List of the best Roland Young movies: The Man Who Could Work Miracles(1937), His Double Life(1933), Wedding Rehearsal(1932), The Unholy Night(1929), Sailing Along(1938), Topper Takes a Trip(1939), Sherlock Holmes(1922), Topper(1937), Star Dust(1940), The Great Lover(1949), The Unguarded Hour(1936), The Guardsman(1931) ... ...
Fantasy
UK
1937
82 Minutes
George McWhirter Fotheringay
Roland Young Joan Gardner Ralph Richardson Ernest Thesiger Wallace Lupino George Zucco Bernard Nedell
retiree adviser mayor playful charming outlandish positive england small town essex bar superhuman abilities morality heroism metamorphosis discovery sacrifice 1930s
An ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.
Comedy
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Priam Farrel
Roland Young Lillian Gish Montagu Love Lumsden Hare Lucy Beaumont Charles Richman Oliver Smith Philip Tonge Audrey Ridgewell Regina DeValet
artist valet widow doctor art dealer playful lighthearted amusing london apartment bedroom westminster abbey cottage mistaken identity art world impersonation recluses dilemma marriage discovery
Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1932
84 Minutes
Roland Young Merle Oberon George Grossmith Kate Cutler Wendy Barrie Joan Gardner
bachelor marquis grandmother lady twin young woman witty charming london mansion club england love triangle deception marriage friendship class conflict nobility love transformation
Young man fights off attempts to marry him off to a series of available girls. Intersting glimpses of London in 1930.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
94 Minutes
Roland Young Boris Karloff Dorothy Sebastian Ernest Torrence Natalie Moorhead Sydney Jarvis Polly Moran George Cooper Kamiyama Sojin Claude Fleming Clarence Geldart
On a dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
UK
1938
80 Minutes
Jessie Matthews Roland Young Barry MacKay Jack Whiting Noel Madison Frank Pettingell Alastair Sim Athene Seyler Margaret Vyner William Dewhurst Peggy Novak
barge worker millionaire entertainer financier agent chorus girl charming melodramatic endearing london thames river barge tower bridge music hall nightclub ambition working class romance show business success
Kay, who works on a Thames River barge, and Steve are secretly in love with each other but do their best to hide it. Kay wants desperately to be a music-hall star and Steve wants to be a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Cosmo Topper
Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Verree Teasdale Franklin Pangborn
ghost husband wife baron dog banker quirky amusing lighthearted french riviera hotel new york city supernatural ghosts divorce reconciliation journey husband/wife relationship quest love
To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.
Mystery & Thriller
1922
109 Minutes
John Barrymore Roland Young Carol Dempster Gustav von Seyffertitz Louis Wolheim Percy Knight William Powell Hedda Hopper Reginald Denny Peggy Bayfield Margaret Kemp
professor moriarty doctor watson sherlock holmes criminal love interest friend thrilling witty london switzerland england household partnership false accusations theft blackmail investigation organized crime mystery pursuit
The famous detective (John Barrymore) comes to the rescue when an archcriminal (Gustav von Seyffertitz) targets a prince (Reginald Denny).
Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
CosmoTopper
Cary Grant Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Eugene Pallette Arthur Lake Hedda Hopper
ghost millionaire wife butler detective bellhop madcap charming uplifting long island, n.y. resort ghosts redemption husband/wife relationship good deeds second chance transformation quest 1930s
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Thomas Brooke
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
80 Minutes
C.J. Dabney
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Roland Young Roland Culver Richard Lyon Gary Gray Jerry Hunter Jackie Jackson Orley Lindgren Karl Wright Esser George Reeves
murderer private investigator con artist scout duchess love interest campy madcap winsome engaging cruise ship murder detective work murder plot teamwork race against time adventure mystery pursuit 1940s
On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Bunny
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
1931
83 Minutes
Bernhardt
Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Roland Young ZaSu Pitts Maude Eburne Herman Bing Ann Dvorak
actor actress husband wife amusing lighthearted playful new york city broadway theater infidelity jealousy marriage deception love love forbidden love discovery temptation 1930s
A jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.
Musical, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Sultan
Eddie Cantor Tony Martin Roland Young June Lang John Carradine Louise Hovick Virginia Field
sultan princess commoner nurse director fan amusing engaging playful palace movie set city tent dream vs. reality injury filmmaking romance royalty ali baba discovery
A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Holmes the Burglar
Robert Armstrong Helen Mack Roland Young Ralph Bellamy John Miljan Laura Hope Crews Henry Stephenson Phyllis Barry John Warburton Marjorie Gateson Beryl Mercer
An American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Marsh
Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins Andrew Tombes Helen Parrish Emory Parnell
businesswoman sister reporter executive love interest younger sister charming playful witty church office house wedding independence marriage business love unlikely romance mistaken identity rivalry
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1930
91 Minutes
Sigurd `'Erik'` Arnesson
Basil Rathbone Leila Hyams Roland Young George F. Marion Alec B. Francis Zelda Sears Bodil Rosing Carroll Nye Delmer Daves
detective suspect ward doctor maid killer suspenseful intricate fascinating new york state house closet murder investigation serial murders clues father/daughter relationship kidnapping mystery pursuit 1920s
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Matthew
Dick Haymes Nina Foch Roland Young Lionel Stander Freddie Bartholomew Oscar Karlweis Dort Clark Will Lee Verne Colette Richard Gordon
con artist con man priest police officers cheeky confident crafty creative lighthearted mission room new york united states escape police pursuit mistaken identity hide escape growing up rise
A gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having an effect on them.
Comedy
USA
1930
97 Minutes
Duke Merrill
Elliott Nugent Norma Lee Roland Young J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Marion Shilling Leora Spellman James Donlan
The father of three grown daughters tries to keep his sanity, even after his free-spirited middle daughter rebelliously marries a poor plumber.
Comedy
1932
78 Minutes
Gerlald Grey
Lili Damita Charles Ruggles Roland Young Cary Grant Irving Bacon Thelma Todd
wife husband lover actress best friend airy charming paris family home venice, italy hotel infidelity love triangle vacation misunderstanding deception forbidden love transformation 1930s
Two playboys (Charles Ruggles, Roland Young) and a French actress (Lili Damita) go to Venice with a javelin thrower and his wife.
Comedy
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton
Janet Gaynor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Paulette Goddard Roland Young
father mother son daughter elderly person lawyer amusing charming mellow french riviera london house car office fortune hunters family spinster inheritance love schemes
Thrown out of the Riviera, a family of grifters meets a lonely, vulnerable rich old woman and insinuate themselves into her life while they sponge off her.
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Ira Cromwell
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Edward Arnold Roland Young Hillary Brooke Porter Hall Clarence Kolb Anne Revere Isabel Randolph Marie McDonald Veda Ann Borg
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1936
87 Minutes
Edward "Tubbs" Barron
Kay Francis George Brent Patric Knowles Roland Young Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Helen Flint Zeffie Tilbury Elspeth Dudgeon Halliwell Hobbes Russ Powell
woman aristocrat author invalid businessman physician melodramatic moving unrestrained england italy new york city house running away adoption marriage affair family competition sacrifice
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
115 Minutes
Jimmy Wade
Kay Johnson Reginald Denny Lillian Roth Roland Young Elsa Peterson Boyd Irwin Wallace MacDonald Wilfred Lucas
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
O. O. Miller
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Constance Bennett Roland Young Robert Sterling Ruth Gordon Frances Carson
ski instructor magazine editor ex-girlfriend business partner secretary hilarious spirited melodramatic idaho ski resort new york city apartment newsroom marriage trust commitment impersonation deception city vs. country love
After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.
Musical, Romance
USA
1930
78 Minutes
Count Strogoff
Lawrence Tibbett Grace Moore Adolphe Menjou Roland Young Gus Shy Emily Fitzroy
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Maillot
Francis Lederer Ida Lupino Hugh Herbert Roland Young Erik Rhodes Joseph Cawthorn Countess Liev de Maigret Donald Meek Georgia Caine Richard Carle Mischa Auer
actor young woman mistress fiancé father husband lighthearted playful paris movie theater courtroom jail ice-skating rink theater reputation romance acting mishaps scandal father/daughter relationship
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Mr. "Happy" Jimmy Smith
Anna Neagle Richard Carlson Victor Mature Roland Young Helen Broderick ZaSu Pitts Eve Arden Billy Gilbert
aunt uncle niece artist broadway director suitor lighthearted charming endearing new york city family home theater love triangle family relationships philandering infidelity romance secrets love rivalry
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, ... See full summary »
Romance
1948
100 Minutes
Ralph Tutwiler
James Stewart Joan Fontaine Eddie Albert Roland Young Willard Parker Percy Kilbride Porter Hall Marcy McGuire Arthur Walsh William Bakewell Paul Cavanagh
Experiencing a change of heart on her wedding night, a socialite (Joan Fontaine) decides to find a companion more interesting than her husband.
Comedy
USA
1935
92 Minutes
Earl of Burnstead, aka George
Charles Laughton Mary Boland Charles Ruggles ZaSu Pitts Roland Young Leila Hyams Maude Eburne Lucien Littlefield Leota Lorraine James Burke Dell Henderson
valet earl rancher wife neighbor amusing paris washington state boomtown family home club saloon class distinctions mistaken identity wealth social standing immigration transformation adventure 1910s
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Professor Olivier
Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Roland Young George Barbier Josephine Dunn Richard Carle Charles Judels Barbara Leonard
cheater husband wife mistress doctor intricate hedonistic disheartening profound paris house dinner party infidelity husband/wife relationship friendship secret seduction forbidden love wretched excess discovery
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Comedy
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Frank Haines
Olivia de Havilland Ian Hunter Anita Louise Alice Brady Roland Young Frieda Inescort Bonita Granville Peggy Wood Marcia Ralston Walter Woolf King Peter Willes
The first day of spring has a profound affect on the Hilton family. The father, an accountant, finds himself unable to work, and when he tries to work, he is wooed by an actress whose taxes... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1940
112 Minutes
Uncle Willie
Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Virginia Weidler Mary Nash Henry Daniell Hillary Brooke
ex-wife ex-husband reporter wealthy man sister father amusing charming engaging philadelphia family home marriage love triangle wedding romance love discovery temptation 1940s
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Drama
USA
1935
130 Minutes
Uriah Heep
W.C. Fields Freddie Bartholomew Basil Rathbone Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Madge Evans Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone Elizabeth Allan Roland Young Elsa Lanchester
young boy stepfather father ingénue blackmailer aunt melodramatic london family home office wealth family child abuse blackmail love triangle growing up rescue love 19th century
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.