Cast: Phillips Holmes
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Phillips Holmes. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Broken Lullaby
1932 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Nancy Carroll · Phillips Holmes · Louise Carter
Plot A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt whenever he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the...
8.0
2K votes
8.0
2K votes
The Criminal Code
1930 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Walter Huston · Phillips Holmes · Constance Cummings · Mary Doran
Plot A young man's birthday celebration at a local speakeasy turns into a nightmare when he kills a man in self-defense! Bob Graham (Phillips Holmes), just twenty years old, is then...
6.8
330 votes
6.8
330 votes
An American Tragedy
1931 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Josef von Sternberg
Cast Phillips Holmes · Sylvia Sidney · Frances Dee · Irving Pichel
Plot Though his parents are street evangelists, Clyde Griffiths (Phillips Holmes) grows up in squalor, but not without ambitions. He first works as a bellhop in Kansas City, but when he's...
6.6
125 votes
6.6
125 votes
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States
Direction Robert Youngson
Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant
Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...
6.5
24 votes
6.5
24 votes
Penthouse
1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Warner Baxter · Myrna Loy · Charles Butterworth · Mae Clarke
Plot Racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Durant helps him beat a murder rap, but Durant just does it for the thrill of it and refuses payment. Durant's defense...
6.3
59 votes
6.3
59 votes
The Wild Party
1929 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner
Cast Clara Bow · Fredric March · Marceline Day · Shirley O'Hara
Plot Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in...
6.0
21 votes
6.0
21 votes
Nana
1934 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner · George Fitzmaurice
Cast Anna Sten · Lionel Atwill · Richard Bennett · Mae Clarke
5.6
26 votes
5.6
26 votes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Basil Dean
Cast Clive Brook · H. Reeves-Smith · Betty Lawford · Charles Hay
Plot Doctor Watson's daughter(!) Mary is engaged to Roger Longmore, played by neurotic-looking effeminate actor Phillips Holmes, who can't act but certainly knows how to flare his nostrils. Roger is a...
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Two Kinds of Women
1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction William C. de Mille
Cast Miriam Hopkins · Phillips Holmes · Irving Pichel · Wynne Gibson
Plot The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up...
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Pointed Heels
1929 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction A. Edward Sutherland
Cast William Powell · Helen Kane · Fay Wray · Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
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Man to Man
1930 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Phillips Holmes · Grant Mitchell · Lucille Powers · Otis Harlan
Plot Eighteen years ago, John Bolton found the man who killed his brother Joe and shot it out. The man was killed and John went to prison. His son Mike is...
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Private Scandal
1934 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Murphy
Cast ZaSu Pitts · Phillips Holmes · Mary Brian · Ned Sparks
Plot Pitts is top-billed as Miss Coates, the fey secretary of hotshot young executive Cliff Barry (Philips Holmes). Accused of murdering his boss B. J. Somers (Lew Cody), Barry suspects that...
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Grumpy
1930 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor · Cyril Gardner
Cast Cyril Maude · Phillips Holmes · Frances Dade · Paul Lukas
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Men Must Fight
1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Edgar Selwyn
Cast Diana Wynyard · Lewis Stone · Phillips Holmes · May Robson
Plot Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and...
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Her Man
1930 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Helen Twelvetrees · Phillips Holmes · Marjorie Rambeau · James Gleason
Plot A prostitute/pickpocket falls in love with a sailor who takes her away from the brothel.
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General Spanky
1936 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas · Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast George 'Spanky' McFarland · Phillips Holmes · Ralph Morgan · Irving Pichel
Plot A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Charles Brabin
Cast Irene Dunne · Lionel Atwill · Phillips Holmes · Una Merkel
Plot Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following...
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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
Plot 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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The Big Brain
1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast George E. Stone · Phillips Holmes · Fay Wray · Minna Gombell
Plot The story of a ruthless small time crook's rise from lowly barber shop backroom bookie to high stakes international swindler. Max Werner (Stone) goes from the gambling to crooked stocks...
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Beauty for Sale
1933 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Madge Evans · Alice Brady · Otto Kruger · Una Merkel
Plot A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
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