List of the best Robert McWade movies: Feet First(1930), California Straight Ahead(1937), Early to Bed(1936), Next Time We Love(1935), Mister Cinderella(1936), Night Work(1930), The Healer(1936), High Tension(1936), Hard to Handle(1933), 15 Maiden Lane(1936), I Loved a Woman(1933), Kept Husbands(1931) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1930
83 Minutes
John Quincy Tanner
Harold Lloyd Robert McWade Lillian Leighton Barbara Kent Alec B. Francis Noah Young Henry Hall Arthur Housman Willie Best Buster Phelps Leo Willis
clerk secretary wealthy woman wealthy man neighbor janitor hilarious madcap charming honolulu store street airplane cruise ship san francisco courtship class conflict mistaken identity romance adventure
An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Corrigan
John Wayne Louise Latimer Robert McWade Tully Marshall Emerson Treacy Harry Allen Grace Goodall Olaf Hytten Monty Vandergrift Lorin Baker
Former school bus driver Biff Smith manages a trucking company which has its fleet pitted against a freight train in a race to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Burgess Frisbie
Mary Boland Charles Ruggles George Barbier Gail Patrick Robert McWade Lucien Littlefield Colin Tapley Helen Flint Rae Daggett Sidney Blackmer Arthur Hoyt
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem.... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Frank Carteret
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Ray Milland Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Anna Demetrio Ronnie Cosby
newspaper reporter aspiring actress friend producer melodramatic somber new york city broadway theater rome train stage marital problems long-distance relationship separation pregnancy career vs. love illness forbidden love rivalry sacrifice
A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign correspondent and she becomes a major stage star.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Mr. J.J. Gates
Jack Haley Betty Furness Arthur Treacher Raymond Walburn Robert McWade Rosina Lawrence Monroe Owsley Kathleen Lockhart Edward Brophy Charlotte Wynters Tom Dugan
Automotive mogul Peter Randolph needs backers for his diesel engine. Eccentric millionaire Aloysius P. Merriweather is invited to dinner, but he sends barber Joe Jenkins in his place.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
94 Minutes
Phil Reisman
Eddie Quillan Sally Starr Frances Upton Tom Keene Robert McWade John T. Murray Addie McPhail Georgia Caine
Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult-to-injury Willie is also the store's designated 'Fired Man."; when a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Mr. Bradshaw
Ralph Bellamy Mickey Rooney Karen Morley Judith Allen Robert McWade Bruce Warren J. Farrell MacDonald Vessie Farrell
A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him.
Romance
USA
1936
62 Minutes
Willard Stone
Brian Donlevy Glenda Farrell Norman Foster Helen Wood Robert McWade Theodore von Eltz Romaine Callender Joe Sawyer Hattie McDaniel Murray Alper
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Charles Reeves
James Cagney Mary Brian Ruth Donnelly Allen Jenkins Claire Dodd Robert McWade
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
John Graves
Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Douglas Fowley Lloyd Nolan Lester Matthews Robert McWade Ralf Harolde Russell Hicks Holmes Herbert
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Larkin
Edward G. Robinson Kay Francis Genevieve Tobin Robert Barrat Murray Kinnell Robert McWade J. Farrell MacDonald Henry Kolker
business owner theodore roosevelt mother wife opera singer socialite melodramatic passionate emotional athens, greece stockyard apartment courtroom family home chicago fraud love triangle infidelity family business failing marriage
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Arthur Parker
Dorothy Mackaill Joel McCrea Ned Sparks Mary Carr Clara Kimball Young Robert McWade
manager boss daughter friend mother old flame melodramatic endearing spirited new jersey steel mill mansion apartment train station social climbing class conflict change of lifestyle father/daughter relationship unhappy marriage infidelity
Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
65 Minutes
Frank
Lowell Sherman Marian Nixon Hugh Trevor William Janney Helene Millard Robert McWade Albert Roscoe Lita Chevret Bert Moorehouse George F. Marion Walter McGrail
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1936
92 Minutes
Elisha J. Whitney
Bing Crosby Ethel Merman Charles Ruggles Ida Lupino Grace Bradley Arthur Treacher Robert McWade Richard Carle Margaret Dumont Jerry Tucker Ed Gargan
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Dr. Briggs
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.
Comedy
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Tom Craden
Will Rogers Kent Taylor Evelyn Venable Louise Dresser Mickey Rooney Berton Churchill Frank Melton Robert McWade
Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
131 Minutes
Louis Hefner
Richard Dix Irene Dunne Estelle Taylor Nance O'Neil William Collier Jr. Roscoe Ates George E. Stone Robert McWade Edna May Oliver Frank Darien Eugene Jackson
editor wife prostitute servant outlaw native american rousing wild oklahoma oil field courtroom gambling house abandonment trial oil newspapers marriage land rush adventure love
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Comedy, Drama
1930
86 Minutes
Joe Higginson
Robert Montgomery Louis Mann Leila Hyams Elliott Nugent Clara Blandick Mary Doran Francis X. Bushman Jr. Robert McWade Dell Henderson Henry Armetta Jane Reid
A sacrificing barber rejoices when some once-unappreciative children return to surprise him at a Christmas reunion.
Musical
USA
1935
82 Minutes
Judge
Ted Lewis Virginia Bruce Ted Healy Nat Pendleton Harry Stockwell Donald Cook George "Spanky" McFarland Addison Richards Robert McWade Robert Gleckler
The songwriter Ollie Watts goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by the unscrupulous music publisher Mr. Simmonds. Ollie brings his girlfriend and singer Margaret ... See full summary »
Comedy
1933
102 Minutes
Adopted Son
Myrna Loy Max Baer Primo Carnera Jack Dempsey Walter Huston Otto Kruger Vince Barnett Muriel Evans Robert McWade Jean Howard Garry Owen
boxer moll alcoholic gangster henchman brash thrilling amusing boxing ring bar gym atlantic city, n.j. nightclub boxing marital problems alcoholism love triangle celebrity musical performance quest
Inspired by a gangster's girlfriend (Myrna Loy), a heavyweight contender (Max Baer) takes on the champ (Primo Carnera).
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Senator
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Willard Robertson Tammany Young Frankie Darro Jack Pennick Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel Robert McWade
ship captain drunk son fiancée boss mother rousing madcap emotional pacific northwest washington state boat boats sea mother/son relationship alcoholism redemption storm wretched excess rise
Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Western
USA
1938
90 Minutes
George Brent Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains Margaret Lindsay John Litel Tim Holt Barton MacLane Henry O'Neill Marcia Ralston George "Gabby" Hayes Sidney Toler
farmer miner son daughter girlfriend brother engaging tense san francisco mine household office mining family feud greed rivalry transformation 1870s
Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Chester Morris Madge Evans Leo Carrillo Frank McHugh Benita Hume Grant Mitchell Katharine Alexander J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner Duncan Renaldo Leonard Ceeley
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.