The best Nydia Westman’s drama movies

Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

19/02/1902- 23/05/1970
We present our ranking of the best Nydia Westman’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 Nydia Westman.
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The Chase

The Chase
7.1/10
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Little Women

Little Women
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 24/11/1933
  • Character: Mamie
Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 13/07/1948
  • Character: Susan Crane
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

Two Alone

Two Alone
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/01/1934
  • Character: Corie
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.

Craig's Wife

Craig's Wife
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/09/1936
  • Character: Mazie
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/10/1970
  • Character: Mrs. Smith
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand. After a moment's contemplation, he decides to leave. Taking his coat and car keys, he's off and running on a rambling, aimless journey.

The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/03/1938
  • Character: Midge
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job

Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 16/07/1943
  • Character: Nurse Willing
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earlier films, presented as home movies!

Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/04/1940
  • Character: Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.

Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1932
  • Character: Miss Wood
The lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of a crooked investor.

Cradle Song

Cradle Song
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/11/1933
  • Character: Sister Sagrario
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 28/08/1936
  • Character: Maybelle
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.

Bondage

Bondage
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/04/1933
  • Character: Irma
Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution, when Dr. Nelson interrupts and tells her story to the court. (Mubi.)

Strange Justice

Strange Justice
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/10/1932
  • Character: Gwen
Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to being found out, the two devise a scheme which sends Wally, the ex-con boyfriend of pretty hat check girl Rose Abbott, to death row.

Success at Any Price

Success at Any Price
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/03/1934
  • Character: Dinah
A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.

When Tomorrow Comes

When Tomorrow Comes
6.7/10
Romance and heartbreak walk hand-in-hand when Philip Chagal accidentally meets Helen Lawrence in a restaurant where she is a waitress. Unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness, he is attracted to her and they make a date to go sailing, arriving at Philip's country home just as a storm is breaking. Helen learns who he is for the first time, a celebrated-and-famous concert pianist and, falling in love with him, decides to leave before matters go further. A hurricane hits and their car is crippled by a falling tree. Rising water forces then to seek shelter in the choir loft of a church, where they spend the night.

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven
6.5/10
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Captain Hurricane

Captain Hurricane
5.5/10
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.

A Feather in Her Hat

A Feather in Her Hat
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/10/1935
  • Character: Emily Judson
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.

From Hell to Heaven

From Hell to Heaven
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/02/1933
  • Character: Sue Wells
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.

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