List of the best Walter Kingsford movies: Fingers at the Window(1942), It Could Happen to You(1937), Flight for Freedom(1943), My Favorite Blonde(1942), The Man in the Iron Mask(1939), The Invisible Ray(1936), The Velvet Touch(1948), Hi Diddle Diddle(1943), Unholy Partners(1941), Dr. Kildare's Victory(1942), Dr. Kildare's Strange Case(1940), Naughty Marietta(1935) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Dr. Cromwall
Lew Ayres Laraine Day Basil Rathbone Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Charles D. Brown Cliff Clark James Flavin Russell Gleason William Tannen Mark Daniels
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Drama
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Prof. Schwab
Alan Baxter Andrea Leeds Owen Davis Jr. Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Al Shean
(1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately...
Adventure
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Admiral Graves
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Herbert Marshall Edward Ciannelli Walter Kingsford Damian O'Flynn Jack Carr Matt McHugh Richard Loo Charles Lung Bud McTaggart
The life of air pioneer Amelia Earhart is here given a fictionalized treatment, with a speculative conclusion.
Comedy
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Dr. Wallace Faber
Bob Hope Madeleine Carroll Gale Sondergaard George Zucco Lionel Royce Walter Kingsford Victor Varconi Otto Reichow Charles Cane Crane Whitley Erville Alderson
spy beautiful woman vaudevillian nazi fugitive amusing cheery spirited new york city train chicago california theater show business espionage frame-up mistaken identity secret codes world war ii escape
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Colbert
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Sci-Fi
USA
1936
81 Minutes
Sir Francis Stevens
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Frances Drake Frank Lawton Violet Kemble Cooper Walter Kingsford Beulah Bondi Frank Reicher Paul Weigel Georges Renavent
A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Peter Gunther
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Comedy
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Senator Jummy Simpson
Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe Pola Negri Billie Burke June Havoc Walter Kingsford Marek Windheim Eddie Marr Paul Porcasi
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1941
94 Minutes
Mr. Peck
Edward G. Robinson Edward Arnold Laraine Day Marsha Hunt William T. Orr Don Beddoe Walter Kingsford Charles Dingle Charles Halton
A crusading newsman (Edward G. Robinson) starts up a tabloid with a gangster (Edward Arnold) as his 50-50 partner.
Drama
1942
92 Minutes
Dr. Walter Carew
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Ann Ayars Robert Sterling Jean Rogers Alma Kruger Walter Kingsford Nell Craig Ed Gargan Marie Blake Frank Orth
physician intern nurse mentor wealthy girl board member engaging melodramatic new york city hospital ambulance street operating room boardroom workplace politics medicine employment surgery accident romance
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) supports Kildare's (Lew Ayres) crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Dr. S.J. "Walter" Carew
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Musical, Comedy
1935
106 Minutes
Don Carlos
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Elsa Lanchester Douglas Dumbrille Cecilia Parker Walter Kingsford Greta Meyer
princess maid pirate captain governor airy melodramatic winsome france ship new orleans household theater romance switched identities journey royalty escape love adventure
An incognito French princess (Jeanette MacDonald) flees to New Orleans and flirts with an Indian scout (Nelson Eddy).
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Lyman Banks
Francis Lederer Joan Bennett Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Minor Watson Adrian Morris Barbara Barondess Walter Kingsford Duke York Burr Caruth Jules Cowles
hessian violinist beautiful woman innkeeper daughter father charming amusing witty connecticut barn inn romance culture clash american revolutionary war dessertion romantic dilemma love pursuit american revolution
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Dr. P. Walter Carew
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lynne Carver Nat Pendleton Jo Ann Sayers Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Monty Woolley Phillip Terry Don "Red" Barry
doctor mentor mother father love interest politician emotional intense solemn connecticut bar house hospital new york city mentorship terminal illness depression medicine family growing up
Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice but he finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
Reeves
Kay Francis Ian Hunter Paul Lukas Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph Joe Sawyer Eddie Acuff Walter Kingsford Robert Strange Ferdinand Munier
actress journalist producer daughter nanny husband melodramatic brooding endearing london theater ship stage secret past fame missing persons tabloid journalism mother/daughter relationship redemption fall
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
73 Minutes
Emanuel Jeremiah
Edward Arnold Lionel Stander Dennie Moore Victor Jory Nana Bryant Joan Perry Russell Hardie Walter Kingsford Boyd Irwin John Qualen Gene Morgan
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Colonel Watrous
Robert Young Florence Rice Frank Craven Henry Hull Lee Bowman Cliff Clark Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Frederick Worlock Gloria Holden William Demarest
Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Stanton
Ray Milland Guy Standing Heather Angel Porter Hall Reginald Denny E.E. Clive Fay Holden Walter Kingsford P.J. Kelly Charles McNaughton Clyde Cook
bulldog beautiful woman valet suspenseful london scotland yard espionage mystery
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intents to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
Biography
USA
1942
67 Minutes
T.W. White
Shepperd Strudwick Linda Darnell Virginia Gilmore Jane Darwell Mary Howard Frank Conroy Harry Morgan Walter Kingsford Morris Ankrum
Edgar Allan Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his desire... See full summary »
Drama
1942
84 Minutes
Dr. Walter Carew
Lionel Barrymore Philip Dorn Donna Reed Phil Brown Nat Pendleton Alma Kruger Mary Nash Walter Kingsford Nell Craig Ruth Tobey Jonathan Hale
doctor intern nurse parent mental patient girlfriend suspenseful shocking melodramatic hospital doctor's office all-girls school apartment police station murder psychiatry investigation mental illness family quest
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) lets his Dutch colleague (Philip Dorn) handle the case of a homicidal maniac.
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Dr. Walter Carew
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Malthus
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Frank Morgan Reginald Owen Louis Hayward David Holt Virginia Weidler E.E. Clive Walter Kingsford Ivan F. Simpson Tom Moore
prince princess colonel mysterious woman fiancé wealthy man eerie tense london boat zoo scams suicide political intrigue arranged marriage secret society journey discovery mystery rivalry
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel, where he seeks adventure ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Napoleon III
Paul Muni Josephine Hutchinson Anita Louise Donald Woods Fritz Leiber Henry O'Neill Porter Hall Akim Tamiroff Walter Kingsford Iphigenie Castiglioni
scientist chemist doctor gutsy rousing endearing french countryside france louis pasteur science cure disease underdog quest rivalry 19th century
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.
Drama
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Dr. Walter Carew
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Lana Turner Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Lynne Carver Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Harlan Briggs
intern physician nurse patient sister criminal melodramatic engaging new york city hospital basement apartment false accusations medical profession injury investigation framed for murder confidence discovery quest
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Coroner
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Dr. Finley
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Tristan l'Hermite
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Drama
USA
1930
82 Minutes
The Policeman
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Alec B. Francis Alison Skipworth Lyonel Watts Montagu Love Dudley Digges Walter Kingsford
socialite industrialist mother lover reverend steward brooding dark tender suspenseful boat limbo house afterlife suicide purgatory death the past second chance discovery
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
University President Cavendish
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Dr. Hooper Tupman
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 »
Romance
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Monsieur Pichon
Marion Davies Dick Powell Charles Ruggles Claude Rains Edward Everett Horton Arthur Treacher Henry Stephenson Clara Blandick John Larkin Walter Kingsford Etienne Girardot
napoleon bonaparte brother socialite suitor teacher passionate lighthearted emotional baltimore france louisiana purchase negotiation impersonation arranged marriage teaching politics love sacrifice rivalry quest
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
Action
1936
70 Minutes
James Stewart Wendy Barrie Una Merkel Ted Healy Weldon Heyburn Patricia Wilder Ralph Morgan Robert Randall Charles Trowbridge William Tannen Walter Kingsford
driver engineer pretty woman partner rival boss engaging emotional detroit auto factory racetrack city auto racing love triangle competition engineering race against time rivalry discovery 1930s
The boss's niece (Wendy Barrie) helps a test driver (James Stewart) at Indianapolis and the Utah salt flats.
Comedy
UK
1938
100 Minutes
Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Griffith Jones Vivien Leigh Edmund Gwenn C.V. France Edward Rigby Morton Selten Claude Gillingwater Tully Marshall
aristocrat student professor administrator amusing spirited oxford, england oxford university college honor romance sports culture clash growing up transformation rivalry love 1930s
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Drama
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Freddie Bartholomew Mickey Rooney Charles Coburn Herbert Mundin Terry Kilburn Gale Sondergaard Peter Lawford Walter Tetley Peter Ellis George Zucco Matthew Boulton
delinquent thief headmaster wife schoolboy friend cheeky confident london jewelry shop boys school woods ship party reform orphanage trust loyalty friendship crime
A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.