The best Warren William’s drama movies

Warren William

Warren William

02/12/1894- 24/09/1948
Today we present the best Warren William’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 Warren William’s movies.
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Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/05/1933
  • Character: J. Lawrence Bradford
Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.

The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 12/12/1941
  • Character: Dr. Lloyd
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

Cleopatra

Cleopatra
6.8/10
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Three on a Match

Three on a Match
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/10/1932
  • Character: Robert Kirkwood
Mary, Vivian and Ruth are former schoolmates who do some catching up after a chance meeting. Of the three women, Vivian, who married successful lawyer Robert, seems to have the most glamorous life. Vivian really isn't satisfied though, and soon deserts Robert and her son for Mike, a mobster. Before long, Vivian is hooked on drugs, and Mike needs cash.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1934
  • Character: Stephen 'Steve' Archer
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/09/1933
  • Character: Dave the Dude
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.

Madame X

Madame X
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/10/1937
  • Character: Bernard Fleuriot
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.

Upperworld

Upperworld
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/04/1934
  • Character: Alexander Stream
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/07/1932
  • Character: David Dwight
Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was directed by Edgar Selwyn and is based upon the novel Skycraper by Faith Baldwin. The film depicts the aspirations and lives of several people in the Seacoast National Bank Building. Among them is David Dwight, the womanizing bank owner who keeps his estranged wife happy by paying her bills. His secretary Sarah wants him to get a divorce so they can marry.

Employees' Entrance

Employees' Entrance
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/02/1933
  • Character: Kurt Anderson
Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."

The Mouthpiece

The Mouthpiece
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/03/1932
  • Character: Vincent 'Vince' Day
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/06/1934
  • Character: John Braden
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 24/05/1940
  • Character: Jesse Lewisohn
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog
6.9/10
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.

Strange Illusion

Strange Illusion
6.2/10
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

Fear

Fear
5.7/10
B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.

Outcast

Outcast
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/02/1937
  • Character: Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.

The Case of the Curious Bride

The Case of the Curious Bride
6.6/10
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/04/1947
  • Character: Laroche-Mathieu
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

Under Eighteen

Under Eighteen
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/01/1931
  • Character: Raymond Harding
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.

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