The best Robert Emmett O'Connor’s drama movies

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

18/03/1885- 04/09/1962
Today we present the best Robert Emmett O'Connor’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 Robert Emmett O'Connor’s movies.
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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard
8.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/08/1950
  • Character: Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

American Madness

American Madness
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/08/1932
  • Character: Police Inspector
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1931
  • Character: Paddy Ryan
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Undercurrent

Undercurrent
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 11/11/1946
  • Character: Stationmaster (uncredited)
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis
7.5/10
In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/09/1932
  • Character: Dan O'Connor
American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 06/03/1936
  • Character: Policeman
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/04/1937
  • Character: Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Desire

Desire
7.1/10
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/09/1933
  • Character: Inspector MacCreary
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

Boys Ranch

Boys Ranch
6/10
A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher
7/10
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 07/12/1945
  • Character: Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Taxi!

Taxi!
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/01/1932
  • Character: Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.

The Hucksters

The Hucksters
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 17/07/1947
  • Character: Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy
7/10
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

The Clock

The Clock
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/05/1945
  • Character: Policeman (uncredited)
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

Courage of Lassie

Courage of Lassie
6.2/10
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.

Paid

Paid
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/12/1930
  • Character: Police Sgt. Cassidy
Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.

The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 13/02/1932
  • Character: Booking Policeman (uncredited)
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

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