List of the best Spring Byington movies: The Blue Bird(1940), Down on the Farm(1938), Walk Softly, Stranger(1950), No Room for the Groom(1952), Louisa(1950), In the Good Old Summertime(1949), A Letter for Evie(1945), A Family Affair(1937), Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1960), Faithful in My Fashion(1946), Every Saturday Night(1936), The Skipper Surprised His Wife(1950) ... ...
6.4/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Mummy Tyl
Shirley Temple Spring Byington Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Eddie Collins Edwin Maxwell Thurston Hall Sterling Holloway Claire DuBrey Dorothy Dearing
daughter mother fairy brother lumberjack creative emotional heartwarming moving positive uplifting forest home past future war growing up fairies journey adventure
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
5.3/10
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Mrs. John Jones
Jed Prouty Spring Byington Louise Fazenda Russell Gleason Kenneth Howell George Ernest June Carlson Florence Roberts Billy Mahan Eddie Collins Dorris Bowdon
Jones family outing as they vacation with country aunt (Fazenda), fall in love, enter contests, fight political corruption, and so on.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1950
81 Minutes
Mrs. Brentman
Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Spring Byington Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell John McIntire Howard Petrie Frank Puglia Esther Dale Wilma Francis
petty criminal paraplegic partner casino owner father brooding gripping melodramatic ashton, ohio mysterious past unusual romance scam confrontation consequences discovery love escape 1940s
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Mama Kingshead
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Spring Byington Don DeFore Jack Kelly Lillian Bronson Paul McVey Stephen Chase Lee Acker Frank Sully James Parnell
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more ... See full summary »
Romance
1950
90 Minutes
Louisa Norton
Ronald Reagan Charles Coburn Spring Byington Ruth Hussey Edmund Gwenn Piper Laurie Scotty Beckett Connie Gilchrist Willard Waterman Jimmy Hunt Marjorie Crosland
mother widow grocer teenager boss architect amusing charming madcap family home small town store family generation gap dating old age relationships love triangle love rivalry
A widowed grandmother (Spring Byington) has two suitors: a local grocer and her son's (Ronald Reagan) boss (Charles Coburn).
7.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
102 Minutes
Nellie Burke
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.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
89 Minutes
Mrs. McPherson
Marsha Hunt John Carroll Hume Cronyn Spring Byington Pamela Britton Norman Lloyd Percival Vivian Donald Curtis Esther Howard Robin Raymond Therese Lyon
young woman soldier friend coworker lighthearted hilarious brooklyn, n.y. mistaken identity self-esteem military life love letters lying world war ii love underdog 1940s
An oafish soldier receives a shirt but disregards the letter inside sent by a lovelorn secretary, prompting his bumbling friend to impersonate him in order to win her heart.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1937
69 Minutes
Mrs. Emily Hardy
Lionel Barrymore Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Spring Byington Eric Linden Julie Haydon Sara Haden Charley Grapewin Selmer Jackson
judge contractor publisher wife daughter son heartwarming endearing carvel family home courtroom office small town corruption politics family business marriage transformation love
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1960
111 Minutes
Suzie Robinson
Doris Day David Niven Janis Paige Spring Byington Richard Haydn Patsy Kelly Jack Weston Margaret Lindsay
critic housewife singer friend son amusing emotional new york city apartment country house theater street marriage career success jealousy theater love rise rivalry
Drama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kate, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1946
81 Minutes
Miss Mary Swanson
Donna Reed Tom Drake Edward Everett Horton Spring Byington Sig Ruman Harry Davenport Wm. "Bill" Phillips Margaret Hamilton Hobart Cavanaugh Warner Anderson Connie Gilchrist
sailor fiancée employee charming endearing quirky new york city department store apartment secret military love triangle deception world war ii love metamorphosis discovery 1940s
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1936
60 Minutes
Mrs. Evers
June Lang Thomas Beck Jed Prouty Spring Byington Florence Roberts Kenneth Howell
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
5.8/10
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Agnes Thorndyke
Robert Walker Joan Leslie Edward Arnold Spring Byington Leon Ames Jan Sterling Anthony Ross Paul Harvey Kathryn Card Tommy Myers Rudy Lee
When a naval officer's wife breaks her ankle and is laid up, her husband takes over running the household by employing military regimentation and discipline, which leads to a number of amusing situations.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Elizabeth Ellis
Jean Arthur Bob Cummings Charles Coburn Edmund Gwenn Spring Byington S.Z. Sakall
boss salesgirl union organizer clerk charming endearing witty department store united states union romance disguise working class discovery quest love 1940s
A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.
7.5/10
Romance
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Violet Price
Robert Young Dorothy McGuire Herbert Marshall Mildred Natwick Spring Byington Richard Gaines Hillary Brooke Alec Englander Mary Worth Josephine Whittell Robert Clarke
pilot maid landlord fiancée mother emotional heartwarming touching cottage family home love loneliness magic love metamorphosis 1940s
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Ma Davis
Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Eric Linden Dudley Digges Spring Byington Charley Grapewin Henry Wadsworth William Newell James Macklin Jonathan Hale Frederick Burton
farmer shepherd hunter dog son daughter emotional endearing touching ozark mountains woods family feud hunting forbidden love revenge forbidden love rivalry 1930s
The countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until Jacob Terry comes into the county and decides to raise sheep and install a woven wire fence. ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Clara Fields
Grace Moore Leo Carrillo Robert Allen Michael Bartlett Spring Byington Thurston Hall Douglas Dumbrille Luis Alberni Gavin Gordon Harry Barris Arthur Kaye
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Bridget Drake
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.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington Jean Adair Clinton Sundberg John Warburton Wm. "Bill" Phillips John Alexander Phyllis Kennedy
Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Mrs. Mamie West
Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn Gladys George Gale Page Spring Byington Johnnie Davis Henry O'Neill John Litel Gloria Holden Johnny Downs Eve Arden
A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. These include a happy mother of a large family; a secretly-married teenager who thinks their ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Mrs. Starwell
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins James Craig Frances Gifford Luana Patten Spring Byington Ching Wah Lee Laura La Plante Henry O'Neill Morris Ankrum Celia Travers Ruth Brady
A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.
5.7/10
Adventure
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Mary Coy
Mickey Rooney Thomas Mitchell Michael O'Shea Mary Hatcher Spring Byington Lina Romay Steve Brodie Allen Jenkins Richard Lane
race car driver mechanic mother love interest owner beautiful girl thrilling gutsy wild gripping california indianapolis racetrack garage nightclub car car racing loss redemption father/son relationship
A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.
7.5/10
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
Bertha Van Cleve
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1936
94 Minutes
Rebecca Perry
Irene Dunne Melvyn Douglas Thomas Mitchell Thurston Hall Rosalind Keith Spring Byington
writer aunt publisher artist wife editor winsome heartwarming witty playful connecticut family home new york city secret life writing conflict of interest small-town life gossip transformation forbidden love
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who'd be scandalized if they knew.
6.9/10
Biography
USA
1939
97 Minutes
Mrs. Hubbard
Don Ameche Loretta Young Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Spring Byington Sally Blane Polly Ann Young Georgiana Young
inventor teacher deaf woman assistant love interest lighthearted charming passionate inspiring boston inventions deafness court battles alexander graham bell telephone rise rivalry underdog love 1870s
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1945
99 Minutes
Mrs. Brooks
Alan Ladd Gail Russell William Demarest Bruce Cabot Stanley Clements Spring Byington Rex Williams Darryl Hickman Marjorie Woodworth
gambler gangster jockey trainer henchman schoolteacher suspenseful gritty fiery new orleans california racetrack horse racing organized crime theft double-cross debt quest revenge love
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. Johnny and ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Cecilia Talbot
Edward Arnold Fay Bainter Richard Ney Jean Rogers Sara Allgood Spring Byington Van Johnson Isobel Elsom Frances Rafferty Dorothy Morris Halliwell Hobbes
wealthy woman romantic interest son daughter best friend mother spirited emotional city household office hospital military base home front snobbishness draft family class distinctions world war ii transformation
A Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1947
79 Minutes
Mrs. Bellows
Fred MacMurray Ava Gardner Roland Culver Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez Spring Byington Porter Hall George Lloyd Maylia Lal Chand Mehra H.T. Tsiang
After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancee who now has amnesia.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
Nona Glenn
Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Frances Gifford Henry Travers Spring Byington Carleton G. Young Helene Stanley Donald Curtis Billy House Ethel Griffies
swimming instructor businessman war hero opera singer hotel manager husband lighthearted charming sierra nevada mountains resort wilderness los angeles swimming pool love triangle marrying for money honeymoon newlyweds romance forbidden love adventure
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
81 Minutes
Mrs. Clara Malette
Olivia de Havilland Jeffrey Lynn Charles Winninger Eddie Albert Jane Wyman Spring Byington William T. Orr Ann Gillis S.Z. Sakall Grant Mitchell Charles Trowbridge
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Mrs. "Ma" Penrose
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Peter Lawford Beverly Tyler Edward Arnold Charles Ruggles Spring Byington O.Z. Whitehead Paul Langton Ernest Whitman Irving Bacon Lillian Yarbo
A classic film featuring a boy who is able to hear what the racehorses at the track are thinking. Using his knowledge of their moods, he figures out how well they will run, and tells his ... See full summary »
Horror
1935
75 Minutes
Miss Ettie Coombes
Henry Hull Warner Oland Valerie Hobson Lester Matthews Lawrence Grant Spring Byington Clark Williams J.M. Kerrigan Charlotte Granville Ethel Griffies Zeffie Tilbury
botanist assistant wife scientist nephew police chief dark frightening melodramatic london laboratory street estate hotel tibet werewolves flowers murder investigation metamorphosis
An Asian werewolf (Warner Oland) bites a botanist (Henry Hull) in Tibet and rivals him for the antidote in London.
Romance
1943
95 Minutes
Nancy Potter
Hedy Lamarr William Powell James Craig Fay Bainter Henry O'Neill Spring Byington Robert Sully Morris Ankrum
astronomer wife astrologer neighbor maid military officer airy playful cheeky house observatory cabin los angeles california astrology new romance marital problems misunderstanding comet sighting love triangle
An astronomer's (William Powell) neglected wife (Hedy Lamarr) thinks an air-raid warden (James Craig) is the mystery man her astrologer predicted.
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Penny Sycamore
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Mrs. Kendrick
Bette Davis Henry Fonda George Brent Margaret Lindsay Donald Crisp Fay Bainter Spring Byington Richard Cromwell Henry O'Neill
southern belle banker aunt doctor suitor emotional melodramatic louisiana new orleans family home romance wealth social standing bad behavior love triangle love wretched excess 19th century
In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
7.1/10
Adventure
USA
1938
93 Minutes
Widow Douglas (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly Jackie Moran Ann Gillis May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory Spring Byington Margaret Hamilton
tom sawyer aunt huckleberry finn murderer girl playful amusing st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river cave childhood children vs. adults treasure running away murder growing up adventure 1830s
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Musical, Comedy
1952
103 Minutes
Mrs. Montville
Mario Lanza Doretta Morrow James Whitmore Dean Miller Paula Corday Jeff Donnell Spring Byington Curtis Cooksey Don Porter Eduard Franz Bobby Van
A famous opera singer (Mario Lanza) falls for his sergeant's (James Whitmore) sister (Doretta Morrow) at boot camp.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Mrs. Bartlett
Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda Slim Summerville Edward Trevor Margaret Hamilton Andy Devine Russell Simpson Spring Byington Astrid Allwyn Sara Haden Al Lydell
young woman squire wife son neighbor cousin melodramatic intense new england town household street river garden rural life father/son relationship illegitimate child judgment jealousy storm
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
7.1/10
Action
USA
1936
116 Minutes
Lady Octavia Warrenton
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Patric Knowles Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce David Niven G.P. Huntley Jr. Spring Byington C. Henry Gordon E.E. Clive
military officer brother fiancée rajah soldier emotional patriotic rousing india military base palace battlefield love triangle battle of balaklava historical events crimean war revenge quest love 1850s
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
7.7/10
Adventure
USA
1935
132 Minutes
Mrs. Byam
Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Dudley Digges Donald Crisp Movita Henry Stephenson Spring Byington
fletcher christian sailor native capt. william bligh captain tense engaging spirited hms bounty england tahiti pitcairn island sailors mutiny tyrants rebellion adventure revenge escape 1780s
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1788 mutiny.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1936
101 Minutes
Walter Huston Ruth Chatterton David Niven Paul Lukas Mary Astor Gregory Gaye Maria Ouspenskaya Odette Myrtil Kathryn Marlowe John Payne Spring Byington
businessperson husband wife pretty woman emotional moving europe italy ship marriage aging social standing love triangle love discovery 1930s
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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