List of the best William Haines movies: Alias Jimmy Valentine(1928), West Point(1928), Are You Listening?(1932), Speedway(1929), Spring Fever(1927), Remote Control(1930), Way Out West(1930), The Girl Said No(1930), Navy Blues(1930), The Marines Are Coming(1935), Show People(1928), Little Annie Rooney(1925) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
88 Minutes
William Haines Lionel Barrymore Leila Hyams Karl Dane Tully Marshall Ruth Shepley
Jimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
80 Minutes
Brice Wayne
William Haines Joan Crawford William Bakewell Neil Neely Ralph Emerson Leon Kellar Raymond G. Moses
Wealthy Brice Wayne enters West Point and, though he does well on the football field, angers fellow cadets with his arrogance. Disciplined by the coach he yells "To hell with the Corps!" ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
73 Minutes
Bill Grimes
A radio writer/producer accidentally kills his wife and then attempts to escape an on-air hunt for him.
Comedy
USA
1929
82 Minutes
Bill Whipple
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane Ernest Torrence John Miljan
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Jack Kelly
William Haines Joan Crawford George K. Arthur George Fawcett Eileen Percy Edward Earle Bert Woodruff Lee Moran
poor person rich girl boss golfer heiress clerk crafty amusing country club golf course office class distinctions golf deception tournament teaching marriage love rise quest
To impress a wealthy young woman, a clerk pretends he is a pro-golfer.
Comedy
USA
1930
62 Minutes
William J. Brennan
Nick Grinde William Haines Charles King Mary Doran John Miljan Polly Moran J.C. Nugent Edward Nugent Wilbur Mack James Donlan Edward Brophy
A radio announcer suspects a cohort sends coded messages over the air to his bank-robber friends.
Comedy, Western
USA
1930
71 Minutes
William Haines Leila Hyams Polly Moran Cliff Edwards Francis X. Bushman Jr. Vera Marsh Charles Middleton Jack Pennick Buddy Roosevelt Jay Wilsey
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
90 Minutes
William Haines Leila Hyams Polly Moran Marie Dressler Francis X. Bushman Clara Blandick William Janney Frank Coghlan Jr. Phyllis Crane William V. Mong
college graduate salesman secretary executive dowager father cheery madcap amusing new york city office bar bank restaurant career aspirations romantic dilemma love triangle father/son relationship confidence marriage
A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Kelly
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane J.C. Nugent Edythe Chapman Wade Boteler Gertrude Sutton
sailor dance hall girl mother father melodramatic lighthearted endearing ship docks dance hall family home hotel military leave young love parental pressure parent/child relationship running away reunion forbidden love transformation
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes ... See full summary »
War
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Lt. William "Wild Bill" Traylor
William Haines Conrad Nagel Esther Ralston Armida Edgar Kennedy Hale Hamilton George Regas Michael Visaroff Dell Henderson Broderick O'Farrell
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
Comedy
USA
1928
82 Minutes
Billy Boone
Marion Davies William Haines Dell Henderson Paul Ralli Tenen Holtz Harry Gribbon Sidney Bracey Polly Moran Albert Conti John Gilbert Mae Murray
actress actor studio head director father emotional charming studio hollywood, calif. theater ambition fame filmmaking love triangle love rise transformation 1920s
A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1925
95 Minutes
Joe Kelly
Mary Pickford William Haines Walter James Gordon Griffith Carlo Schipa Spec O'Donnell Hugh Fay Vola Vale Joe Butterworth Eugene Jackson Oscar Rudolph
The tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood may be threatened by a dangerous street gang.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1926
78 Minutes
Joe Field
Eleanor Boardman Conrad Nagel William Haines John Steppling Eugenie Forde Frankie Darro Dot Farley Joan Standing Kate Price
Mary, on the day of her wedding to Jimmie, finds she has not lost her affection for another sweetheart, Joe. A confrontation arises when Jimmie discovers that Joe has come along on their ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1926
80 Minutes
Tom Brown
Jack Pickford Mary Brian Francis X. Bushman Jr. Mary Alden David Torrence Edward Connelly Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Ernest Gillen William Haines
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Guest at Premiere
Buster Keaton Anita Page Trixie Friganza Robert Montgomery Edgar Dearing Gwen Lee John Miljan Lionel Barrymore William Haines William Collier Jr. Dorothy Sebastian
manager beauty queen movie star mother madcap cheery playful kansas hollywood, calif. movie studio grauman's chinese theatre beauty pageant movies ambition acting romance disaster quest discovery rise
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.