List of the best William K. Howard movies: The Trial of Vivienne Ware(1932), Evelyn Prentice(1934), The Princess Comes Across(1936), Johnny Come Lately(1943), The Power and the Glory(1933), Rendezvous(1935), Transatlantic(1931), Money and the Woman(1940), Fire Over England(1937), The Cat and the Fiddle(1934), Surrender(1931), Murder on Diamond Row(1937) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
56 Minutes
Director
Joan Bennett Donald Cook Skeets Gallagher ZaSu Pitts Lilian Bond Alan Dinehart Herbert Mundin Howard Phillips William Pawley
Incredibly fast-moving courtroom yarn in which Bennett is defended by ex-beau Cook when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance, while the trial is broadcast live on the radio.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy William Powell Una Merkel Harvey Stephens Isabel Jewell Rosalind Russell Henry Wadsworth Edward Brophy Cora Sue Collins Jessie Ralph Perry Ivins
husband wife pretty woman criminal lawyer tense melodramatic household courtroom street marital problems jealousy flirtation accidental killing trial secrets temptation forbidden love fall 1930s
The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Director
actress ex-convict murderer police detective blackmailer ship captain amusing charming thrilling ocean liner deck cabin cruise deception murder suspicion acting impersonation mystery love
A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
97 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Grace George Marjorie Main Marjorie Lord Hattie McDaniel Edward McNamara
reporter drifter editor mysterious woman dowager bleak engaging small town jail corruption mission journalism imprisonment secret pursuit wretched excess 1940s
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
Drama
USA
1933
76 Minutes
Director
friend railroad tycoon secretary wife divorcée son dark emotional funeral chicago mountain california office household railroad strike suicide male bonding family dysfunction marriage
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Director
William Powell Rosalind Russell Binnie Barnes Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Samuel S. Hinds Henry Stephenson Frank Reicher Charley Grapewin Leonard Mudie Howard C. Hickman
reporter officer socialite spy girlfriend lieutenant melodramatic tense gripping hotel ocean military base restaurant espionage naval warfare deception secret codes jealousy romance quest
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is an expert on codes, she gets ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
78 Minutes
Director
Edmund Lowe Lois Moran John Halliday Greta Nissen Myrna Loy Jean Hersholt Earle Foxe Billy Bevan
A contained cast of characters traveling aboard a transatlantic ocean liner are pushed to dangerous limits though monetary issues that threaten the lives of the people onboard.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Director
Jeffrey Lynn Brenda Marshall John Litel Lee Patrick Henry O'Neill Roger Pryor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry Kolker William Gould Edward Keane Peter Ashley
The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in savings and is ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1937
89 Minutes
Director
Laurence Olivier Flora Robson Vivien Leigh Leslie Banks Raymond Massey Tamara Desni Morton Selten Robert Newton Donald Calthrop
queen elizabeth i naval officer king philip ii engaging gripping amusing patriotic melodramatic england spain ship war romance dangerous assignment jealousy royalty adventure escape rescue quest
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Director
Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth Jean Hersholt Vivienne Segal Frank Conroy Henry Armetta Adrienne D'Ambricourt Joseph Cawthorn
ingénue singer composer fiancé musician patron charming touching tender melodramatic theater brussels, belgium paris café hotel opera infidelity perseverance love triangle creative process
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Drama
USA
1931
69 Minutes
Director
Warner Baxter Leila Hyams Ralph Bellamy C. Aubrey Smith Alexander Kirkland William Pawley Howard Phillips George Andre Beranger Bodil Rosing Tom Ricketts
French POW Dumaine is sequestered near the castle of a prideful Prussian nobleman, Count Reinmacher, who lives for the day that his four sons will march triumphantly into Paris. Axelle, the... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
77 Minutes
Director
Edmund Lowe Sebastian Shaw Ann Todd Tamara Desni Robert Newton Alastair Sim
detective alcoholic undercover cop fence thief beautiful woman thrilling tense london police station club comeback police work romance jewelry theft mystery 1930s
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1929
66 Minutes
Director
Paul Muni Marguerite Churchill DeWitt Jennings Henry Kolker Edith Yorke Richard Carlyle Johnny Mack Brown Clifford Dempsey George C. Pearce Don Terry
After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law, under a false name intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Director
Wallace Ford Aline MacMahon Jimmy Lydon Robert Vivian
The life of a young slum kid, who starts out stealing small things in order to fit in with the "crowd", winds up in reform school, and eventually spends much of his life in prison. Upon his... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
76 Minutes
Director
Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery May Robson Otto Kruger Lewis Stone Henry Stephenson Violet Kemble Cooper Donald Crisp Jessie Ralph Lionel Belmore Lawrence Grant
The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her fathers house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Director
Rudolph Schildkraut Louise Dresser Robert Edeson Milton Holmes Linda Landi Fritz Feld Lucien Littlefield
An immigrant family experiences life in the United States.
Crime, Drama
1935
84 Minutes
Director
woman gangster cellmate explorer government agent engaging intense suspenseful diner cell apartment hospital nightclub lake crime gangsters false accusations fugitives nursing romance
A gangster's (Alan Baxter) ex-girlfriend (Sylvia Sidney) finds true love with a man (Melvyn Douglas) who helps her hide.
Romance, War, Drama
1926
80 Minutes
Director
Rod La Rocque Louise Dresser Jobyna Ralston Cyril Chadwick George Nichols
Drama
USA
1928
77 Minutes
Director
Victor McLaglen Lois Moran Jack Stuart Earle Foxe Donald Crisp Bob Perry