Cast: Ruth Chatterton
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ruth Chatterton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 23
Dodsworth
1936 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Walter Huston · Ruth Chatterton · Mary Astor · David Niven
Synopsis Sam Dodsworth (Walter Huston) sells his automobile company at great profit. But his success has come at the expense his dutiful wife, Fran (Ruth Chatterton). She persuades him to take her to Europe on the Queen Mary. Sam sits and...
7.4
1K votes
7.4
1K votes
Frisco Jenny
1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Louis Calhern · Helen Jerome Eddy · Donald Cook
Synopsis Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses....
6.9
130 votes
6.9
130 votes
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV)
2008 · Documentary · 68 min. · United States
Cast John Landis · Jonathan Kuntz · Rudy Behlmer · Jerry Beck
Synopsis A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
6.6
111 votes
6.6
111 votes
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast Ruth Chatterton · George Brent · Bette Davis · John Miljan
Synopsis The ten year marriage of of Caroline Van Dyke and Greg Grannard is falling apart. A young woman, Allison, plots to become his second wife. Caroline's friend, novelist Julian, has long loved her and now sees his chance, but she...
5.9
22 votes
5.9
22 votes
Female
1933 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz · William Dieterle · William A. Wellman
Cast Ruth Chatterton · George Brent · Johnny Mack Brown · Lois Wilson
Synopsis Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton) is owner and successful manager of an automobile factory. She also has a good relation to her employees - especially the male ones, which she is known to invite to her bed for some time and...
5.8
76 votes
5.8
76 votes
The Crash
1932 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Ruth Chatterton · George Brent · Lois Wilson · Barbara Leonard
Synopsis Rich couple loses their fortune in stock market crash.
5.6
21 votes
5.6
21 votes
Lady of Secrets
1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Marion Gering
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Otto Kruger · Lionel Atwill · Marian Marsh
Synopsis Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
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Sarah and Son
1930 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Fredric March · Fuller Mellish Jr. · Gilbert Emery
Synopsis A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife--now a world-famous opera singer--finally has enough time and money to begin a search for...
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Sins of the Fathers
1928 · Movie · United States
Direction Ludwig Berger
Cast Emil Jannings · Ruth Chatterton · Barry Norton · Jean Arthur
Synopsis A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.
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Charming Sinners
1929 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Robert Milton
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Clive Brook · Mary Nolan · William Powell
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The Right to Love
1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Richard Wallace
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Paul Lukas · David Manners · Irving Pichel
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The Rat
1937 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Raymond
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Anton Walbrook · René Ray · Beatrix Lehmann
Synopsis Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene...
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The Lady of Scandal
1930 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Franklin
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Basil Rathbone · Ralph Forbes · Nance O'Neil
Synopsis Its plot follows a British actress who becomes involved with a member of an aristocratic family, who try desperately to thwart the match.
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Anybody's Woman
1930 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Clive Brook · Paul Lukas · Huntley Gordon
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Unfaithful
1931 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction John Cromwell
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Paul Lukas · Paul Cavanagh · Juliette Compton
Synopsis In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.
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Lilly Turner
1933 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Ruth Chatterton · George Brent · Frank McHugh · Guy Kibbee
Synopsis A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.
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Girls' Dormitory
1936 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Herbert Marshall · Ruth Chatterton · Simone Simon · Constance Collier
Synopsis Head of a private European girls school falls in love with a student who steps aside for a teacher also loves him. Tyrone Power debuted in a nightclub scene.
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Journal of a Crime
1934 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction William Keighley
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Adolphe Menjou · Claire Dodd · George Barbier
Synopsis A wife shoots her husband's mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime.
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Richard Wallace
Cast Ruth Chatterton · Robert Ames · Paul Lukas · Harold Minjir
Synopsis A young wife wants to have children, but her husband neglects her. She confides her longings to a handsome brain surgeon. Complications ensue.
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Madame X
1929 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Lionel Barrymore
Cast Lewis Stone · Ruth Chatterton · Raymond Hackett · Holmes Herbert
Synopsis A young lawyer unknowingly defends his mother who abandoned him when he was three.
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