The best Gale Sondergaard’s drama movies

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

15/02/1899- 14/08/1985
Today we present the best Gale Sondergaard’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 Gale Sondergaard’s movies.
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The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro
7.5/10
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 02/10/1937
  • Character: Lucie Dreyfus
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

The Letter

The Letter
7.5/10
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

Juarez

Juarez
6.9/10
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/08/1946
  • Character: Lady Thiang
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse
6.3/10
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys
5.8/10
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/03/1937
  • Character: Nana, Diane's Sister
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 20/05/1939
  • Character: Rachel Salomon
Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.

Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 17/06/1938
  • Character: Doris Clandon
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.

Night in Paradise

Night in Paradise
5.3/10
Aesop (Turhan Bey) of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess (Merle Oberon) who wants a king (Thomas Gomez) for his gold.

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/06/1944
  • Character: Mrs. Manette
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/12/1949
  • Character: Nora Kernan
A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

The Spider Woman Strikes Back
5.7/10
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

Maid of Salem

Maid of Salem
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/02/1937
  • Character: Martha Harding
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.

Dramatic School

Dramatic School
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 09/12/1938
  • Character: Madame Therese Charlot
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and assembles gas meters at night.

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
6.7/10
A man who is a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler plans to murder him and take over his identity.

Enter Arsene Lupin

Enter Arsene Lupin
6.1/10
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn't realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.

Appointment in Berlin

Appointment in Berlin
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 15/07/1943
  • Character: Gretta Van Leyden
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.

Echoes

Echoes
3.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 01/01/1982
  • Character: Mrs. Edmunds
An artist is plagued by nightmares of a love triangle and murder. A psychic says the dream figure is his brother, a "troubled soul" from an ancient past life. Nearly born as his twin but miscarried, this past life rival now breaks through in nightmares in attempt to repeat history.

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