The best Stuart Erwin’s 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.

Viva Villa!

Viva Villa!
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/04/1934
  • Character: Jonny Sykes
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

Pigskin Parade

Pigskin Parade
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 23/10/1936
  • Character: Amos Dodd
Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. But the hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace.

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.

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.

Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood
6.1/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 22/12/1933
  • Character: Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lay ahead when Lili gets in the way.

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.

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.

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.

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/04/1931
  • Character: Reporter
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)

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.

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/08/1940
  • Character: Ben Dalton
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

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.

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."

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber
6/10
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.

Hollywood Handicap

Hollywood Handicap
5.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/05/1938
  • Character: Himself
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Mr. Boggs Steps Out
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 18/02/1938
  • Character: Oliver Boggs
A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.

International House

International House
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/05/1933
  • Character: Tommy Nash
Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention ... television.

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.

The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 18/02/1933
  • Character: Dan McKee
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet – although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the “mystery”.

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