Julia Griffith
Actor · 1880 – 1961 · Iowa, USA
Movies24
Movie7.3ComedyRomanceWhen a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Libeled Lady
1936 · 136 votes
Movie7.1ComedyDramaApple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
Lady for a Day
1933 · 98 votes
Movie6.4RomanceComedyA longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 · 5 votes
Movie7.2MusicComedyOlsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · 115 votes
Movie5.2HistoryDramaA beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
The House on 56th Street
1933 · 8 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyLee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
I'll Tell the World
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.9DramaCrimeSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
American Madness
1932 · 49 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceOn the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
A Man to Remember
1938 · 7 votes
Movie6.8CrimeMysteryA dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936 · 36 votes
Movie6.7ComedyCrimeAfter an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934 · 6 votes
Movie7.1ComedyCrimeMabel plays an out-and-out crook, a Girl Bandit, no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male partner in crime, in this case a Gentleman Crook played by perpetually grinning Creighton Hale. Mabel seems a little livelier in this film than in some of her other late works. In the very first scene we find her hitch-hiking, and she's forced to make a mad dash for cover when Hale's car nearly hits her. Soon they team up and crash a swanky party in a mansion to steal a jewel from the host's safe.
Should Men Walk Home?
1927 · 12 votes
MovieComedyA Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.
Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
1933 · 1 votes
Movie8.0Comedy19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Smith's Army Life
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaCon artists use a member of a European royal family to swindle a major jewelry company.
Sally of the Subway
1932 · 2 votes
Movie6.2DramaHistoryThe evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
The Wet Parade
1932 · 6 votes
Movie7.6ComedyRomanceIn this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
First Love
1939 · 17 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceIn 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
Beloved Enemy
1936 · 9 votes
Movie4.8ComedyThe girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.
Asleep in the Feet
1933 · 4 votes
Movie5.7MusicRomanceA postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.
Call of the Flesh
1930 · 3 votes
Movie8.0WesternThe efforts of crooked rancher Stephen Laban to force his local bank into an unsecured loan are foiled by Fred Hunter and Jake Robbins, and Laban vows vengeance on the pair; but he is temporarily thwarted by the arrival from the East of society girl Millicent Delacey. Knowing her weakness for social prestige, Hunter arranges to masquerade as the Duke of Black Butte, a visiting nobleman on a hunting expedition; Millicent and her social-climbing mother completely succumb to the duke's charm.
A One Man Game
1927 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaA small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
Goldie Gets Along
1933 · 3 votes
Movie4.6CrimeDramaWhen a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter Jerry Beall, who sets out to prove her innocence.
The Woman Condemned
1934 · 17 votes
Movie7.2DramaComedyJosephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Vagabond Lady
1935 · 6 votes
Movie4.0ComedyA young lady is wooed by two men
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932 · 3 votes