The best Peter Lawford’s romance movies

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

07/09/1923- 24/12/1984
Today we present the best Peter Lawford’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 Peter Lawford’s movies.
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Easter Parade

Easter Parade
7.3/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 08/07/1948
  • Character: Jonathan Harrow III
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protegee Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

Little Women

Little Women
7.2/10
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken women for her time. The story is of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver
7.6/10
English middle-class family, The Minivers, experience life in the first months of World War II.

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown
7.4/10
Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding
6.7/10
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.

Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 08/08/1948
  • Character: Ritchie Lorgan
Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when their daughter he has raised invites her mother to her wedding, with the disapproval of William's mother.

It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/01/1954
  • Character: Evan Adams III
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 11/05/1944
  • Character: John Ashwood II as a Young Man
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ashwood is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Kangaroo

Kangaroo
5.6/10
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.

The April Fools

The April Fools
6.1/10
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too.

Mrs. Parkington

Mrs. Parkington
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 12/10/1944
  • Character: Lord Thornley
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.

Good News

Good News
6.7/10
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/12/1968
  • Character: Justin Young
Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy
6.9/10
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.

Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 28/10/1942
  • Character: English Cadet (uncredited)
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

Sylvia

Sylvia
6.6/10
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron
6.4/10
  • Genre: RomanceWar
  • Release: 16/06/1942
  • Character: Pilot
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters
6.2/10
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the scattered trail of evidence ranges from a mysterious photograph to the victim's own dog. During the investigation, the sheriff meets and becomes romantically involved with a woman whose connection to the murder is ambiguous.

The Sky's the Limit

The Sky's the Limit
6.3/10
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.

The Red Danube

The Red Danube
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 14/10/1949
  • Character: Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

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