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
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Richard Dix · Ann Harding · Edna May Oliver · Guy Kibbee
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
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Edna May Oliver · Hugh Herbert · Dorothy Lee · Russell Gleason
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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