Cast: Barbara Kent

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


Lonesome

1928 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Pál Fejös

Cast Barbara Kent · Glenn Tryon · Fay Holderness · Gusztáv Pártos

Synopsis Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?

7.7

604 votes

7.7

604 votes

Flesh and the Devil

1926 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Greta Garbo · John Gilbert · Lars Hanson · William Orlamond

Synopsis This silent film is a romantic melodrama about two childhood friends, Leo and Ulrich, who grow up to be soldiers in Germany. Leo becomes infatuated with Felicitas, the wife of a powerful count (a marriage about which Felicitas neglects to...

7.5

590 votes

7.5

590 votes

Feet First

1930 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Bruckman

Cast Harold Lloyd · Barbara Kent · Robert McWade · Lillian Leighton

Synopsis Ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ship. Trying to deliver a...

7.2

647 votes

7.2

647 votes

The Shakedown

1929 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William Wyler

Cast James Murray · Barbara Kent · George Kotsonaros · Wheeler Oakman

Synopsis The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

6.6

48 votes

6.6

48 votes

Welcome Danger

1929 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Clyde Bruckman · Malcolm St. Clair

Cast Harold Lloyd · Barbara Kent · Noah Young · Charles Middleton

Synopsis Harold Bledsoe, a botany student, is called back home to San Francisco, where his late father had been police chief, to help investigate a crime wave in Chinatown.

6.6

67 votes

6.6

67 votes

Emma

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Marie Dressler · Richard Cromwell · Jean Hersholt · Myrna Loy

Synopsis When their mother dies, Frederick Smith hires Emma Thatcher to be a nanny to his 3 children. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry right before his death, and his will becomes a...

5.9

25 votes

5.9

25 votes

Indiscreet

1931 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Gloria Swanson · Ben Lyon · Monroe Owsley · Barbara Kent

Synopsis On New Year's Eve, Geraldine ('Jerry') Trent decides to break up with her boyfriend Jim Woodward, having finally grown tired of his dishonesty and his infidelities. Soon afterward, Geraldine meets and falls in love with novelist Anthony Blake. Blake knows...

5.6

59 votes

5.6

59 votes

Old Man Rhythm

1935 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edward Ludwig

Cast Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · George Barbier · Barbara Kent · Grace Bradley

Synopsis A businessman enrolls as a college freshman in order to break up his son's relationship with a gold-digger.

Not rated

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The Drop Kick

1927 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Millard Webb

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Barbara Kent · Dorothy Revier · Alberta Vaughn

Synopsis College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself.

Not rated

Not rated

Oliver Twist

1933 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction William Cowen

Cast Dickie Moore · Irving Pichel · William Boyd · Doris Lloyd

Synopsis An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

Not rated

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No Man's Law

1927 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Fred Jackman

Cast Barbara Kent · James Finlayson · Oliver Hardy · Theodore von Eltz

Synopsis Two thugs plot to kill an old miner to get his claim, but one of them lusts after his beautiful daughter and wants her first.

Not rated

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Grief Street

1931 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Barbara Kent · John Holland · Dorothy Christy · Crauford Kent

Synopsis A womanizing matinée idol is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no other way into the room. He had been having an affair with his leading lady, while his actress...

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Beauty Parlor

1932 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Barbara Kent · Joyce Compton · John Harron · Dorothy Revier

Synopsis Two manicurists mingle with the customers of a hotel barbershop.

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Reckless Decision

1933 · Movie · 53 min. · United States

Direction John W. Noble

Cast Barbara Kent · Don Dillaway · William Farnum · Edward Woods

Synopsis A mother and father try to find a way to protect their young daughter against the influences of booze, wild parties and (gasp!) dancing during the Jazz Age.

Not rated

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Under Age

1941 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dmytryk

Cast Nan Grey · Alan Baxter · Mary Anderson · Tom Neal

Synopsis Fresh out of reform school, a bunch of delinquent girls fall in with a gang of crooks and are put to work as “hostesses” in a number of mob-controlled bars and cafes. The girls are expected to string along male...

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No Living Witness

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction E. Mason Hopper

Cast Gilbert Roland · Noah Beery · Barbara Kent · Carmel Myers

Synopsis An assistant district attorney tries to stop his girlfriend's father from being swindled out of his money by a crooked lawyer in a racetrack scam.

Not rated

Not rated

Night Ride

1930 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction John S. Robertson

Cast Joseph Schildkraut · Barbara Kent · Edward G. Robinson · Harry Stubbs

Synopsis Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.

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Vanity Fair

1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Chester M. Franklin

Cast Myrna Loy · Conway Tearle · Barbara Kent · Walter Byron

Synopsis An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

Not rated

Not rated