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
Direction D.W. Griffith
Cast Herbert Yost · Linda Arvidson · Clara T. Bracy · Anita Hendrie
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
Direction Adrian Spies · Herbert Kenwith · Ira Cirker · Ted Corday
Cast Nancy Coleman · Flora Campbell · James Kirkwood · Jerome Cowan
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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...
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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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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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