The best Rita Johnson’s romance movies

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

13/08/1913- 31/10/1965
We present our ranking of the best Rita Johnson’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 Rita Johnson.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
7.5/10
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/09/1942
  • Character: Pamela Hill
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties
7/10
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.

Honolulu

Honolulu
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 03/02/1939
  • Character: Cecelia Grayson
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.

All Mine to Give

All Mine to Give
7.2/10
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.

London by Night

London by Night
6.1/10
  • Genre: MysteryRomance
  • Release: 30/07/1937
  • Character: Patricia Herrick
A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing a London neighborhood.

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/07/1947
  • Character: Greta Ballentine
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Congo Maisie

Congo Maisie
6.2/10
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.

The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan
6.6/10
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.

Broadway Serenade

Broadway Serenade
5.7/10
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies
6.1/10
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Within the Law

Within the Law
6.4/10
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/12/1938
  • Character: Rosalind Brown
Director Norman Taurog's 1938 mistaken-identity comedy stars Franciska Gaal as a scullery maid who falls in love with a wealthy playboy (Franchot Tone) posing as a chauffeur. Set in Berne, Switzerland.

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 31/10/1941
  • Character: Nancy Benson
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.

Michigan Kid

Michigan Kid
5.9/10
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.

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