Cast: James Kirkwood

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Kirkwood. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Sun Shines Bright

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Charles Winninger · Arleen Whelan · John Russell · Stepin Fetchit

Plot John Ford's remake of his 1934 Will Rogers vehicle, JUDGE PRIEST, combines three Irvin S. Cobb stories about the kindly Kentucky magistrate William Priest, played by Charles Winninger. Set in...

7.3

954 votes

7.3

954 votes

Driftwood

1947 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Ruth Warrick · Walter Brennan · Dean Jagger · Charlotte Greenwood

Plot Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where...

6.9

40 votes

6.9

40 votes

I Dream of Jeanie

1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Ray Middleton · Bill Shirley · Muriel Lawrence · Eileen Christy

Plot In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit—but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love...

6.9

24 votes

6.9

24 votes

A Corner in Wheat (S)

1909 · Movie · 14 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Frank Powell · Grace Henderson · James Kirkwood · Linda Arvidson

Plot A greedy tycoon decides, on a whim, to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing the grain's producers into charity lines and further into...

6.7

307 votes

6.7

307 votes

The New York Hat (S)

1912 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · Charles Hill Mailes · Kate Bruce · Lionel Barrymore

Plot When Mrs. Harding dies, she leaves a mysterious letter to her pastor. The note tells how her cold, miserly husband worked her to death. She asks the pastor to administer...

6.1

64 votes

6.1

64 votes

The Lonely Villa (S)

1909 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast David Miles · Marion Leonard · Mary Pickford · Gladys Egan

Plot A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior...

6.0

169 votes

6.0

169 votes

Edgar Allan Poe (S)

1909 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

5.6

226 votes

5.6

226 votes

The Red Man's View (S)

1909 · Movie · 15 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Owen Moore · James Kirkwood · Kate Bruce · Charles Craig

Plot An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young...

5.4

44 votes

5.4

44 votes

Nursing a Viper (S)

1909 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Arthur V. Johnson · Marion Leonard · Frank Powell · Frank Evans

Plot During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his...

5.3

79 votes

5.3

79 votes

The Hessian Renegades (S)

1909 · Movie · 10 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Owen Moore · Linda Arvidson · Kate Bruce · William J. Butler

Plot During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian...

5.1

30 votes

5.1

30 votes

The Mended Lute (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Florence Lawrence · Frank Powell · Owen Moore · James Kirkwood

Plot Rising Moon loves Little Bear, but her father prefers Standing Rock, a richer suitor. Standing Rock takes her to his teepee under guard, but she escapes and joins Little Bear...

5.1

59 votes

5.1

59 votes

The Renunciation (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · Anthony O'Sullivan · James Kirkwood · Harry Solter

Plot Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.

4.9

30 votes

4.9

30 votes

Pippa Passes (The Song of Conscience) (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Gertrude Robinson · George Nichols · Arthur V. Johnson · Marion Leonard

Plot Our story opens with Pippa awakening in her little room with the morning's light pouring through the window, for the "day's at the morn; morning's at seven; the hillside's dew-pearled;...

4.9

24 votes

4.9

24 votes

The Gibson Goddess (S)

1909 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Marion Leonard · Kate Bruce · Frank Evans · Arthur V. Johnson

Plot A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been...

4.6

25 votes

4.6

25 votes

The Little Darling (S)

1909 · Movie · 3 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · Charles Avery · Verner Clarges · John R. Cumpson

Plot Lillie runs a boarding house full of young bachelors. A friend writes to say she's sending her little darling daughter for a visit. The bachelors all buy toys for a...

4.5

41 votes

4.5

41 votes

The Modern Prodigal (A Story in Symbolism) (S)

1910 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Guy Hedlund · George Nichols · Kate Bruce · Jack Pickford

Plot In the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires, exclaiming to his dear old mother, "Mother, there in the big city...

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Valiant Lady (TV Series)

1953 · Series · 15 min. · United States

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The Cardinal's Conspiracy (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Frank Powell · Florence Lawrence · Linda Arvidson · Edwin August

Plot A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the...

Not rated

Not rated

Charlie Chan's Chance

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction John G. Blystone

Cast Warner Oland · Alexander Kirkland · H.B. Warner · Marian Nixon

Plot Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and...

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Not rated

The Slave (S)

1909 · Movie · 16 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Florence Lawrence · James Kirkwood · Harry Solter · Henry B. Walthall

Plot The noble sacrifice of a devoted wife and mother. The pages of Roman history do not chronicle a more noble deed of self-sacrifice than that set forth in this Biograph...

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Not rated