The best Claire McDowell’s romance movies

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

02/11/1877- 23/10/1966
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Claire McDowell’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Claire McDowell.
Available on:
Year:

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night
8.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/02/1934
  • Character: Mother on Bus (uncredited)
A renegade reporter and a crazy young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.8/10
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1934
  • Character: Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Test Pilot

Test Pilot
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/04/1938
  • Character: Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

The Big Parade

The Big Parade
7.9/10
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

Lawyer Man

Lawyer Man
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 24/12/1932
  • Character: Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.

Union Depot

Union Depot
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 14/01/1932
  • Character: Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy
6.4/10
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars
6.8/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 29/04/1943
  • Character: Dowager
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro
7.1/10
Douglas Fairbanks impersonates a wealthy young Spanish noble who, in his proper person, is an indolent imbecile, the despair of his father and of his charming sweetheart. When he sallies forth a masked black figure on a black horse, the terrible Zorro, he rescues the oppressed and leaves “The Mark of Zorro,” a “Z” made with his rapier, on the oppressor of the weak.

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight
6.4/10
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Adventure

Adventure
6.1/10
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamilyRomance
  • Release: 04/05/1944
  • Character: Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next. When Andy finds out that the blonde is really identical twins, he tries to help them out with their father but gets caught at their rooming house after midnight.

British Agent

British Agent
6.1/10
An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.

Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat
6.3/10
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/04/1936
  • Character: Woman in Bed (uncredited)
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.

Under Eighteen

Under Eighteen
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/01/1931
  • Character: Seamstress (uncredited)
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.

The Phantom Express

The Phantom Express
5.3/10
Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.

The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet
6.5/10
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.

Wilful Peggy

Wilful Peggy
5.8/10
Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy.

Related actors