The best William Austin’s romance movies

William Austin

William Austin

12/06/1884- 15/06/1975
Today we present the best William Austin’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 William Austin’s movies.

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/10/1934
  • Character: Cyril Glossop
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

It

It
7.2/10
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1934
  • Character: Englishman at Party (uncredited)
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.

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII
7/10
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

Sweetie

Sweetie
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/10/1929
  • Character: Percy (Pussy) Willow
Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.

Doctor Rhythm

Doctor Rhythm
5.9/10
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.

The Ghost Goes Wild

The Ghost Goes Wild
6.1/10
Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.

What a Night!

What a Night!
4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/12/1928
  • Character: Percy Penfield

Along Came Youth

Along Came Youth
6.5/10
Set in London, American Larry Brooks, former millionaire and now broke, pursues lovely Elinor Farrington who, encouraged by her Aunt to marry wealth, falls for him not knowing that he is poor. Trying to regain his status in the racing world since the loss of his champion racehorse and the efforts of a gangster left him penniless, he and his trainer live from hand to mouth as he tries desperately to woo the girl, despite her aunt's suspicions. But Elinor soon finds herself falling for him until he admits to all that he is not what he appears to be.

The Marriage Playground

The Marriage Playground
6/10
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their intermarriages and blend thoroughly, and you have a mixture a too-young-to-believe Frederic March will try to straighten out.

The Goose and the Gander

The Goose and the Gander
6.5/10
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.

The Flirting Widow

The Flirting Widow
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/05/1930
  • Character: James Raleigh
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

The Best People

The Best People
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/11/1925
  • Character: Arthur Rockmere
Bertie and Marian Lenox are children of a wealthy family, and their mother intends that they marry "within their class". They, however, have different plans--Bertie is in love with chorus girl Sally O'Neil and Marian loves Henry Morgan, the family chauffeur. The family finds out about the impending marriages and determines to stop them. Complications ensue.

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