Cast: Edna May Oliver

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edna May Oliver. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Only Yesterday

1933 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John M. Stahl

Cast Margaret Sullavan · John Boles · Edna May Oliver · Billie Burke

Plot A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but...

7.1

63 votes

7.1

63 votes

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Ronald Colman · Elizabeth Allan · Edna May Oliver · Reginald Owen

Plot An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's...

7.1

630 votes

7.1

630 votes

David Copperfield

1935 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Freddie Bartholomew · Frank Lawton · W.C. Fields · Roland Young

Plot England, 19th-century. When David's father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel view on how to raise a child. When David's mother dies from...

7.0

958 votes

7.0

958 votes

Little Women

1933 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Joan Bennett · Paul Lukas · Frances Dee

Plot Josephine March and her three sisters Margaret, Amy, and Beth grow up with their mother's guidance while their father fights in the American Civil War (1861 to 1865). The vivacious...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Claudette Colbert · Henry Fonda · Edna May Oliver · John Carradine

Plot In Revolutionary America, Gil Martin takes his new wife Lana back to his farm in upstate New York. The area is remote and a distance from the fort but they...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Pride and Prejudice

1940 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Greer Garson · Laurence Olivier · Mary Boland · Edna May Oliver

Plot Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy...

6.7

639 votes

6.7

639 votes

The Conquerors

1932 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

6.6

28 votes

6.6

28 votes

Cimarron

1931 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Wesley Ruggles

Cast Richard Dix · Irene Dunne · Estelle Taylor · William Collier Jr.

Plot The Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the growth of...

6.5

828 votes

6.5

828 votes

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Charlotte Henry · Leon Errol · Louise Fazenda · Ford Sterling

Plot On a boring winter afternoon, Alice dreams, that she's visiting the land behind the mirror. This turns out to be a surrealistic nightmare, with all sorts of strange things happening...

6.4

330 votes

6.4

330 votes

The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle

1939 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction H.C. Potter

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edna May Oliver · Lew Fields

Plot This is the film version of Vernon and Irene Castle, sensational ballroom dancers prior to World War I.

6.1

171 votes

6.1

171 votes

Ann Vickers

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Irene Dunne · Walter Huston · Conrad Nagel · Bruce Cabot

Plot As the Great War breaks out, Ann Vickers, a serious, independent and forthright woman, falls for an officer who jilts her before she can tell him she's pregnant. After an...

6.0

45 votes

6.0

45 votes

Laugh and Get Rich

1931 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

6.0

62 votes

6.0

62 votes

Lydia

1941 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Julien Duvivier

Cast Merle Oberon · Edna May Oliver · Alan Marshal · Joseph Cotten

Plot Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy old woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted...

6.0

56 votes

6.0

56 votes

Romeo and Juliet

1936 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Leslie Howard · Norma Shearer · John Barrymore · Basil Rathbone

Plot The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall...

6.0

330 votes

6.0

330 votes

Penguin Pool Murder

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Edna May Oliver · Robert Armstrong · James Gleason · Mae Clarke

Plot The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. Inspector Piper...

5.7

46 votes

5.7

46 votes

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Corrigan

Cast Edna May Oliver · James Gleason · Lola Lane · George Meeker

Plot On vacation, schoolteacher/detective Miss Withers flies to Catalina Island; on landing, a passenger is found mysteriously dead. With local authorities unwilling to make waves over a natural (they hope) death,...

5.7

32 votes

5.7

32 votes

Murder on the Blackboard

1934 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Edna May Oliver · James Gleason · Bruce Cabot · Gertrude Michael

Plot There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector...

5.4

35 votes

5.4

35 votes

Parnell

1937 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction John M. Stahl

Cast Clark Gable · Myrna Loy · Edna May Oliver · Edmund Gwenn

Plot The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to free his country from English rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on...

5.3

31 votes

5.3

31 votes

Second Fiddle

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Sonja Henie · Tyrone Power · Rudy Vallee · Edna May Oliver

Plot Studio publicist (Power) discovers Minnesota skating teacher (Henie) and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

5.3

28 votes

5.3

28 votes

Rosalie

1937 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Nelson Eddy · Eleanor Powell · Frank Morgan · Edna May Oliver

Plot West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

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