List of the best Thurston Hall movies: The Man Who Lived Twice(1936), Rim of the Canyon(1949), Blonde From Brooklyn(1945), Theodora Goes Wild(1936), The Black Room(1935), Call of the Canyon(1942), The Great Man's Lady(1942), Don't Tell the Wife(1937), Song of Nevada(1944), Metropolitan(1935), Night Stage to Galveston(1952), The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady(1940) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
73 Minutes
Dr. Clifford L. Schuyler
A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity. However, during the operation, he loses his memory; when he comes to after the surgery, he has a change of heart and decides to ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Big Tim Hanlon
Gene Autry Nan Leslie Thurston Hall Clem Bevans Walter Sande Jock Mahoney Francis Macdonald Alan Hale Jr.
thief convict gene autry outlaw father horse engaging spirited rousing ghost town canyon jail wild west frontier jailbreak crime theft banditry old west law and order
Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Col. Hubert Farnsworth
Bob Haymes Lynn Merrick Thurston Hall Mary Treen Walter Soderling Arthur Loft
veteran singer manager radio host friend swindler playful charming nightclub radio station law office mansion dance floor house singing radio impersonation schemes drunkenness inheritance
Returning soldier Dixon Harper meets cute with promising radio singer Susan Parker. Susan is mistaken for a heiress to a southern plantation by blustery colonel Farnsworth and she ignores wise cracking friend Diane to see the ruse through.
Comedy
USA
1936
94 Minutes
Arthur Stevenson
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.
Horror
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Col. Hassel
Boris Karloff Marian Marsh Robert Allen Thurston Hall Katherine DeMille John Buckler Henry Kolker Colin Tapley Torben Meyer
twin brother baron colonel daughter servant eerie thrilling dark tyrol castle torture chamber ambition superstition fear impersonation murder royalty rivalry quest
Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.
Western
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Grantley B. Johnson
Smiley Burnette Ruth Terry Thurston Hall Joe Strauch Jr. Cliff Nazarro Dorothea Kent Edmund MacDonald
gene autry cowboy cattle baron cattle rancher radio producer singer rousing spirited positive wild west ranch office business scheme gambling addiction cattle ranchers radio transmissions deception showdown rescue adventure
Gene heads some cattlemen who have been swindled by McCoy. McCoy needed their money to pay off his gambling debt.
Western
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Mr. Sempler
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Brian Donlevy Thurston Hall K.T. Stevens Lucien Littlefield Lloyd Corrigan Etta McDaniel Frank M. Thomas John Hamilton Fred S. Toones
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Comedy
1937
62 Minutes
Major Manning
Guy Kibbee Una Merkel Lynne Overman Thurston Hall Guinn "Big Boy" Williams William Demarest Lucille Ball Harry Tyler Bradley Page Si Jenks Charles West
Con men use an honest front man (Guy Kibbee) to get a farmer (Lynne Overman) to promote their gold mine.
Western
USA
1944
75 Minutes
John Barrabee
Dale Evans Mary Lee Lloyd Corrigan Thurston Hall John Eldredge Forrest Taylor George Meeker Emmett Vogan Roy Mason William B. Davidson Bob Nolan & Sons of the Pioneers
A western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiancé. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values.
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
T. Simon Hunter
Lawrence Tibbett Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Cesar Romero Thurston Hall Luis Alberni George F. Marion Ruth Donnelly Franklyn Ardell Adrian Rosley Christian Rub
opera singer conductor opera director love interest diva friend engaging spirited positive new york city opera house house philadelphia theater opera creative process rehearsal big break egoism new romance
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Western
USA
1952
62 Minutes
Colonel James Bellamy
Virginia Huston Robert Randall Thurston Hall Judy Nugent Harry Cording Robert Bice Frank Sully
texas ranger corrupt cop police chief sidekick journalist singing cowboy melodramatic rousing suspenseful texas prairie jail office police corruption power struggle crime investigation law and order journalism rivalry
Texas law officers are so corrupt that Gene decides to put on his old Texas Ranger uniform and set things right.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Inspector M.J. Crane
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Inspector Crane
Warren William June Storey Henry Wilcoxon Eric Blore Thurston Hall Don Beddoe Evalyn Knapp Fred Kelsey William Forrest Walter Kingsford Lloyd Bridges
The Lone Wolf Michael Lanyard takes Inspector Crane's challenge that he can't keep out of trouble for 24 hours. No sooner accepted when Lanyard is sucked into a case of murder and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1945
69 Minutes
J.J. Frentiss
Jinx Falkenburg Jim Bannon Steve Cochran Thurston Hall Isabel Withers
Business development prompts an effort to drive out the residents of the Mexican portion of a California town. Against the move is the growing love for a senorita.
Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Claudius King
Kay Francis Pat O'Brien Ralph Forbes Melville Cooper Thurston Hall Grant Mitchell Gordon Oliver John Eldredge Herbert Rawlinson Hugh Compton Sarah Edwards
advertiser father daughter company president fiancé husband cheeky tense engaging melodramatic new york city church office judge's chambers advertising business embezzlement drinking romance competition
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Comedy
USA
1939
53 Minutes
Colonel March
Joe Penner Betty Grable Richard Lane Tom Kennedy Thurston Hall Bernadene Hayes Carol Hughes Jack Arnold
A group of taxi drivers pool their money and buy a beer-loving racehorse.
Drama
USA
1950
70 Minutes
John McKelvey
Douglas Kennedy Marjorie Lord Emory Parnell Wm. "Bill" Phillips Thurston Hall Harry Cheshire
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Bruce Pierce
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Boris Karloff Fay Bainter Ann Rutherford Thurston Hall Konstantin Shayne Florence Bates Gordon Jones Reginald Denny Henry Corden
man fiancée mother beautiful woman villain criminal endearing amusing united states city household dreams imagination courage heroism crime adventure quest pursuit 1940s
A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Maurizio
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.
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
J.J. Van Buren
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
1938
68 Minutes
Major
Jack Oakie Lucille Ball Ruth Donnelly Bradley Page Fritz Feld Thurston Hall Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates James Burke Lee Van Atta Anthony Warde
Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a maid... See full summary »
Comedy
1939
76 Minutes
Mr. Bel-Goodie
W.C. Fields Edgar Bergen Constance Moore James Bush Mary Forbes Thurston Hall Edward Brophy Grady Sutton Eddie Anderson
con artist circus owner daughter suitor ventriloquist mother lighthearted amusing circus countryside mansion family home balloon love triangle marriage family con game debt marrying for money love
The owner (W.C. Fields) of a circus plays Cupid for his daughter (Constance Moore) and his ventriloquist (Edgar Bergen).
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Grant
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Romance
USA
1946
107 Minutes
Baldwin
Claudette Colbert John Wayne Don DeFore Anne Triola Frank Puglia Phil Brown Thurston Hall Louella Parsons Dona Drake
author captain lieutenant producer passenger charming madcap witty cheery train chicago ranch unlikely romance movies military service writers road trip pursuit love 1940s
En route to Hollywood, an author becomes smitten with a marine, though he is unaware of her celebrity status and is critical of her best-selling novel.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Colonel Caldwell
Anthony Quinn Katherine DeMille Elyse Knox Ducky Louie Raymond Hatton Kane Richmond Thurston Hall Moroni Olsen Jonathan Hale Darryl Hickman Charles Trowbridge
In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Father Time
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.
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Ed
Charles Coburn Joan Bennett William Eythe Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Donald Meek Thurston Hall
military officer mayor cousin reporter society matron politician lighthearted patriotic georgia small town family home newsroom court small-town life political corruption social activism journalism tradition quest 1940s
A retired Army colonel (Charles Coburn) writes a newspaper column blasting the crooks who run his Georgia hometown.
Musical, Comedy
1943
102 Minutes
Kenneth "Ken" Cawlor
Red Skelton Eleanor Powell Richard Ainley Patricia Dane Sam Levene Thurston Hall John Hodiak Butterfly McQueen Marjorie Gateson Andrew Tombes
broadway star cleaner actor fiancé socialite amusing charming emotional intricate store nightclub theater hotel marriage of convenience infidelity class distinctions impersonation sabotage unlikely romance underdog
An assistant tailor (Red Skelton) courts a New York dancer (Eleanor Powell) and exposes wartime spies.
Drama
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Mayor Henry Manville
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara George Sanders Walter Slezak Kent Smith Una O'Connor Philip Merivale Thurston Hall George Coulouris Nancy Gates Ivan F. Simpson
schoolmaster mother beautiful woman resistance fighter nazi inspiring touching solemn prison europe school nazi occupation collaboration courage false accusations transformation temptation sacrifice 1940s
A mild-mannered school-teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during W.W.II finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance.
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Dean A.K. Somers
Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Jeffrey Lynn Mona Maris James Stephenson Jonathan Hale David Bruce Thurston Hall Mary Gordon John Eldredge Hardie Albright
dying person husband wife gallery owner doctor professor dark gripping united states courtroom jail studio murder forgery morality wrongfully accused execution investigation fall wretched excess
An elderly professor, suffering from an aortic aneurism, confronts the problem of what to do knowing that he only has a few months to live.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Col. Harvey Withering
Dick Powell Anita Louise Allen Jenkins Ronald Reagan Walter Catlett Harold Huber Larry Williams Thurston Hall Minna Gombell Joyce Compton Robert Warwick
salesman boss beautiful woman aunt fan jockey lighthearted mellow store hotel party racetrack parade maryland horse racing impersonation wager advertising sabotage quest
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Romance
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Oscar Worthington "Worthy" James
Bette Davis George Brent Mary Astor Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Grant Mitchell Jerome Cowan Sam McDaniel Thurston Hall Russell Hicks Olin Howland
sweetheart pianist pilot maid mother manager melodramatic cheeky gutsy new york city maryland country house arizona rivalry marriage divorce death adoption deception quest
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.
Drama
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Thomas Rufus Collier II
Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Alexis Smith Jack Carson Jane Wyman Reginald Gardiner John Loder Marjorie Gateson Thurston Hall John Abbott Marjorie Hoshelle
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Henry W. "H.W." Workman
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Romance
1938
80 Minutes
John Atwater
Dick Powell Olivia de Havilland Charles Winninger Allen Jenkins Bonita Granville Melville Cooper Isabel Jeans Grady Sutton Thurston Hall John Ridgely Jack Mower
heiress tycoon architect gas station attendant maid valet airy amusing winsome mansion gas station office class distinctions romance father/daughter relationship opposites attract wealth revenge love growing up
An heiress (Olivia De Havilland) gets even with a gas-pumping architect (Dick Powell) by introducing him to her father (Charles Winninger).
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Phillips
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
Drama
USA
1947
173 Minutes
Dr. Blake
Rosalind Russell Michael Redgrave Raymond Massey Katina Paxinou Leo Genn Kirk Douglas Nancy Coleman Henry Hull Sara Allgood Thurston Hall Walter Baldwin
Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia set in New England, after the American Civil War.
Western
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Charles Crocker
Randolph Scott Raymond Massey Lucille Norman Richard Webb James Millican Larry Keating George Cleveland William Haade Don Beddoe Thurston Hall Vince Barnett
bandit banker construction worker news reporter suspenseful moving charming american west mining town mountain carson city, nev. railroad robbery construction murder old west stagecoach rivalry quest 19th century
When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Thatcher Kinston
Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine Barry Sullivan Keefe Brasselle Dean Miller Margalo Gillmore Jeff Donnell Thurston Hall Russell `Bubba' Tongay Kathy Tongay
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Musical, Romance
1946
90 Minutes
Colonel Clay (uncredited)
June Haver George Montgomery Vivian Blaine Celeste Holm Vera-Ellen Frank Latimore Charles Smith Charles Halton Ruby Dandridge Thurston Hall Clinton Rosemond
Country sisters Pam (June Haver), Liz (Vivian Blaine) and Myra dress the part to meet rich men in circa-1900 Atlantic City.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marion Hutton Kirby Grant Ann Gillis Arthur Treacher Thomas Gomez George Dolenz Steven Geray Margaret Irving Murray Leonard
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1945
79 Minutes
Dennis O'Keefe Helen Walker Eddie Anderson June Havoc Gail Patrick Mischa Auer Nana Bryant John Litel Joe Sawyer Neil Hamilton Herbert Rudley
veteran fiancée lawyer best friend heiress heir cheery unrestrained new york city office radio station theater bank ship inheritance investing engagement friendship broadway cruise
In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
115 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Jane Powell Edward Arnold Harry Davenport Moyna Magill Elinor Donahue Ann E. Todd Tom Helmore Kathryn Card Thurston Hall Nan Bennett
magazine editor daughter boss band leader father mother playful cheery intricate new york city high school cruise ship office household mansion secret marriage mother/daughter relationship sister relationship divorce music
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't ... See full summary »
Romance
1941
85 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Edward Arnold Lee Bowman Jean Rogers Mary Beth Hughes Guy Kibbee Barbara Jo Allen Leon Belasco Bobby Larson Charles Coleman
judge businessman wife reporter sculptor boyfriend madcap playful confident new york city courtroom cape cod studio street deception impersonation law judgment divorce journalism
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
107 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Gene Kelly Eve Arden Lee Bowman Phil Silvers Leslie Brooks Otto Kruger Jess Barker Anita Colby Curt Bois Edward Brophy
dancer club owner theatrical producer publisher girlfriend boyfriend charming endearing inspiring witty brooklyn, n.y. new york city nightclub fame success dance beauty loyalty love rise
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice Claire Dodd Shepperd Strudwick Louis Calhern Nat Pendleton Douglas Dumbrille Mary Howard George Zucco Minor Watson Don Douglas
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
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.
Biography
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Joel McCrea Betty Field Harry Carey William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Julius Tannen Edwin Maxwell Porter Hall Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Harry Hayden
The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.