List of the best Walter Catlett movies: The Man Who Walked Alone(1945), Riverboat Rhythm(1946), It's Tough to Be Famous(1932), Pop Always Pays(1940), The Front Page(1931), Cain and Mabel(1936), Danger, Love at Work(1937), Varsity Show(1937), Going Places(1939), Wild Bill Hickok Rides(1942), Exile Express(1939), Bringing Up Baby(1938) ... ...
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Wiggins
Dave O'Brien Kay Aldridge Walter Catlett Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Isabel Randolph Smith Ballew Chester Clute Frank Melton
A hitch-hiking stranger manages a lift from a young woman into the town he's destined for, and she's from. Both land up in jail, twice, as the small town and its leading family slowly unravel the in-plain-sight mystery behind this man.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Colonel Jeffrey "Smitty" Witherspoon
Leon Errol Glen Vernon Walter Catlett Frankie Carle
Matt Lindsay (Leon Errol) is the captain/owner of a showboat that is on the rocks literally and figuratively. His efforts to raise money to save his boat and troupers get him involved with ... See full summary »
Drama
1932
79 Minutes
Joseph Craig `'Joe'` Chapin
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mary Brian Walter Catlett Oscar Apfel Emma Dunn J. Carrol Naish David Landau Claire MacDowell Louise Beavers Ivan Linow Harold Minjir
naval officer personal assistant wife sailor reporter agent witty emotional amusing submarine parade new york city banquet hall party hero worship celebrity privacy media circus marital problems heroism
A Navy war hero (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) marries his girlfriend (Mary Brian) and tries to avoid publicity.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Tommy Lane
Leon Errol Dennis O'Keefe Adele Pearce Walter Catlett Marjorie Gateson Tom Kennedy Robert Middlemass Effie Anderson Erskine Sanford
In addition to his yearly manifest of six 2-reel comedies, Leon Errol always managed to squeeze a few feature-film appearances into his RKO Radio contractual duties. In Pop Always Pays, ... See full synopsis »
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1931
101 Minutes
Jimmy Murphy
Adolphe Menjou Pat O'Brien Mary Brian Edward Everett Horton Walter Catlett Mae Clarke George E. Stone
reporter editor convict amusing witty new york city prison newsroom investigative journalism murder conspiracy discovery pursuit 1930s
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Jacob "Jake" Sherman
Marion Davies Clark Gable Allen Jenkins Roscoe Karns Walter Catlett Robert Paige Hobart Cavanaugh Ruth Donnelly Pert Kelton William Collier Sammy White
A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Uncle Alan
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.
6.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Sylvester Biddle
Dick Powell Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Walter Catlett Ted Healy Johnnie Davis Lee Dixon Mabel Todd George MacFarland Halliwell Hobbes Edward Brophy
A former student, who is now a big Broadway show producer with three flops to his reputation, is invited back to direct the College's annual student's stage show.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Franklin Dexter
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.
5.9/10
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Sylvester W. Twigg
Constance Bennett Bruce Cabot Warren William Betty Brewer Walter Catlett Ward Bond Howard da Silva Frank Wilcox
woman businessman criminal vigilante casino owner campy gutsy melodramatic spirited chicago montana casino illicit business vigilantism casinos justice revenge 1870s
In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Gus
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.
7.8/10
Comedy
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Constable Slocum
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Charles Ruggles May Robson Barry Fitzgerald Walter Catlett Fritz Feld Ward Bond
paleontologist heiress matron fiancée police officer airy madcap witty mansion restaurant museum golf course police station love triangle mistaken identity daunting task wealth wild animals love pursuit
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
7.0/10
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Eddie Johnson
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Don Ameche Slim Summerville Dudley Digges Walter Catlett George Sanders Jane Darwell Stepin Fetchit Pauline Moore Elisha Cook Jr.
reporter heiress count editor tabloid reporter fiancé madcap playful emotional winsome new york city airport city hall journalism scandal fame deception unlikely romance tabloid journalism love
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
6.9/10
Romance
USA
1931
90 Minutes
Bingy
Jean Harlow Robert Williams Loretta Young Louise Closser Hale Don Dillaway Walter Catlett
journalist socialite colleague mother father playwright amusing emotional mansion office ballroom city journalism independence wealth loyalty class conflict love transformation discovery
A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Carlton Webb
Vera Ralston Robert Randall Eugene Pallette Barbara Jo Allen Stephanie Bachelor Walter Catlett Lloyd Corrigan Ruth Terry William Frawley John Litel Ludwig Stossel
On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonished ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Gus
Ben Lyon Skeets Gallagher Thelma Todd Jonathan Hale Laura Hope Crews Walter Catlett Pert Kelton Chick Chandler Margaret Armstrong John Davidson Fred Kelsey
Three apparent murders and a pair of imposters disrupt the lives of an engaged couple.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
102 Minutes
Colonel Castine
Danny Kaye Walter Slezak Barbara Bates Elsa Lanchester Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Walter Catlett Rhys Williams
government official gypsy police officer mayor idiot con artist charming cheeky amusing hilarious fictional country europe small town corruption mistaken identity politics extortion underdog rise escape
A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Billy Ross
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Mr. Simpson
Priscilla Lane Ronald Reagan Jeffrey Lynn May Robson Lee Patrick Helen Westley Walter Catlett Richard Carle George Barbier John Qualen Fay Helm
heiress granddaughter elderly woman boyfriend friend salesgirl amusing lighthearted heartwarming new york city boardinghouse department store europe mansion rags to riches helping others wealth class distinctions romantic dilemma inheritance
An older woman discovers that her multi-million dollar fortune was based on embezzlement, so she sets out to right the wrong. She goes to America to meet the young woman who is the one and ... See full summary »
Romance
1939
83 Minutes
Marlardot
Claudette Colbert Herbert Marshall Bert Lahr Helen Westley Constance Collier Genevieve Tobin Walter Catlett Ann E. Todd Rex O'Malley Ernest Cossart Rex Evans
A cabaret performer (Claudette Colbert) has an affair with a married man (Herbert Marshall) in France.
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1942
103 Minutes
Col. Truckee
Rita Hayworth Victor Mature John Sutton Carole Landis James Gleason Phil Silvers Mona Maris Walter Catlett
songwriter musician singer girlfriend countess publisher charming indiana family home countryside stage new york city office show business vaudeville medicine show songwriting ambition paul dresser love
Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Joe Brooks
William Powell Betsy Drake Mark Stevens Adolphe Menjou Randy Stuart Lloyd Corrigan Hope Emerson Walter Catlett Don Beddoe
actor actress studio head assistant publicist airy lighthearted los angeles hollywood, calif. new york city theater movie studio grauman's chinese theatre fame redemption reconciliation filmmaking comeback theater production fall
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Romance
1941
77 Minutes
Tomahawk Inn Waiter
Ann Sheridan George Brent Charles Ruggles Osa Massen Jane Wyman William T. Orr Lee Patrick Walter Catlett
author fiancée old flame husband lighthearted amusing unrestrained cleveland bookstore hotel farm inn writing obsessive love marriage deception lawsuit pursuit escape 1940s
A novelist (George Brent) goes to Cleveland with his fiancee (Ann Sheridan) and meets an old flame tired of her husband (Charlie Ruggles).
Comedy
1942
85 Minutes
Jasper
Ann Sothern Red Skelton Leo Gorcey Allen Jenkins Donald Meek Lloyd Corrigan Fritz Feld Walter Catlett Ben Welden Rags Ragland Frank Jenks
showgirl comedian supervisor building owner con artist fiancée lighthearted amusing cheery chicago apartment building coffee shop nightclub atlanta employment career change mix-up romance unlikely allies scams
Maisie (Ann Sothern) falls on hard times and works at several odd jobs before she meets aspiring comedian Hap (Red Skelton).
7.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1935
128 Minutes
Barsad
Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Edna May Oliver Blanche Yurka Reginald Owen Basil Rathbone Henry B. Walthall Donald Woods Walter Catlett Fritz Leiber H.B. Warner
lawyer wealthy man pretty woman emotional melodramatic passionate england london france paris social change love triangle french revolution friendship injustice love forbidden love quest rescue 1780s
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Comedy
1934
92 Minutes
Joe Silvers
Victor McLaglen Helen Vinson John Gilbert Alison Skipworth Wynne Gibson Walter Connolly Fred Keating Tala Birell Leon Errol Walter Catlett Donald Meek
7.7/10
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.
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