The best Bobby Watson’s movies

Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson

28/11/1888- 22/05/1965
Today we present the best Bobby Watson’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Bobby Watson’s movies.
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Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain
8.3/10
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

The Paleface

The Paleface
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 17/12/1948
  • Character: Toby Preston
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous
7.9/10
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/10/1936
  • Character: Waif (uncredited)
When 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.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomanceWar
  • Release: 24/12/1943
  • Character: Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

Lucky Night

Lucky Night
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/05/1939
  • Character: Orchestra Leader at George's (uncredited)
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The two of them embark on a wild night of gambling and winning, where everything they touch turns to gold. Pretty soon they're in love and, to the horror of Cora's father, married.

Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/11/1950
  • Character: Bixby (as Robert Watson)
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.

Manhattan Parade

Manhattan Parade
5.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/12/1931
  • Character: Paisley
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood
6.1/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 22/12/1933
  • Character: Thompson
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lay ahead when Lili gets in the way.

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind
4.8/10
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1943
  • Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.

Dangerous Number

Dangerous Number
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/01/1937
  • Character: Orchestra Leader
Marital comedy, from 1937, starring Robert Young and Ann Sothern

Nazty Nuisance

Nazty Nuisance
4.5/10
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.

You're a Sweetheart

You're a Sweetheart
5.4/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 26/12/1937
  • Character: Defense Attorney
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.

Society Doctor

Society Doctor
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/01/1935
  • Character: Albright
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able
5.8/10
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

Syncopation

Syncopation
6.9/10
Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.But while performing at the nightclub, Flo becomes entranced by a young, sophisticated millionaire playboy, Winston.

The Adventurous Blonde

The Adventurous Blonde
6.4/10
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.

G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane
6.3/10
A civilian, ordered to report to his draft board, slips off into a dream about the army life ahead of him. He is assigned to a remote desert post where the soldiers crave female companionship. He forges orders that brings a platoon of WACs who are forbidden to fraternize with the soldiers.

The Murder Man

The Murder Man
6.8/10
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.

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