List of the best Selena Royle movies: The Fighting Sullivans(1944), Main Street After Dark(1944), Robot Monster(1953), He Ran All the Way(1951), Courage of Lassie(1946), Murder Is My Beat(1955), Come Fill the Cup(1951), My Dream Is Yours(1949), A Date With Judy(1948), The Big Hangover(1950), Summer Holiday(1948), The Heiress(1949) ... ...
Drama
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Mrs. Alleta Sullivan
Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Ward Bond Bobby Driscoll Addison Richards Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin
brother soldier sister mother father wife emotional tense patriotic iowa household guadalcanal ship world war ii siblings death patriotism great depression u.s. navy rise
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
57 Minutes
"Ma" Abby Dibson
Edward Arnold Hume Cronyn Selena Royle Tom Trout Audrey Totter Dan Duryea Dorothy Morris
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
62 Minutes
Mother
George Nader Claudia Barrett Selena Royle Gregory Moffett John Mylong George Barrows
The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Mrs. Dobbs
John Garfield Shelley Winters Wallace Ford Selena Royle Gladys George Norman Lloyd Bobby Hyatt Clancy Cooper Keith Hetherington Renny McEvoy Dale Van Sickel
thug young woman mother father police officer accomplice intense gripping city poolside house robbery hostages murder love escape pursuit love 1950s
Nick and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is shot and Nick kills a policeman. Nick hides out at a public pool, where he meets Peg Dobbs. They go back to her apartment and he forces her family to hide him from the police manhunt.
Drama
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Mrs. Merrick
Elizabeth Taylor Frank Morgan Tom Drake Selena Royle Harry Davenport George Cleveland Catherine McLeod Morris Ankrum Arthur Walsh Mitchell Lewis Jane Green
dog teen girl lawyer dog trainer hero soldier uplifting inspiring emotional woods animal hospital pacific northwest lake courtroom accident reunion world war ii bravery dogs rescue
Bill (Pal) gets separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie Merrick (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). An accident separates him ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
76 Minutes
Beatrice Abbott
Paul Langton Barbara Payton Robert Shayne Selena Royle Roy Gordon Tracey Roberts Kate McKenna Harry Harvey Jay Adler
A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.
Drama
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Mrs. Dolly Copeland
James Cagney James Gleason Gig Young Phyllis Thaxter Raymond Massey Selena Royle Larry Keating Charlita Sheldon Leonard Douglas Spencer John Kellogg
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Freda Hofer
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman Adolphe Menjou Eve Arden S.Z. Sakall Selena Royle Edgar Kennedy Sheldon Leonard Franklin Pangborn
singer agent radio personality single mother love interest positive charming uplifting los angeles new york city nightclub radio station romantic dilemma radio performers fame music industry show business love underdog rise
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Mrs. Foster
Wallace Beery Jane Powell Elizabeth Taylor Carmen Miranda Robert Stack Selena Royle Scotty Beckett Leon Ames George Cleveland Lloyd Corrigan Clinton Sundberg
teen girl best friend sweetheart father dance instructor brother lighthearted amusing school dance santa barbara, calif. high school friendship teen romance dance suspicion love triangle discovery growing up 1940s
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
Romance
USA
1950
82 Minutes
Kate Mahoney
Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Percy Waram Fay Holden Leon Ames Edgar Buchanan Selena Royle Gene Lockhart Rosemary DeCamp Philip Ahn Gordon Richards
lawyer alcoholic psychoanalyst judge prosecutor tenant lighthearted charming new york city courtroom party alcoholism psychosomatic illness court battles eviction romance love transformation 1950s
A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.
Musical
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Mrs. Essie Miller
Mickey Rooney Gloria DeHaven Walter Huston Frank Morgan Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marilyn Maxwell Agnes Moorehead Selena Royle Michael Kirby Shirley Johns Hal Hackett
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Elizabeth Almond
Olivia de Havilland Montgomery Clift Ralph Richardson Miriam Hopkins Vanessa Brown Mona Freeman Ray Collins Betty Linley Selena Royle Paul Lees Harry Antrim
heiress father bachelor emotional sad somber household california deception heartbreak disillusionment father/daughter relationship fortune forbidden love sacrifice revenge 1880s
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Miss Bliss
Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Preston Foster Virginia O'Brien Angela Lansbury Marjorie Main Chill Wills Kenny Baker Selena Royle Cyd Charisse
waitress restaurant manager saloon girl saloon owner cowboy uplifting charming playful new mexico saloon restaurant wild west love letters deception romance restaurant business train travel rivalry love 1880s
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Judge Florence Prentiss
Lloyd Nolan Jane Wyatt Audie Murphy James Gleason Stanley Clements Martha Vickers Rhys Williams Jimmy Lydon Dickie Moore Selena Royle Tommy Cook
THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »