The best Stuart Erwin’s drama movies

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

14/02/1903- 21/12/1967
Today we present the best Stuart Erwin’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 Stuart Erwin’s movies.
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Chained

Chained
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 31/08/1934
  • Character: John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

Our Town

Our Town
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 24/05/1940
  • Character: Howie Newsome
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

Speakeasy

Speakeasy
5/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 08/03/1929
  • Character: Cy Williams
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.

Before Dawn

Before Dawn
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 04/08/1933
  • Character: Dwight Wilson
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade
6.5/10
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Slim

Slim
6.4/10
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.

Absolute Quiet

Absolute Quiet
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/04/1936
  • Character: Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1933
  • Character: Al Simpson
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

Men Without Women

Men Without Women
6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 08/02/1930
  • Character: Jenkins
Navy divers clear the torpedo tube of a sunken submarine.

Dangerous Curves

Dangerous Curves
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/07/1929
  • Character: Rotarian
A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.

The Stranger's Return

The Stranger's Return
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 28/07/1933
  • Character: Simon Bates
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

Make Me a Star

Make Me a Star
6.5/10
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

Working Girls

Working Girls
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1931
  • Character: Pat Kelly
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her sister June, more streetwise, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.

No Limit

No Limit
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/01/1931
  • Character: Ole Olson
Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron
6.6/10
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.

The Trespasser

The Trespasser
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/1929
  • Character: Reporter (uncredited)
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."

Young Eagles

Young Eagles
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/03/1930
  • Character: Pudge Higgins
Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero
6.7/10
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.

After Office Hours

After Office Hours
6.4/10
Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to solve the murder of one of her socialite acquaintences. Written by Doug Sederberg

Back Door to Heaven

Back Door to Heaven
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/04/1939
  • Character: Jud Mason
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".

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