The best Charles Coburn’s drama movies on YouTube

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

19/06/1877- 30/08/1961
Today we present the best Charles Coburn’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 Charles Coburn’s movies.

In Name Only

In Name Only
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 18/08/1939
  • Character: Richard Walker
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait
7.3/10
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

Kings Row

Kings Row
7.5/10
Five children in an apparently ideal American small town find their lives changing as the years pass near the turn of the century in 1900. Parris and Drake, both of whom have lost their parents, are best friends; Parris dreams of becoming a doctor, studying under the father of his sweetheart Cassie, while Drake plans on becoming a local businessman when he receives his full inheritance - juggling girlfriends in the meantime. As they become adults, the revelations of local secrets threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

Lured

Lured
7/10
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

In This Our Life

In This Our Life
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/05/1942
  • Character: William Fitzroy
A young woman dumps her fiancée and runs off with her sister's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than take the rap herself, she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on the young black clerk who works in Craig's law office.

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man
7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 10/05/1940
  • Character: General Powell
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with invention of an early form of stock market ticker.

Wilson

Wilson
6.4/10
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph
6.7/10
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.

Of Human Hearts

Of Human Hearts
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 11/02/1938
  • Character: Dr. Charles Shingle
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/01/1939
  • Character: Dr. Hugo Waldersee
A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/04/1953
  • Character: le Père Matthew William Burke
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue
7/10
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/12/1941
  • Character: John Pulham
A man who lived his life as he was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.

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