The best John Harron’s romance movies

John Harron

John Harron

31/03/1903- 24/11/1939
Today we present the best John Harron’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 John Harron’s movies.
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Jezebel

Jezebel
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/03/1938
  • Character: Jenkins (uncredited)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Dark Victory

Dark Victory
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 20/04/1939
  • Character: George, the Man Taking Judith's Coat (uncredited)
A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor.

Virginia City

Virginia City
6.8/10
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

Hard to Get

Hard to Get
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/11/1938
  • Character: Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.

Indianapolis Speedway

Indianapolis Speedway
5.7/10
This 1939 drama, a reworking of the 1932 James Cagney film "The Crowd Roars", stars Pat O'Brien as a champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother (John Payne) wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.

Talent Scout

Talent Scout
5.2/10
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris
5.8/10
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

The Easiest Way

The Easiest Way
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 07/02/1931
  • Character: Laura's Suitor Chris Swoboda (uncredited)
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation to move in with him. After falling in love with young up-and-coming newsman Jack Madison she leaves Brockton to wait for Madison's return from a long assignment. She runs out of money and becomes desperate, returning again to Brockton who, upon learning of Madison's sudden arrival, tells Laura she must inform Madison of her living situation or he will.

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld
6.4/10
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.

Going Places

Going Places
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 31/12/1938
  • Character: Man at Party
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/05/1937
  • Character: Country club man #1 (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent
5.9/10
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

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.

Over the Wall

Over the Wall
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/04/1938
  • Character: Gus - Policeman at Morgue
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter (Dick Foran) is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend (June Travis) sets out to prove his innocence. Director Frank MacDonald's 1938 crime drama--with songs--also stars John Litel, Dick Purcell, Tommy Bupp, Ward Bond, Veda Ann Borg, George E. Stone, John Hamilton and Jonathan Hale.

Men In Exile

Men In Exile
5.6/10
An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.

Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/08/1939
  • Character: Reporter (uncredited)
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit.

The Patient in Room 18

The Patient in Room 18
5.9/10
Choreographer Bobby Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.

That Man's Here Again

That Man's Here Again
5.5/10
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.

Street Girl

Street Girl
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/08/1929
  • Character: Mike Fall
A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Yes, My Darling Daughter
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/02/1939
  • Character: Belga Line Steward
Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend their last weekend together in a tourist cabin at a rural lake. Her family is shocked that a young unmarried woman would engage in such amoral activity. The comic plot develops as Ellen argues her case for women's freedom and independence, trying to win over her mother, grandmother, and other dubious relatives.

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