List of the best Richard Barthelmess movies: Heroes for Sale(1933), The Noose(1928), Midnight Alibi(1934), Four Hours to Kill(1935), The Bright Shawl(1923), Central Airport(1933), Son of the Gods(1930), Alias the Doctor(1932), The Idol Dancer(1920), Soul-Fire(1925), The Last Flight(1931), Way Down East(1920) ... ...
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Thomas "Tom" Holmes
Richard Barthelmess Loretta Young Aline MacMahon Gordon Westcott Robert Barrat Berton Churchill Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Charley Grapewin James Murray Edwin Maxwell
veteran soldier businessman communist wife doctor bleak gritty chicago laundromat hospital prison pennsylvania capitalism communism labor union drug addiction great depression social activism discovery
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Nickie Elkins
Richard Barthelmess Montagu Love Robert E. O'Connor Jay Eaton Lina Basquette Thelma Todd Ed Brady Fred Warren William B. Davidson Alice Joyce William Walling
blackmailer governor wife mother son father melodramatic shocking tense suspenseful death row city cabaret prison murder capital punishment blackmail father/son relationship crime family
A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.
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
71 Minutes
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1923
64 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Dorothy Gish Jetta Goudal William Powell Mary Astor Edward G. Robinson Margaret Seddon Anders Randolf Luis Alberni George Humbert George Andre Beranger
cuban wealthy man love interest friend brother dancer fascinating frenetic havana ship revolution cuba friendship relationships poverty duty love quest 1850s
Charles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in Cuba of the 1850s. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of... See full summary »
Action
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Sally Eilers Tom Brown Grant Mitchell James Murray Claire McDowell Willard Robertson John Wayne Arthur Vinton Charles Sellon
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
Drama
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Constance Bennett Mildred Van Dorn King Hoo Chang Geneva Mitchell E. Alyn Warren Ivan Christie Anders Randolf George Irving Claude King Dickie Moore
A Chinese posing as an American goes to Monte Carlo where he falls in love with Alanna, who later goes berserk upon learning his true identity.
Drama
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Marian Marsh Lucille LaVerne Norman Foster Adrienne Dore Oscar Apfel John St. Polis Wallis Clark Claire Dodd George Rosener Reginald Barlow
doctor surgeon mother brother patient orphan tense suspenseful gripping emotional vienna munich hospital brotherhood adoption impersonation medical profession family prison transformation
Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
104 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Creighton Hale George MacQuarrie Kate Bruce Porter Strong Anders Randolf Walter James
This D.W Griffith silent classic features a new music score by writer composer, Jim Roberge.
Drama
USA
1925
88 Minutes
Eric Fane
Richard Barthelmess Bessie Love Percy Ames Charles Esdale Effie Shannon Lee Baker Gus Weinberg Carlotta Monterey Ann Brody Helen Ware Rita Rossi
student parent sailor englishwoman russian princess composer mushy endearing paris south sea dance hall port said, egypt relationships travel songwriting poverty love journey love discovery
Eric Fane is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job back home in the United States.
Drama
1931
80 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Johnny Mack Brown Helen Chandler David Manners Elliott Nugent Walter Byron Luis Alberni
American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.
Drama
USA
1920
145 Minutes
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Lowell Sherman Burr McIntosh Creighton Hale Vivia Ogden Josephine Bernard Patricia Fruen Florence Short Kate Bruce Emily Fitzroy
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Donald Crisp Arthur Howard Edward Piel Sr. George Andre Beranger Norman Selby Wilbur Higby Karla Schramm Ernest Butterworth Fred Hamer
immigrant waif fighter father manager dark emotional disheartening london shop household apartment buddhism immigration discrimination love abuse death forbidden love quest
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Drama
USA
1920
70 Minutes
Bruce Sanders
Carol Dempster Richard Barthelmess George MacQuarrie Anders Randolf Florence Short Crauford Kent Adolph Lestina William James Jack Manning
A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Western
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Bronco Kid Farrow
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Margaret Lindsay Harry Carey Richard Barthelmess George Cleveland Samuel S. Hinds Russell Simpson William Farnum Marietta Canty
miner saloon girl commissioner judge love interest politician spirited thrilling melodramatic alaska mine saloon mining gold rush political corruption love triangle theft court battles love rivalry
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.