The best Purnell Pratt’s romance movies

Purnell Pratt

Purnell Pratt

20/10/1885- 25/07/1941
We present our ranking of the best Purnell Pratt’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 Purnell Pratt.
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Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/05/1932
  • Character: Zinnowitz
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

Lazy River

Lazy River
5.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/03/1934
  • Character: Mr. Lodge - Attorney
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

The Spider

The Spider
6/10
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.

Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance
6.3/10
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.

Wedding Present

Wedding Present
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/10/1936
  • Character: Howard Van Dorn
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.

On with the Show!

On with the Show!
5.8/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1929
  • Character: Sam Bloom
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?

Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/12/1935
  • Character: Hastings, Merrick's Attorney
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.

Sinners' Holiday

Sinners' Holiday
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeRomance
  • Release: 11/10/1930
  • Character: Detective Sikes (uncredited)
Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.

A Wicked Woman

A Wicked Woman
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 07/12/1934
  • Character: Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.

Emma

Emma
7/10
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry. When Fred dies, his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.

Bachelor Apartment

Bachelor Apartment
6.2/10
A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, Helene Andrews.

Midnight Alibi

Midnight Alibi
6.4/10
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.

Red Salute

Red Salute
5.9/10
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.

Lady Be Careful

Lady Be Careful
6.1/10
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.

I Cover the Waterfront

I Cover the Waterfront
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 19/05/1933
  • Character: John Phelps
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

The Gay Diplomat

The Gay Diplomat
4.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/08/1931
  • Character: Colonel George Gorin
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.

Midnight Lovers

Midnight Lovers
7/10
A 1926 film directed by John Francis Dillon.

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