List of the best Virginia Bruce movies: The Invisible Woman(1941), Flight Angels(1940), State Department: File 649(1949), The Murder Man(1935), Downstairs(1932), Metropolitan(1935), Arsene Lupin Returns(1938), There Goes My Heart(1938), The Bad Man of Brimstone(1937), Let Freedom Ring(1939), Shadow of Doubt(1935), The First Hundred Years(1938) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Kitty Carroll
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Drama
USA
1940
74 Minutes
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Virginia Bruce William Lundigan Jonathan Hale Frank Ferguson Richard Loo Philip Ahn Raymond Bond Milton Kibbee Victor Sen Yung Lora Lee Michel John Holland
U.S. Foreign Service officer matches wits with a Chinese warlord to try to save American citizens threatened with execution.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce Lionel Atwill Harvey Stephens Robert Barrat James Stewart William Collier Bobby Watson William Demarest John Sheehan Lucien Littlefield
newspaper reporter gossip columnist police officer business partner father editor dark brooding shocking suspenseful newsroom sing sing correctional facility new york city shooting gallery newspapers murder investigation father/son relationship deception cover-up mystery
When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
Drama
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Anna
John Gilbert Virginia Bruce Paul Lukas Hedda Hopper Reginald Owen Olga Baclanova Bodil Rosing Otto Hoffman Lucien Littlefield Marion Lessing
chauffeur baron baroness butler maid cook melodramatic dark tense manor austria bedroom kitchen wedding aristocracy class distinctions affair blackmail fidelity false accusations
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Anne Merrill Beaconhill
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Virginia Bruce Warren William John Halliday Nat Pendleton Monty Woolley George Zucco E.E. Clive Rollo Lloyd Vladimir Sokoloff Tully Marshall
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Joan Butterfield
heiress reporter friend grandfather salesgirl editor cheery amusing lighthearted yacht new york city department store island cabin class distinctions journalism family friendship romance impersonation
A young heiress runs away from her overprotective grandfather. Penniless on the streets of New York, she manages to find employment, but a reporter knows her true identity.
Western
USA
1937
89 Minutes
Wallace Beery Virginia Bruce Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Calleia Lewis Stone Guy Kibbee Bruce Cabot Cliff Edwards
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed.
Musical
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Maggie Adams
Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Charles Butterworth H.B. Warner Raymond Walburn Dick Rich Trevor Bardette
tycoon rancher son love interest henchman spirited uplifting small town ranch newsroom office house railroad ethics impersonation deception ranchers land dispute quest adventure
Railroad owner Jim Knox uses everything to get the land he needs for his new railroad cheaply. Everybody hopes, that Steve Logan ends his regime, but he allies with Jim Knox. Nobody knows, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Virginia Bruce Constance Collier Isabel Jewell Arthur Byron Betty Furness Regis Toomey Bradley Page
Haworth is a show biz producer who has a number of ex-girlfriends that he has beaten over the years. He is now engaged to two girls- Lisa and Trenna. After drinking and starting a fight ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Lynn Conway
Robert Montgomery Virginia Bruce Warren William Binnie Barnes Harry Davenport Nydia Westman Donald Briggs Jonathan Hale E.E. Clive Lee Bowman
career woman husband theater promoter lawyer judge sexy woman witty engaging melodramatic new york city apartment shipyard yacht new bedford, mass. marital problems gender roles career vs. love jealousy husband/wife relationship city life
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job.
Comedy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
Broderick Crawford Virginia Bruce Dick Foran Porter Hall Richard Lane Shemp Howard
The Broadway citizen Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known far and wide to be involved with criminal activities. Butch is motivated to pursue a life of crime in order to provide the lovely widow... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
George Sanders Virginia Bruce Lenore Aubert Gene Lockhart Robert Armstrong H.B. Warner Alan Napier Marcel Dalio Michael Ansara
reporter secret agent beautiful woman nazi informant suspenseful spirited damascus market syria hotel espionage world war ii investigation murder dangerous assignment impersonation mystery quest 1940s
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Herbert Marshall Virginia Bruce Mary Astor Janet Beecher Marjorie Rambeau Juanita Quigley Zeffie Tilbury Sarah Padden Dorothy Christy Morgan Wallace Joseph Crehan
lawyer wife daughter second wife mother husband melodramatic intense household washington, d.c. party country club inn small town divorce jealousy remarriage family duplicity social standing
Cynthia is married to Steve and is a selfish hard woman. She decides where they will live, who they will see and even gets rid of Dora, the nanny who raised Steve and is now raising their ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce Benita Hume Douglas Walton Nat Pendleton Gene Lockhart H.B. Warner Kent Smith Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort
detective millionaire major wife niece nurse gripping suspenseful charming racetrack mansion bus library museum cliff infidelity jealousy murder investigation horse racing
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Robert Taylor Virginia Bruce Helen Twelvetrees Isabel Jewell Nat Pendleton Pinky Tomlin Henry Kolker Raymond Hatton Jack LaRue Robert Elliott Fred Kohler
daughter attorney love interest gangster host nightclub employee emotional suspenseful intricate new york city hockey rink dog track nightclub street inheritance con game deception greed organized crime corruption
Toni Bradley comes to New York City, from a small town in Iowa, to take over her late father's estate and sporting business, which is primarily gambling on sports events, with a lot of the ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1935
82 Minutes
Ted Lewis Virginia Bruce Ted Healy Nat Pendleton Harry Stockwell Donald Cook George "Spanky" McFarland Addison Richards Robert McWade Robert Gleckler
The songwriter Ollie Watts goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by the unscrupulous music publisher Mr. Simmonds. Ollie brings his girlfriend and singer Margaret ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1935
90 Minutes
Richard Arlen Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Bruce Cabot Harvey Stephens Eric Linden Joyce Compton Gordon Jones
Comedy
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Joan Marshall
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Virginia Bruce Robert Paige Lionel Atwill Leif Erickson William Demarest Samuel S. Hinds Four Ink Spots
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Biography
USA
1934
87 Minutes
Jenny Lind
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
Lucy James
Eleanor Powell James Stewart Virginia Bruce Una Merkel Sid Silvers Frances Langford Raymond Walburn Alan Dinehart Buddy Ebsen Juanita Quigley Reginald Gardiner
dancer sailor manager lighthearted playful club city submarine dance show business romance sabotage love pursuit 1930s
Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige, and falls in love. Nora wants to become a dancer on Broadway. Ted rescues the Pekinese of ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
88 Minutes
Patricia Sloan
Franchot Tone Maureen O'Sullivan Virginia Bruce Leonard Penn Cliff Edwards Janet Beecher Charley Grapewin Helen Troy Grace Ford June Clayworth Edward Norris
Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Miss Stephens, Steve
Social butterfly (Young) marries Park Avenue doctor (Baxter) and learns that his nurse (Bruce) is in love with him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
80 Minutes
Jenny Courtland
Edward G. Robinson Gail Russell John Lund Virginia Bruce William Demarest Richard Webb Jerome Cowan Onslow Stevenson Jon Alexander Roman Bohnen Luis Van Rooten
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Horror
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Ann
Walter Huston Lupe Velez Conrad Nagel Virginia Bruce C. Henry Gordon Mitchell Lewis Forrester Harvey Curtis Nero
king trader nun explorer native dark disturbing jungle village trading post convent insanity abduction mistaken identity vengeance torture revenge quest 1930s
This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
70 Minutes
Florence Welford
Charles Rogers Jean Arthur Paul Lukas Stuart Erwin Virginia Bruce Gordon De Main James Finlayson Frank Ross Jack Luden Freeman Wood George Irving
Lt. Robert Banks (Charles Rogers) shoots down and captures a German ace and is betrayed by the woman he loves.
Drama
USA
1960
117 Minutes
Mrs. Wagner
Kirk Douglas Kim Novak Ernie Kovacs Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Virginia Bruce Kent Smith
architect wife lover neighbor author melodramatic brooding los angeles suburbia family home unhappy marriage suburban life affair family dysfunction alcohol rape forbidden love discovery 1960s
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
72 Minutes
Ronald Colman Kay Francis Bramwell Fletcher Frances Dade David Torrence Alison Skipworth Frederick Kerr John Rogers Wilson Benge Virginia Bruce
thief gentleman friend inspector lord lady thrilling amusing london estate party household jewelry theft secret life one last job friendship debt rivalry quest love
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Edwin H. Knopf Richard Arlen Ernst Lubitsch Dorothy Arzner Edmund Goulding Victor Schertzinger Jean Arthur
A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »