Ruthelma Stevens

Movies22

• Movie6.8

  DramaRomance

  An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

  The Fountainhead

  1949 · 163 votes

• Movie6.9

  DramaHistory

  During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

  The Scarlet Empress

  1934 · 146 votes

• Movie7.1

  Mystery

  A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

  The Night Club Lady

  1932 · 5 votes

• Movie5.5

  ActionAdventure

  U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon is tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and marrying her, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan.

  Jet Pilot

  1957 · 50 votes

• Movie6.3

  Western

  A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

  Apache Drums

  1951 · 30 votes

• Movie5.1

  ComedyRomance

  Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.

  Too Young to Kiss

  1951 · 11 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

  Not Wanted

  1949 · 35 votes

• Movie7.0

  Drama

  Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career.

  Ann Carver's Profession

  1933 · 4 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.

  Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife

  1933 · 1 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaRomance

  Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.

  No More Orchids

  1932 · 11 votes

• Movie6.5

  ComedyDrama

  A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.

  The Working Man

  1933 · 8 votes

• Movie5.0

  Drama

  Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, cruelty to animals, and cannibalism.

  The Circus Queen Murder

  1933 · 8 votes

• Movie6.8

  MysteryCrime

  A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

  The Florentine Dagger

  1935 · 4 votes

• Movie6.2

  Drama

  A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

  Life Begins

  1932 · 8 votes

• Movie4.3

  ComedyRomance

  Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.

  People Will Talk

  1935 · 3 votes

• Movie7.1

  DramaCrime

  A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".

  Vanity Street

  1932 · 7 votes

• Movie7.3

  RomanceDrama

  A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

  Desirable

  1934 · 6 votes

• Movie6.4

  Mystery

  An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?

  Curtain at Eight

  1933 · 8 votes

• Movie7.3

  ComedyMusic

  In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.

  The Chases of Pimple Street

  1934 · 3 votes

• Movie6.0

  Drama

  An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.

  Orchids to You

  1935 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  CrimeDrama

  A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.

  Trial Without Jury

  1950 · 1 votes

• Movie7.5

  CrimeAction

  Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.

  Chinatown Squad

  1935 · 2 votes