Cast: Ruth Chatterton

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


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

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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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

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The Right to Love

1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

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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

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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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