The best Marjorie Main’s romance movies

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

24/02/1890- 10/04/1975
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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.

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis
7.5/10
In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
7.3/10
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 06/08/1937
  • Character: Mrs. Martin
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.

The Egg and I

The Egg and I
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/05/1947
  • Character: Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

Test Pilot

Test Pilot
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/04/1938
  • Character: Landlady
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 Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills
6.9/10
Young Matt Masters, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence

Dark Command

Dark Command
6.7/10
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.

Summer Stock

Summer Stock
7.1/10
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 19/02/1954
  • Character: Mrs. Hittaway
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.

Women Without Names

Women Without Names
6.5/10
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin (John Miljan), Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name

There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/10/1938
  • Character: Fireless Cooker Customer (uncredited)
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

Mr. Imperium

Mr. Imperium
4.9/10
A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. The both will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.

The Belle of New York

The Belle of New York
6.1/10
In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He promises to reform his dissolute life, even trying to do an honest day's work.

The Wild Man of Borneo

The Wild Man of Borneo
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 24/01/1941
  • Character: Irma, the Cook
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman
6.3/10
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/04/1942
  • Character: Judge Hawkes
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

Music in the Air

Music in the Air
6/10
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie
6.2/10
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.

Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/08/1939
  • Character: Mrs. Arkelian
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.

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