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1. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,939
2. Sinners in Paradise (1938)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A seaplane departs for China. On board are a nurse escaping a loveless marriage to do work with refugees, a woman hoping to surprise her estranged son, a wealthy heiress trying to distance ... See full summary »
Director: James Whale | Stars: Madge Evans, John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin
Votes: 560
3. Stella Dallas (1937)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 6,295 | Gross: $2.00M
4. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley
Votes: 1,682
5. Curly Top (1935)
Approved | 75 min | Family, Musical, Romance
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell
Votes: 2,116
6. The Sixth Commandment (1924)
60 min
John loves Marian, engaged to unfaithful Robert. Marian breaks engagement after learning of Robert's infidelity. John goes to war, returns blinded. Robert dies, John and Marian accused of murder.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: William Faversham, Charlotte Walker, John Boles, Kathleen Martyn
Votes: 15
7. The Last Warning (1928)
89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 818
8. Thousands Cheer (1943)
Passed | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor, John Boles
Votes: 1,198
9. King of Jazz (1930)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.
Directors: John Murray Anderson, Walter Lantz | Stars: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff
Votes: 1,625
10. Only Yesterday (1933)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke
Votes: 422
11. Back Street (1932)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,079 | Gross: $1.96M
12. Rio Rita (1929)
Passed | 140 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.
Director: Luther Reed | Stars: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey
Votes: 764
13. Craig's Wife (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell
Votes: 1,015
14. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos
Votes: 580
15. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang
Votes: 165
16. Fazil (1928)
88 min | Drama, Romance
An Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love and marry, but the tremendous differences in their backgrounds and the cultural differences between their two different societies put strains on their marriage that may well prove irreparable.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Charles Farrell, Greta Nissen, John Boles, Mae Busch
Votes: 235
17. The Age of Innocence (1934)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Romance
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
Director: Philip Moeller | Stars: Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill, Helen Westley
Votes: 527
18. The Desert Song (1929)
Passed | 123 min | Action, Musical, Romance
The Desert Song is a 1929 American Pre-Code operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Louise Fazenda, and Myrna Loy.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, Johnny Arthur
Votes: 126
19. The White Parade (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Loretta Young, John Boles, Dorothy Wilson, Muriel Kirkland
Votes: 112
20. Seed (1931)
96 min | Drama
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company. He has written a novel. He and his wife Peggy have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred manages the company's Paris office. She manages ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: John Boles, Genevieve Tobin, Lois Wilson, Raymond Hackett
Votes: 605
21. Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Hassan, the Kadi of Bagdad, has a harem housing twelve beauties, but concentrates his attention on Zohara. A newcomer, Kyra, introduces rebellion into the by the unheard of act of ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Ney, John Boles
Votes: 131
22. A Message to Garcia (1936)
Passed | 85 min | Drama
Based on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale
Votes: 347
23. Careless Lady (1932)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
Innocent Sally Brown (Joan Bennett) thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
Director: Kenneth MacKenna | Stars: Joan Bennett, John Boles, Minna Gombell, Weldon Heyburn
Votes: 153
24. Romance in the Dark (1938)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
"Romance in the Dark" is a 1938 film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, and Claire Dodd. It is one of five movies produced by Paramount in ... See full summary »
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, Claire Dodd
Votes: 75
25. As Good as Married (1937)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to avoid alimony payments and a large tax bill, a boss marries his secretary, then finds out he really is in love with her.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: John Boles, Doris Nolan, Walter Pidgeon, Tala Birell
Votes: 36
26. Between Us Girls (1942)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A young actress tries to help her mother's romance by deception, and winds up in some hilarious escapades before learning her lesson.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Diana Barrymore, Robert Cummings, Kay Francis, John Boles
Votes: 110
27. Bottoms Up (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Promoter Smoothie King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Pat Paterson, John Boles, Sid Silvers
Votes: 173
28. The Love of Sunya (1927)
Passed | 78 min | Drama
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Pauline Garon, Ian Keith
Votes: 833 | Gross: $0.50M
29. So This Is Marriage? (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
After 5 years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Clyde Cook
30. Excuse Me (1925)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy
When Lieutenant Mallory is ordered to report immediately for duty in Honolulu, he persuades his fiancée, Marjorie Newton, a beautiful society debutante, to marry him immediately, enabling ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, Renée Adorée, Walter Hiers
Gross: $0.22M
31. Child of Manhattan (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Nancy Carroll, John Boles, Buck Jones, Jessie Ralph
Votes: 275
32. My Lips Betray (1933)
Approved | 76 min | Musical
In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the King is facing bankruptcy for his little nation, unless ... See full summary »
Directors: John G. Blystone, Henry King | Stars: Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El Brendel, Irene Browne
Votes: 26
33. Rose of the Rancho (1936)
Approved | 85 min | Western
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the ... See full summary »
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: John Boles, Gladys Swarthout, Charles Bickford, Grace Bradley
Votes: 47
34. Orchids to You (1935)
74 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: John Boles, Jean Muir, Charles Butterworth, Ruthelma Stevens
Votes: 48
35. Song of the West (1930)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Musical
As a wagon train treks west, two men, Lt. Singleton and a Stanton, a scout, are rivals for the attentions of the Colonels's daughter, Virginia. Stanton is held for murder after a fight with... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: John Boles, Vivienne Segal, Joe E. Brown, Marie Wells
Votes: 35
36. The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Promising politician John Shadwell is married to Laura but in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his hometown. As Shadwell's political career blooms, gossip and rumors begin to cause... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Betty Furness
Votes: 291
37. Music in the Air (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Constantly quarreling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Douglass Montgomery, June Lang
Votes: 1,027
38. Beloved (1934)
85 min | Drama, Musical
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley, Ruth Hall
Votes: 56
39. Good Sport (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
When her husband (Alan Dinehart) sails for a three-month business trip in Europe, an unsophisticated wife ('Linda Watkins (I)') sublets a Manhattan apartment so she can occupy herself with ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth MacKenna | Stars: Linda Watkins, John Boles, Greta Nissen, Minna Gombell
Votes: 56
40. Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of ... See full summary »
Stars: The Radio Rogues, Eddie Bartell, Jimmy Hollywood, Henry Taylor
Votes: 136
41. Muchachas de Bagdad (1953)
95 min | Comedy
Directors: Jerónimo Mihura, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Boles, José Calvo, Maruja Coral, María del Amor
Votes: 19
42. Redheads on Parade (1935)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him withdrawing his support. But all ends well.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: John Boles, Dixie Lee, Jack Haley, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 45
43. Resurrection (1931)
81 min | Drama
Country girl Katusha is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov who, years later, finds himself on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime to which he now realizes that his actions ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: John Boles, Lupe Velez, Nance O'Neil, William Keighley
Votes: 25
44. I Believed in You (1934)
69 min | Drama
After miners attack Jim Crowl, a labor agitator trying to incite them to strike, he seeks refuge from the police at the home of True Merrill, a naive would-be writer who has lived all her ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Rosemary Ames, John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael
45. She Married an Artist (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
American artist Lee Thornwood (John Boles) and his model, Sally Dennis (Frances Drake), appear to be made for each other, but he weds Parisian designer Toni Bonnet (Luli Deste) instead...... See full summary »
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: John Boles, Luli Deste, Frances Drake, Helen Westley
Votes: 16
46. Man-Made Women (1928)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Leatrice Joy, H.B. Warner, John Boles, Seena Owen
47. Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934)
11 min | Short
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Lona Andre, John Boles, Johnny Mack Brown, Mary Carlisle
48. Road to Happiness (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Jeff Carter, a struggling singer, pursues radio acting to support his son Danny. Aided by his son and agent Charley Grady, Jeff finds success in radio and achieves his professional goals through this medium.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 139
49. The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)
90 min | Drama
John Boles (as Young Matt) is a troubled young mountain man, but a stranger comes to help him in an unlikely way.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Alec B. Francis, Molly O'Day, John Boles, Matthew Betz
50. Fight for Your Lady (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, Margot Grahame
Votes: 202