The best Stuart Holmes’s movies

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

10/03/1884- 29/12/1971
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Stuart Holmes’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Stuart Holmes.
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North by Northwest

North by Northwest
8.3/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 08/07/1959
  • Character: Hotel Lounge Patron (uncredited)
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain
8.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 09/04/1952
  • Character: J. Cumberland Spendrill III (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs
7.6/10
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
8.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/04/1962
  • Character: Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk
7.6/10
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Jezebel

Jezebel
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/03/1938
  • Character: Doctor at Duel (uncredited)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamilyRomance
  • Release: 18/05/1950
  • Character: Wedding Guest in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties
7.9/10
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7.8/10
  • Genre: FantasyMysteryRomance
  • Release: 25/05/1947
  • Character: Man Ordered Out of Train Compartment by Captain (uncredited)
In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. On her very first night she meets the ghost of the crusty former owner, Captain Gregg—and refuses to be scared off. They eventually become friends and allies, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom.

Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer
6.3/10
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

The Cobweb

The Cobweb
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/06/1955
  • Character: Mr. Wietz
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
6.4/10
  • Genre: HistoryWestern
  • Release: 11/03/1939
  • Character: President Grover Cleveland
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

Where Danger Lives

Where Danger Lives
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 16/11/1950
  • Character: Man (uncredited)
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.

Dark Victory

Dark Victory
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 20/04/1939
  • Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor.

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/05/1944
  • Character: Man in Skeffington's Office (uncredited)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

People Will Talk

People Will Talk
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 29/08/1951
  • Character: Faculty Board Member (uncredited)
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic
7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 12/06/1943
  • Character: Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

The Old Maid

The Old Maid
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/08/1939
  • Character: Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

The Furies

The Furies
7.3/10
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.

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