The best Mary Wickes’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Mary Wickes’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Mary Wickes.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7/10
At the urging of his gargoyle pals, Quasimodo leaves the solitary safety of his Notre Dame tower against the wishes of his guardian, the evil Judge Claude Frollo. He ventures out to the Festival of Fools and finds his first true friend, a Romani woman named Esmeralda, who entrusts him with a secret. When the secret is revealed, Quasi soon finds himself fighting to save the people and city he loves.
Little Women
7.3/10
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
Now, Voyager
7.9/10
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
Cimarron
6.4/10
The epic story of a family that's involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889.
Postcards From the Edge
6.7/10
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
Fate Is the Hunter
6.8/10
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
I'll See You in My Dreams
6.8/10
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
The Decision of Christopher Blake
5.5/10
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway, John Hoyt, Mary Wickes and Harry Davenport.
Napoleon and Samantha
6/10
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Willa
6/10
Willa wants to make it on her own. Her mom's a drunk, her husband has abandoned her, and she has 2 kids. She waitresses during the day and loads produce at night in exchange for truck-driving lessons. She is determined to become a truck driver, and will let no obstacles block her path.
The Actress
6.4/10
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
Good Morning Miss Dove
7/10
Beloved schoolteacher reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized...
Young Man with Ideas
6/10
A Montana lawyer (Glenn Ford) gets distracted after moving to California with his wife (Ruth Roman) and children.
Happy Land
6.7/10
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Anna Lucasta
6.2/10
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Touched by Love
6.6/10
A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley.
The Sins of Rachel Cade
5.9/10
A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
The Story of Will Rogers
6.6/10
Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers
The Mayor of 44th Street
5.6/10
In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang of hood's leader resists his attempts. More trouble ensues when the dancer helps a convict gain parole by hiring him. It later turns out that the ex-con is only interested in trying to use the agency as a front for extortion. Songs include the Oscar nominated "When There's a Breeze on Lake Louise," "Your Face Looks Familiar," "Heavenly, Isn't He?" "Let's Forget It," "You're Bad For Me," and "A Million Miles From Manhattan."
The Christmas Gift
6.5/10
A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus.
