The best Ruth Chatterton’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Ruth Chatterton’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 Ruth Chatterton.
Dodsworth
7.7/10
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Girls Dormitory
6.2/10
When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.
Female
6.7/10
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
Madame X
5.6/10
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
The Crash
5.9/10
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
Lilly Turner
6.5/10
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.
The Rich Are Always with Us
6.2/10
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
Frisco Jenny
6.8/10
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. When her underling Dutton proposes killing the DA, she kills the underling and must face execution.
The Laughing Lady
6.1/10
A society woman wrongly -- and very publicly -- accused of infidelity is dropped by her friends, spurned by her husband, and faced with the loss of her child.
Charming Sinners
6/10
Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he falls in love with Anne-Marie Whitley (Mary Nolan), the best friend of his own wife Kathryn (Ruth Chatterton). In retaliation, Kathryn begins a flirtation with her former boyfriend Karl Kraley (William Powell). After reels and reels of verbal fencing, the status quo is re-established, and Robert and Kathryn are reunited.
Anybody's Woman
6.4/10
A lawyer, left by his wife gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.
The Right to Love
5.6/10
A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
Sarah and Son
5.4/10
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him.
The Lady of Scandal
5.7/10
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
Lady of Secrets
6.5/10
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
Sins of the Fathers
6.5/10
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.
A Royal Divorce
6.8/10
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
