List of the best Vera Lewis movies: Ella Cinders(1926), Wide Open(1930), The Iron Mask(1929), Nancy Drew, Detective(1938), Paddy O'Day(1935), Courageous Dr. Christian(1940), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase(1939), Four Mothers(1941), Nine Lives Are Not Enough(1941), The Return of Doctor X(1939), It's a Joke, Son(1947), Naughty, but Nice(1939) ... ...
Comedy, Romance
USA
1926
67 Minutes
Ma Cinders
Colleen Moore Lloyd Hughes Vera Lewis Doris Baker Emma Gordes Mike Donlin Jed Prouty Jack Duffy Harry Allen D'Arcy Corrigan Alfred E. Green
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
67 Minutes
Mrs. Hathaway
Edward Everett Horton Patsy Ruth Miller Louise Fazenda Vera Lewis T. Roy Barnes E.J. Ratcliffe Louise Beavers Edna Murphy Frank Beal Vince Barnett
A nervous woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, suddenly has to deal with a very forward and attractive young woman who has sneaked into his apartment - and doesn't want to leave.
Adventure
USA
1929
87 Minutes
Madame Peronne
Douglas Fairbanks Belle Bennett Marguerite De La Motte Dorothy Revier Vera Lewis Rolfe Sedan William Bakewell Gordon Thorpe Nigel de Brulier Ullrich Haupt Lon Poff
musketeer count d'artagnan king twin love interest spirited brash suspenseful palace convent courtyard spain countryside dungeon impersonation monarchy twins ambition loyalty
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
67 Minutes
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis John Ridgely Helena Phillips Evans
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain wealthy woman accountant charming lighthearted river heights family home lake hospital disappearance abduction secret codes investigation friendship carrier pigeons mystery adventure
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Aunt Flora
Jane Withers Rita Hayworth Pinky Tomlin Jane Darwell Michael Visaroff Vera Lewis Louise Carter Russell Simpson Francis Ford Pat O'Malley Robert Dudley
Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
67 Minutes
Mrs. Norma Stewart
Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett Robert Baldwin Tom Neal Maude Eburne Vera Lewis George F. Meader Bobby Larson Babette Bentley Reginald Barlow Jacqueline DeRiver
A rural doctor (Jean Hersholt) fends off a widow and crusades against a shantytown to blame for an epidemic.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
60 Minutes
Miss Rosemary Turnbull
Bonita Granville Frank Thomas Jr. John Litel Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis Louise Carter John Ridgely
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain spinster sister engaging lighthearted town family home victorian house secret passageway property rights schemes false accusations investigation will and testament murder mystery discovery
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend (Frankie Thomas) protect a mansion from racetrack gangsters.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Mrs. Ridgefield
The Lane Sisters Gale Page Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn Eddie Albert May Robson Frank McHugh Dick Foran Vera Lewis
father sister mother husband researcher composer confident engaging melodramatic small town factory florida house apartment laboratory family investing natural disasters small-town life real estate
Adam Lemp and his four daughters, Ann, Thea, Kay, and Emma, are in financial and emotional crises. Thea's husband Ben has promoted a Florida housing development to everyone in town, and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Mrs. Slocum
Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Peter Whitney Faye Emerson Howard da Silva Edward Brophy Charles Drake Vera Lewis Ben Welden Howard C. Hickman
mistress daughter chauffeur tycoon newspaper reporter editor thrilling witty melodramatic suspenseful newsroom boardinghouse household bedroom murder investigation journalism organized crime media circus schemes embezzlement
An investigative crime reporter helps the cops solve the case of a missing tycoon who's later found dead in a cheap boarding house.
Horror
USA
1939
62 Minutes
Miss Sweetman
Wayne Morris Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Dennis Morgan John Litel Lya Lys Huntz Hall Charles Wilson Vera Lewis Howard C. Hickman Olin Howland
news reporter actress mad scientist undertaker doctor campy creepy suspenseful united states city hotel newsroom laboratory murder science gone awry investigation reporting mystery discovery 1930s
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
Comedy
1947
63 Minutes
Hortense Dimwitty
Kenny Delmar Una Merkel June Lockhart Kenneth Farrell Douglas Dumbrille Jimmy Conlin Matt Willis Ralph Sanford Vera Lewis Margaret McWade Ida Moore
Bigwigs want Beauregard Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) to run for state senator against his wife, Magnolia (Una Merkel).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Aunt Annabella Hardwick
Ann Sheridan Dick Powell Gale Page Helen Broderick Allen Jenkins ZaSu Pitts Ronald Reagan Max Rosenbloom Jerry Colonna Vera Lewis Elizabeth Dunne
Professor Hardwick teaches at Winfield College and detests the new swing music that is the craze. He has written a rhapsody which he takes to New York to be published. Staying with his Aunt... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1945
59 Minutes
Fanny
Jimmy Ellison Wanda McKay Franklin Pangborn Ralph Morgan June Clyde Leon Belasco Karin Lang Emmett Lynn Robert Greig Vera Lewis
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies, but finds that attaining stardom is a lot more difficult then she counted on. Howewver, she does become a star ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Faye Emerson Jacqueline Wells Frank Wilcox Roland Drew Jackie Gleason Ruth Ford Virginia Brissac Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Adams William Hopper Vera Lewis
aspiring actress bank robber district attorney radio host inmate detective suspenseful fiery gritty prison bank hospital cell bank robbery prison life unlikely romance prison break betrayal injustice escape
Dot Burton (Faye Emerson) has acted as a decoy in a bank robbery and fails to get away. Her arrest attracts the attention of Ken Phillips (Frank Wilcox), a former childhood sweetheart who ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Arthur Kennedy Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Virginia Field Cliff Edwards Cornel Wilde William Edmunds Richard Ainley John Ridgely Frank Wilcox Ben Welden
boxer promoter wife girlfriend gritty gripping powerful office boxing ring small town farm ambition boxing false accusations marriage infidelity drugs rise fall love
A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Gale Page Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn John Garfield Frank McHugh May Robson Dick Foran Eddie Albert
father daughter sister widow fiancé doctor emotional somber household hospital wedding engagement pregnancy adoption matchmaking music death discovery love rescue
Three of the four musically inclined daughters of Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, are settling into their lives as wives, but not all is well. Thea Lemp has long ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1916
178 Minutes
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Bessie Love Mae Marsh Howard Gaye Margery Wilson Eugene Pallette Lillian Langdon Fred Turner Sam De Grasse Olga Grey
prince queen jesus mary magdalene worker wife fascinating profound california france judea babylon betrayal pacifism religion murder fall quest wretched excess 1910s
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
Romance
1938
80 Minutes
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).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.