephew, his attorney, his doctor, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
66 Minutes
Francesca
Ann Harding Frank Morgan Katharine Alexander Reginald Owen Jane Baxter Ralph Forbes Jessie Ralph Charles Judels Rafaela Ottiano
For Lotty Wilkins, romance is no longer part of her marriage. In an effort to find what's missing from her life, she and three other women rent an Italian villa for the month of April, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1933
65 Minutes
Della, Alison's Maid (uncredited)
Ruth Chatterton William Dieterle George Brent Ruth Donnelly Philip Reed Johnny Mack Brown Lois Wilson Gavin Gordon Ferdinand Gottschalk Rafaela Ottiano
business owner beautiful woman engineer employee amusing passionate factory mansion new york city romance wealth automotive industry gender roles love transformation 1930s
An auto-company president (Ruth Chatterton) finds her right-hand man (George Brent) by process of elimination.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Lily Pons Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Lucille Ball Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Patricia Wilder Vinton Haworth Gregory Gaye Ferdinand Gottschalk
opera singer fiancée musician girlfriend band member band leader amusing charming cheery ocean liner new york city paris apartment limousine roadhouse escape arranged marriage love music show business
Nikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Irene Dunne Walter Huston Conrad Nagel Bruce Cabot Edna May Oliver Sam Hardy Mitchell Lewis Helen Eby-Rock Gertrude Michael J. Carrol Naish Sarah Padden
social worker army officer doctor judge suitor engaging moving profound striking prison havana new york state manhattan social activism prison adultery pregnancy blackmail sacrifice forbidden love
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Romance
USA
1936
140 Minutes
Fredric March Olivia de Havilland Gale Sondergaard Edmund Gwenn Claude Rains Anita Louise Louis Hayward Steffi Duna Billy Mauch Donald Woods Akim Tamiroff
hero pretty woman father mother grandfather melodramatic emotional passionate italy europe france africa cuba abandonment illegitimate child expedition romance adventure discovery quest
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.