The best Nance O'Neil’s drama movies

Nance O'Neil

Nance O'Neil

08/10/1874- 07/02/1965
We present our ranking of the best Nance O'Neil’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 Nance O'Neil.
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Cimarron

Cimarron
5.8/10
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

Ladies of Leisure

Ladies of Leisure
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 05/04/1930
  • Character: Mrs. Strong
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

False Faces

False Faces
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/10/1932
  • Character: Mrs. Finn
Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon and seducer of women; his quack methods lead to an operating-room failure that leads to tragedy for many others.

The Florodora Girl

The Florodora Girl
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/05/1930
  • Character: Mrs. Vibart
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

His Glorious Night

His Glorious Night
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 28/09/1929
  • Character: Eugenie
Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.

Transgression

Transgression
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/06/1931
  • Character: Honora 'Nora' Maury
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.

Resurrection

Resurrection
4.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/02/1931
  • Character: Princess Marya
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

The Lady of Scandal

The Lady of Scandal
5.7/10
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.

Westward Passage

Westward Passage
5.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/05/1932
  • Character: Mrs. von Stael (uncredited)
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.

A Woman of Experience

A Woman of Experience
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 06/08/1931
  • Character: Countess Runyi
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 01/11/1913
  • Character: Mercedes
A French sailor, imprisoned for years on false charges of conpiring against the king, escapes and exacts revenge on his accusers.

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