List of the best Robert Z. Leonard movies: Maytime(1937), In the Good Old Summertime(1949), Third Finger, Left Hand(1940), A Lady of Chance(1928), New Moon(1940), Piccadilly Jim(1936), The Divorcee(1930), Dancing Lady(1933), Duchess of Idaho(1950), Nancy Goes to Rio(1950), When Ladies Meet(1941), The Girl of the Golden West(1938) ... ...
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Director
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
102 Minutes
Director
Judy Garland Van Johnson S.Z. Sakall Spring Byington Clinton Sundberg Buster Keaton
salesman salesgirl pen pal shopkeeper nephew love interest charming playful chicago music store restaurant post office secret love letters music mistaken identity love transformation 1900s
In turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Raymond Walburn Lee Bowman Bonita Granville Felix Bressart Donald Meek Sidney Blackmer Ernest Whitman Ann Morriss Edna Holland
editor artist boyfriend father sister law student witty melodramatic new york city niagara falls, n.y. train nightclub mansion opposites attract career vs. love love-hate relationship love triangle romantic dilemma rivalry love
A single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
80 Minutes
Director
Norma Shearer Lowell Sherman Gwen Lee Johnny Mack Brown Eugenie Besserer Buddy Messinger
Seasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.
Musical, Romance
USA
1940
105 Minutes
Director
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco H.B. Warner Dick Purcell Stanley Fields Bunty Cutler Grant Mitchell Ray Walker John Miljan
frenchman duke prisoner servant love interest heiress melodramatic passionate suspenseful ship island louisiana romance journey class distinctions political intrigue love sacrifice adventure 1780s
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Comedy
USA
1936
100 Minutes
Director
cartoonist father valet fiancée sister wealthy woman playful lighthearted london studio park restaurant united states ship americans abroad social climbing father/son relationship impersonation cartoons romance
In London, an American street caricaturist falls in love with a young woman who suddenly disappears, prompting him to develop a comic strip based on a "From Rags to Riches" family, that he does not know is hers, causing her embarrassment.
Drama
USA
1930
83 Minutes
Director
Norma Shearer Chester Morris Conrad Nagel Robert Montgomery Florence Eldridge Helene Millard Robert Elliott Mary Doran Tyler Brooke Zelda Sears George Irving
socialite newspaper reporter housewife alcoholic old flame husband melodramatic moving new york city yacht paris divorce infidelity love triangle reunion hypocrisy depression transformation forbidden love discovery
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
Musical
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Franchot Tone Nelson Eddy May Robson Winnie Lightner Robert Benchley Ted Healy The Three Stooges Gloria Foy Maynard Holmes
burlesque dancer playboy director assistant grandmother singer heartwarming emotional new york city broadway theater dance love triangle jealousy show business love pursuit 1930s
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
Romance
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Director
Esther Williams Van Johnson John Lund Paula Raymond Clinton Sundberg Connie Haines Mel Torme Amanda Blake Tommy Farrell Sig Arno Dick Simmons
secretary dancer playboy band leader boss charming emotional amusing chicago sun valley, idaho office dance hall set-up roommates workplace romance love triangle misunderstanding dancing competition love pursuit
Ellen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in and devises a plan. Chris ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Director
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Greer Garson Herbert Marshall Spring Byington Rafael Corio Max Willenz Florence Shirley Leslie Francis Mona Barrie Olaf Hytten
novelist boyfriend publisher wife best friend partner engaging amusing moving new york city apartment garden cottage infidelity deception jealousy writing marriage love triangle rivalry
A successful novelist falls in love with her married publisher, to the consternation of her boyfriend, who arranges for her to meet the publisher's wife.
Musical
USA
1938
120 Minutes
Director
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Buddy Ebsen Leonard Penn Priscilla Lawson Bob Murphy Olin Howland Cliff Edwards Billy Bevan
singer bandit priest sheriff girlfriend saloon owner cheery amusing tender california mountain saloon stagecoach romance impersonation outlaws old west rivalry pursuit discovery
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Romance
USA
1930
79 Minutes
Director
Norma Shearer Rod La Rocque Marie Dressler Gilbert Emery Hedda Hopper Raymond Hackett Sally Eilers Tyrrell Davis Wilfred Noy Bill O'Brien Sybil Grove
ex-husband ex-wife pretty woman socialite mistress amusing melodramatic long island, n.y. paris household divorce marriage romance makeover infidelity love transformation discovery 1930s
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Director
Greer Garson Robert Ryan Barry Sullivan Richard Haydn Barbara Lawrence James Arness Rex Thompson Tim Considine David Stollery Frances Bergen Ian Wolfe
teacher student father professor widow classmate cheery heartwarming inspiring boarding school classroom dormitory gym student-teacher relationship disapproval boarding-school life school teaching new life underdog
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Romance
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo Clark Gable Jean Hersholt John Miljan Alan Hale Hale Hamilton Hilda Vaughn Russell Simpson Cecil Cunningham Ian Keith Marjorie King
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Director
Constance Bennett Clark Gable Stuart Erwin Billie Burke Harvey Stephens Henry Travers William Demarest Katharine Alexander
Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Director
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Director
Marion Davies Leslie Howard Irene Rich Richard Bennett Douglass Montgomery Mary Duncan Lee Beranger Arthur Housman George Irving Halliwell Hobbes Charles Giblyn
After her businessman father moves her family from Kansas City to New York, a woman falls in love with an engaged man.
Romance
USA
1928
50 Minutes
Director
Marion Davies Jetta Goudal Nils Asther Andrés de Segurola Tenen Holtz Pepi Lederer
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
95 Minutes
Director
Norma Shearer Lee Bowman Melvyn Douglas Gail Patrick Marjorie Main Reginald Owen Connie Gilchrist Sig Ruman
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
Comedy
USA
1953
69 Minutes
Director
Red Skelton Cara Williams James Whitmore Kurt Kaszner Dorothy Stickney George Mathews Reginald Owen Harry Bellaver Connie Gilchrist Steven Geray Sig Arno
lawyer sister mother father orphan con artist madcap amusing outlandish intricate jewelry shop central park apartment bar con game jewelry theft reunion family impersonation guilt
During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
Comedy
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Director
Charles Laughton Binnie Barnes Richard Carlson Donna Reed Christopher Severn Clyde Cook Stephen McNally Arthur Shields Evelyn Falke Hobart Cavanaugh Andre Charlot
soldier boxer sister hotel owner singer best friend melodramatic tense belgium england australia hotel household adoption forbidden love boxing family world war ii gambling transformation
A crusty old Sergeant of the Queen's Australian army in World War I befriends a small orphaned boy and his tiny sister on the night he is to go back to Australia. The Sergeant emotionally ... See full summary »
Romance
Italy|France
1955
103 Minutes
Director
Gina Lollobrigida Vittorio Gassman Robert Alda Anne Vernon Tamara Lees
Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Director
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Ian Hunter Frank Morgan Wally Vernon Rita Johnson Virginia Grey William Cargan Katharine Alexander Al Shean Esther Dale
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Director
Gower Champion Marge Champion Monica Lewis Dennis O'Keefe Dean Miller Eduard Franz John Gallaudet Diane Cassidy Elaine Stewart Jonathan Cott Robert Burton
dancer wife producer understudy nanny showgirl lighthearted cheery spirited broadway theater stage household barbecue studio boston broadway performance marriage jealousy child custody
Pregnancy forces one half of a married song- and- dance team to find a new Broadway partner.
Musical
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Director
Ramon Novarro Dorothy Jordan Lottice Howell Claude King Eugenie Besserer William V. Mong Beryl Mercer Nanci Price Herbert Clark David Scott George Chandler
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son... See full summary »
War
1942
109 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Charles Laughton Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Marilyn Maxwell Henry O'Neill Marta Linden Chill Wills Douglas Dumbrille Richard Quine William Tannen
naval officer playboy veteran lieutenant commander rear admiral rousing gripping witty patriotic battleship pacific ocean world war ii duty class distinctions teamwork patriotism naval warfare rivalry adventure sacrifice
An Ivy League reservist (Robert Taylor) and a bootstrap veteran (Brian Donlevy) save the convoy of an admiral (Charles Laughton) during World War II.
Musical
1937
131 Minutes
Director
Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William Douglas Dumbrille Henry Daniell Leonard Penn Tom Rutherford Belle Mitchell
singer spy marquis colonel king love interest emotional amusing madrid france inn tavern stagecoach espionage napoleonic wars journey battle betrayal reunion love
A Spanish cabaret singer (Jeanette MacDonald) spying for King Ferdinand meets a Spanish aristocrat (Allan Jones) spying for Napoleon.
Drama
1946
97 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Walter Pidgeon June Allyson Robert Sterling Marshall Thompson Elizabeth Patterson Richard Derr Patricia Medina Eily Malyon Nicholas Joy Anna Q. Nilsson
pianist doctor father daughter mother eerie emotional suspenseful melodramatic united states family home ocean liner love marriage jealousy mental illness affair discovery forbidden love mystery
A teenager's (June Allyson) despondency over her father's suicide causes concern for her brother and stepmother (Claudette Colbert). Narrated by Hume Cronyn.
Musical
1941
131 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Judy Garland Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr Tony Martin Jackie Cooper Ian Hunter Charles Winninger Edward Everett Horton Paul Kelly Eve Arden
girl father boyfriend socialite violinist vaudevillian emotional spirited new york city stage apartment ziegfeld follies vaudeville father/daughter relationship ambition show business career vs. love rise sacrifice love
An elevator operator (Lana Turner), a vaudevillian (Judy Garland) and a violinist's wife cope with sudden fame as chorus girls.
Comedy
1931
90 Minutes
Director
Marion Davies Ralph Forbes C. Aubrey Smith Ray Milland David Torrence Doris Lloyd Edgar Norton Nena Quartero Halliwell Hobbes Elizabeth Murray James Gordon
wealthy man illegitimate daughter illegitimate son attorney detective musician positive heartwarming witty winsome london estate airplane new york city bedroom yard fatherhood reunion family secrets misunderstanding
Crusty Sir Basil invites his illegitimate children, including a daughter who wants to fly across the Atlantic, to visit him at his manor house.