List of the best Spencer Charters movies: Three Faces West(1940), The Singing Hill(1941), Whoopee!(1930), Big Town Girl(1937), Jewel Robbery(1932), Murder on a Honeymoon(1935), Dancing Mothers(1926), The Goose and the Gander(1935), Postal Inspector(1936), Young Mr. Lincoln(1939), Three Blind Mice(1938), The Firebird(1934) ... ...
Western
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Dr. "Nunk" Atterbury
John Wayne Sigrid Gurie Charles Coburn Spencer Charters Roland Varno Trevor Bardette Helen MacKellar Sonny Bupp Wade Boteler Russell Simpson Charles Waldron
physician daughter farmer fiancé agitator intense engaging solemn south dakota small town farm san francisco oregon refugees farming father/daughter relationship weather radio nazism quest
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Judge Henry Starrbottle
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
93 Minutes
Jerome Underwood
Eddie Cantor Eleanor Hunt Paul Gregory John Rutherford Ethel Shutta Spencer Charters
daughter farmhand native american nurse sheriff rancher madcap hilarious wild lighthearted arizona ranch car family honor unusual romance marriage proposal racial tension wrongfully accused deception forbidden love
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Isaiah Wickenback
Claire Trevor Donald Woods Alan Dinehart Alan Baxter Murray Alper Spencer Charters Maurice Cass Irving Bacon George Chandler
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Lenz
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Chief Of Police Britt
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Lola Lane Chick Chandler George Meeker Dorothy Libaire Harry Ellerbe Spencer Charters DeWitt Jennings Leo G. Carroll Arthur Hoyt
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Drama
USA
1926
66 Minutes
Butter and Egg Man
Alice Joyce Conway Tearle Clara Bow Donald Keith Dorothy Cumming Eleanor Lawson Norman Trevor Spencer Charters Leila Hyams
Young girl becomes a "flapper", defying her parents and the community.
Comedy
1935
65 Minutes
Winkelsteinberger
Kay Francis George Brent Genevieve Tobin John Eldredge Claire Dodd Ralph Forbes Helene Lowell Spencer Charters William Austin
divorcée ex-husband wife lover thief husband cheeky crafty california household mountain cabin gas station car jealousy mistaken identity schemes thievery mix-up romance
A divorcee (Kay Francis) arranges so her ex-husband can catch his second wife (Genevieve Tobin) being unfaithful.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Grumpy
Ricardo Cortez Patricia Ellis Bela Lugosi Michael Loring David Oliver Wallis Clark Arthur Loft Guy Usher Spencer Charters Billy Burrud Harry Beresford
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Drama, History
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Judge Herbert A. Bell
Henry Fonda Alice Brady Marjorie Weaver Arleen Whelan Eddie Collins Pauline Moore Richard Cromwell Ward Bond Donald Meek Spencer Charters Eddie Quillan
lawyer love interest friend witness inspiring engaging patriotic new salem, ill. store cabin springfield, ill. courtroom murder abraham lincoln justice death rise sacrifice 19th century
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Hendricks
Loretta Young Joel McCrea David Niven Stuart Erwin Marjorie Weaver Pauline Moore Binnie Barnes Jane Darwell Leonid Kinskey Spencer Charters Franklin Pangborn
woman sister wealthy man rancher impostor bartender lighthearted amusing playful kansas santa barbara, calif. club hotel ranch fortune hunters sister relationship impersonation inheritance marriage romance
Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Max Bauer
Verree Teasdale Ricardo Cortez Lionel Atwill Anita Louise C. Aubrey Smith Dorothy Tree Hobart Cavanaugh Robert Barrat Russell Hicks Spencer Charters
husband wife daughter womanizer police detective servant melodramatic tense vienna apartment theater stage police station lechery family marriage investigation affair murder mystery
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Minister
Joe E. Brown Olivia de Havilland William Frawley Roscoe Karns Joe King Ruth Donnelly Paul Harvey Eddie Shubert G. Pat Collins Spencer Charters Gene Morgan
pitcher fiancée baseball manager baseball player gambler wife hilarious thrilling chicago baseball field stadium household baseball gambling lying kidnapping engagement love rise transformation
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Action
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Lucius Wilkins
Sally Eilers Allan Lane Fritz Leiber Larry J. Blake Charles Halton Theodore von Eltz Pierre Watkin Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt Spencer Charters Alec Craig
woman reporter brother colonel politician gang leader engaging suspenseful washington, d.c. café washington monument car death espionage teamwork investigation sabotage deception quest revenge
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.
Drama
1938
86 Minutes
Old Doctor
The Dead End Kids Humphrey Bogart Gale Page George Offerman Jr. Weldon Heyburn Cyrus W. Kendall Charles Trowbridge Milburn Stone Harry Cording Spencer Charters Donald Briggs
juvenile delinquent commissioner sister guard judge friend brash bleak tense slum courtroom reform school office reformation crime duplicity loyalty siblings corruption fall
A deputy corrections commissioner (Humphrey Bogart) fires the warden of a reform school where bitter inmates (The Dead End Kids) study crime.
Comedy
1934
63 Minutes
Kingsley
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Dorothy Burgess Don Dillaway Gordon Westcott Charles Wilson Harry Woods Ronnie Cosby John Sheehan Spencer Charters
father son trapeze artist clown ringmaster bareback rider positive playful household circus office tent ambition acrobatics circus life false accusations drunkenness guilt quest growing up
A country boy (Joe E. Brown) falls for a female impersonator and joins the circus despite his father.
Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Fred Stone Jean Parker Esther Dale Moroni Olsen Frank Albertson Maxine Jennings Ray Mayer Lucille Ball Rafael Corio Frank Jenks Spencer Charters
Senior couple take their pretty daughter (Jean Parker) -- from their home and farm in Mid-America -- to Hollywood -- to become a movie star.
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Chester Morris Una Merkel Maude Eburne Chance Ward Richard Tucker Wilson Benge DeWitt Jennings Sidney D'Albrook S.E. Jennings Grayce Hampton Spencer Charters
burglar police detective dowager niece fiancé bank employee eerie dark crafty suspenseful mansion long island, n.y. theft crime spree houseguest murder disguise mystery pursuit 1930s
A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
Comedy
USA
1936
98 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Myrna Loy William Powell Walter Connolly Charley Grapewin Cora Witherspoon E.E. Clive Bunny Beatty Otto Yamaoka Charles Trowbridge
editor fiancée friend socialite amusing charming playful new york city ocean liner lake hotel family home love romance lawsuit deception love discovery 1930s
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Anna Sten Alan Marshal Jerome Cowan Jed Prouty Walter Catlett Stanley Fields Leonid Kinskey Irving Pichel Harry Davenport Addison Richards Feodor Chaliapin
Spies will not stop at murder in their attempts to wrest a secret formula for a deadly poison away from American scientists.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Francis Lederer Joan Bennett Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Minor Watson Adrian Morris Barbara Barondess Walter Kingsford Duke York Burr Caruth Jules Cowles
hessian violinist beautiful woman innkeeper daughter father charming amusing witty connecticut barn inn romance culture clash american revolutionary war dessertion romantic dilemma love pursuit american revolution
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Harold Lloyd Phyllis Welch William Frawley Raymond Walburn Lionel Stander Thurston Hall Cora Witherspoon Sterling Holloway Mary Lawrence Montagu Love Etienne Girardot
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Frank McHugh Patsy Kelly Louise Fazenda Barton MacLane Marcia Ralston Carol Hughes Frederick Clark Mary Treen Anderson Lawler
secretary beautiful woman writer roommate girlfriend amusing playful san francisco office deception disguise romance writing beauty employment love transformation discovery 1930s
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
83 Minutes
Jean Hersholt Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Slim Summerville Henry Wilcoxon Inez Courtney John Qualen Jane Darwell Pauline Moore Andrew Tombes David Torrence
reporter rival editor doctor best friend child unrestrained cheeky church newsroom radio station canada jail new york city journalism competition radio deception lawsuit publicity
At age four-and-a-half the Dionne quintuplets in their third movie - singing, dancing, playing with puppies, being charming.
Drama, History
USA
1939
103 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Henry Fonda John Carradine Edna May Oliver Eddie Collins Dorris Bowdon Jessie Ralph Arthur Shields Robert Lowery Roger Imhof Francis Ford
husband wife widow native american tory patriotic thrilling albany, n.y. farm fort dayton mohawk valley frontier life colonialism revolutionary war love daunting task quest rivalry sacrifice 1770s
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Comedy, Drama
1933
65 Minutes
Ruth Chatterton William Dieterle George Brent Ruth Donnelly Philip Reed Johnny Mack Brown Lois Wilson Gavin Gordon Ferdinand Gottschalk Rafaela Ottiano
business owner beautiful woman engineer employee amusing passionate factory mansion new york city romance wealth automotive industry gender roles love transformation 1930s
An auto-company president (Ruth Chatterton) finds her right-hand man (George Brent) by process of elimination.
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Helen Broderick James Gleason Louise Latimer Owen Davis Jr. John Arledge John Carroll Leslie Fenton Christian Rub Sheila Terry Willie Best John Miltern
After Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland John Carradine Walter Catlett Maurice Cass Alan Dinehart Etienne Girardot E.E. Clive Margaret McWade Margaret Seddon
A young lawyer is unable to get the Pembertons to sign a land sale contract until their daughter falls in love with him.
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Loretta Young Ray Milland Gail Patrick Reginald Gardiner Edmund Gwenn Frank Sully Gordon Jones George Metaxa Charles Halton Joseph Eggenton Chester Clute
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Drama, History
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Alice Brady Andy Devine Brian Donlevy Phyllis Brooks Tom Brown Sidney Blackmer Berton Churchill June Storey
mother mayor singer saloon owner engaging fiery suspenseful chicago saloon love triangle destruction death fire historical events rivalry rise fall 1860s
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Musical
USA
1942
126 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf George Tobias Irene Manning Rosemary DeCamp Jeanne Cagney S.Z. Sakall George Barbier Walter Catlett
george m. cohan father mother sister theatrical producer songwriter patriotic spirited new york city white house theater ambition actors show business patriotism family romance rise 1940s
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.