List of the best Robert Greig movies: The Devil Doll(1936), Tonight or Never(1931), Trouble in Paradise(1932), Horse Feathers(1932), Men Must Fight(1933), Beauty and the Boss(1932), The Unguarded Hour(1936), No Time for Comedy(1940), Sullivan's Travels(1941), Man Wanted(1932), Hollywood and Vine(1945), Peg O' My Heart(1933) ... ...
Horror
USA
1936
79 Minutes
Emil Coulvet
Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Lawton Robert Greig Lucy Beaumont Henry B. Walthall
innocent man scientist widow daughter son-in-law assistant creepy eerie outlandish paris prison laboratory shrinking wrongful conviction prison break father/daughter relationship science gone awry accidental death sacrifice revenge
An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Conrad
Gloria Swanson Melvyn Douglas Alison Skipworth Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Greig Warburton Gamble Greta Meyer Boris Karloff
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Comedy
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Jacques
Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall Charles Ruggles Edward Everett Horton C. Aubrey Smith Robert Greig
thief pickpocket widow executive amusing passionate madcap paris office household love romance crime scams deception love rivalry 1930s
A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Comedy
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Biology Professor
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Thelma Todd David Landau Robert Greig Nat Pendleton
professor college president college student football player bootlegger marx brothers hilarious madcap college football field speakeasy college athletics education father/son relationship rivalry 1930s
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley University, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against the rival Darwin University.
Sci-Fi
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Albert
Diana Wynyard Lewis Stone Phillips Holmes May Robson Ruth Selwyn Robert Young Robert Greig Hedda Hopper
nurse sweetheart secretary of state son fiancée soldier patriotic melodramatic tense manhattan, n.y. brooklyn bridge hospital penthouse patriotism pacifism grief mother/son relationship war military service rivalry
Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and taken to the hospital where Laura works. ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Chappel
Marian Marsh Warren William Charles Butterworth Frederick Kerr Mary Doran Lilian Bond Polly Walters Robert Greig Yola d'Avril Barbara Leonard
An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Henderson
Franchot Tone Loretta Young Roland Young Lewis Stone Dudley Digges Henry Daniell Jessie Ralph Robert Greig E.E. Clive Wallis Clark John Buckler
An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Robert
James Stewart Rosalind Russell Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Louise Beavers Allyn Joslyn Clarence Kolb Robert Greig J.M. Kerrigan Lawrence Grossmith Robert E. O'Connor
playwright actress socialite ex-husband director charming amusing emotional small town new york city party theater love triangle writing success regret broadway love rise rivalry
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Burrows, Sullivan's Butler
Joel McCrea Veronica Lake Robert Warwick William Demarest Franklin Pangborn Porter Hall Byron Foulger Margaret Hayes Robert Greig Eric Blore
director actress butler spinster warden tramp heartwarming hilarious somber powerful hollywood, calif. mansion train las vegas small town movie making chain gangs wealth mistaken identity love
A Hollywood director, John L Sullivan, sets out to experience life as a poor, homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Romance
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Harper
Kay Francis David Manners Andy Devine Una Merkel Kenneth Thomson Claire Dodd Charlotte Merriam Edward Van Sloan Robert Greig
magazine editor playboy salesman fiancée secretary polo player airy witty lighthearted brooklyn, n.y. coney island office nightclub infidelity workplace romance love triangle jealousy corporate ladder divorce forbidden love
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Comedy
USA
1945
59 Minutes
Jenkins
Jimmy Ellison Wanda McKay Franklin Pangborn Ralph Morgan June Clyde Leon Belasco Karin Lang Emmett Lynn Robert Greig Vera Lewis
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies, but finds that attaining stardom is a lot more difficult then she counted on. Howewver, she does become a star ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
1933
89 Minutes
Jarvis (butler)
Marion Davies Onslow Stevens J. Farrell MacDonald Juliette Compton Irene Browne Tyrrell Davis Alan Mowbray Doris Lloyd Robert Greig Nora Cecil Geoffrey Gill Billy Bevan
young woman father love interest teacher daughter son endearing tender airy uplifting ireland village england mansion inheritance class distinctions family love triangle manners discovery
An Irish villager's (J. Farrell MacDonald) daughter (Marion Davies) must leave home and live with British aristocrats to inherit a fortune.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Burrows
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Eugene Pallette William Demarest Eric Blore Melville Cooper Martha O'Driscoll Janet Beecher Robert Greig Dora Clement
con artist father heir cardsharp amusing charming winsome witty ship train new york city household love deception romance crime father/daughter relationship love rivalry revenge
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
Other, Comedy
USA
1945
87 Minutes
MacFarland
Joseph Schildkraut Billie Burke Eugene Pallette Ona Munson Raymond Walburn Ann Gillis Ruth Terry Robert Randall David Holt Robert Greig Norma Varden
aristocrat wife daughter fiancé bum actress charming witty intricate tender new york city family home country house inheritance social standing missing persons christmas scam discovery temptation
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
Horror
USA
1945
110 Minutes
George Sanders Hurd Hatfield Angela Lansbury Donna Reed Lowell Gilmore Peter Lawford Richard Fraser Lydia Bilbrook Morton Lowry Douglas Walton Mary Forbes
wealthy man painter lord enemy lover creepy disturbing sad london tavern parlor theater street attic youth beauty blackmail morality vanity suicide
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Frank Morgan Reginald Owen Louis Hayward David Holt Virginia Weidler E.E. Clive Walter Kingsford Ivan F. Simpson Tom Moore
prince princess colonel mysterious woman fiancé wealthy man eerie tense london boat zoo scams suicide political intrigue arranged marriage secret society journey discovery mystery rivalry
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel, where he seeks adventure ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Helen Vinson Hardie Albright Andre Luguet Henry Kolker Spencer Charters Alan Mowbray Lawrence Grant Jacques Vanaire Charles Coleman
baron baroness thief detective husband lover amusing lighthearted vienna jewelry shop house crime jewelry theft investigation infidelity affair love pursuit forbidden love temptation
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.