Cast: Wini Shaw

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


Front Page Woman

1935 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Bette Davis · George Brent · Roscoe Karns · Wini Shaw

Synopsis Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland...

6.2

51 votes

6.2

51 votes

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Dick Powell · Adolphe Menjou · Gloria Stuart · Alice Brady

Synopsis In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss, who is backing the show wants her daughter Ann to marry the millionaire T. Mosely Thorpe, but Ann falls in...

6.1

62 votes

6.1

62 votes

Satan Met a Lady

1936 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Bette Davis · Warren William · Alison Skipworth · Arthur Treacher

Synopsis The second of three film adaptations of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon.

5.6

121 votes

5.6

121 votes

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Warren William · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Woods · Claire Dodd

Synopsis Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine. She turns to Perry Mason for help, but when he...

5.0

28 votes

5.0

28 votes

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction William Clemens

Cast Warren William · Claire Dodd · Wini Shaw · Bill Elliott

Synopsis Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. She wants him to stop...

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In Caliente

1935 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Dolores del Rio · Pat O'Brien · Leo Carrillo · Edward Everett Horton

Synopsis Magazine editor Pat O'Brien gives Mexican dancer Dolores Del Rio a bad write-up, and then becomes romantically involved. Lots of songs and Busby Berkeley numbers.

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Sweet Adeline

1934 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Irene Dunne · Donald Woods · Hugh Herbert · Ned Sparks

Synopsis In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star.

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Wild Gold

1934 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast John Boles · Claire Trevor · Harry Green · Roger Imhof

Synopsis A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the Nevada gold country, and he takes the carburetor off her car and throws it in...

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Sons o' Guns

1936 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Joe E. Brown · Joan Blondell · Beverly Roberts · Eric Blore

Synopsis Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with Berenice, another actress, he acts...

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The Ring Thing

2004 · Movie · 80 min. · Switzerland

Direction Marc Schippert

Cast Edward Piccin · Gwendolyn Rich · Leo Roos · Sebastian Arenas

Synopsis Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.

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Million Dollar Ransom

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Murray Roth

Cast Phillips Holmes · Edward Arnold · Mary Carlisle · Wini Shaw

Synopsis To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping.

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Ready, Willing and Able

1937 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Ruby Keeler · Lee Dixon · Allen Jenkins · Louise Fazenda

Synopsis The Warner Bros. musicals began running out of gas in the late 1930s, yielding such lukewarm efforts as Ready, Willing and Able. Ruby Keeler, as charmingly ingenuous as ever, plays Jane, a college student with show-biz aspirations. In order to...

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Smart Blonde

1937 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction Frank McDonald

Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Wini Shaw · Addison Richards

Synopsis Journalist Torchy Blane and her fiance Lt. Steve McBride are trying to solve the murder of Tim Torgson, who was killed right before Torchy's eyes.

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Broadway Hostess

1935 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Frank McDonald

Cast Wini Shaw · Genevieve Tobin · Lyle Talbot · Allen Jenkins

Synopsis A woman becomes a successful singer, but can't do as well in love.

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The Singing Kid

1936 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley · Busby Berkeley

Cast Al Jolson · Sybil Jason · Beverly Roberts · Edward Everett Horton

Synopsis The Singing Kid casts Jolie as neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson. Facing professional ruin when he loses his voice, Al heads to the country to regain his vocal timbre and to get his head back together. While recuperating, he falls...

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