Cast: Helen Westley
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Helen Westley. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
Direction Anatole Litvak
Cast Bette Davis · Charles Boyer · Jeffrey Lynn · Barbara O'Neil
Plot Bette Davis stars as the lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy in the film version of Rachel Field's epic historical romance novel ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO. Charles Boyer is...
6.9
576 votes
6.9
576 votes
Death Takes a Holiday
1934 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Mitchell Leisen
Cast Fredric March · Evelyn Venable · Guy Standing · Katharine Alexander
Plot Death (March) is bored and wonders why humans fear him so much. He takes on human form, pretending to be the handsome Prince Sirki, and becomes a guest of Italian...
6.7
513 votes
6.7
513 votes
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Henry King
Cast Tyrone Power · Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Ethel Merman
Plot This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
6.5
106 votes
6.5
106 votes
The Baroness and the Butler
1938 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Walter Lang
Cast William Powell · Annabella · Helen Westley · Henry Stephenson
6.3
26 votes
6.3
26 votes
Roberta
1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Irene Dunne · Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Randolph Scott
Plot Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt,...
6.3
170 votes
6.3
170 votes
Café Metropole
1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Edward H. Griffith
Cast Loretta Young · Tyrone Power · Adolphe Menjou · Gregory Ratoff
Plot Victor Lobard, the smooth and nimble owner of the Café Metropole in Paris, has only ten days to replace a small fortune he embezzled from the business; he and a...
6.1
57 votes
6.1
57 votes
Adam Had Four Sons
1941 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Gregory Ratoff
Cast Ingrid Bergman · Warner Baxter · Susan Hayward · Fay Wray
Plot Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie...
5.9
108 votes
5.9
108 votes
Banjo on My Knee
1936 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Cromwell
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Walter Brennan · Buddy Ebsen
Plot Ernie Holley runs away on his wedding night because he thinks he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt and bride Pearl find him in New Orleans and persuade...
5.5
24 votes
5.5
24 votes
Heidi
1937 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Shirley Temple · Jean Hersholt · Arthur Treacher · Helen Westley
Plot Orphaned early in the proceeding, Heidi is left in the care of her bitter, misanthropic grandfather Adolph Kramer (Jean Hersholt). It doesn't take long before the sweet little child has...
5.3
516 votes
5.3
516 votes
Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Bernard Vorhaus
Cast John Wayne · Ona Munson · Ray Middleton · Henry Stephenson
Plot Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted...
5.2
50 votes
5.2
50 votes
Zaza
1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Claudette Colbert · Herbert Marshall · Bert Lahr · Helen Westley
Plot A sexy singer in a French music hall falls in love with a handsome, but married, aristocrat.
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The Captain Is a Lady
1940 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Robert B. Sinclair
Cast Charles Coburn · Beulah Bondi · Virginia Grey · Helen Broderick
Plot Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the...
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Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Bernhardt
Cast Miriam Hopkins · Claude Rains · Richard Ainley · Laura Hope Crews
Plot A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown...
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Moulin Rouge
1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Constance Bennett · Franchot Tone · Tullio Carminati · Helen Westley
Plot A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that...
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My Favorite Spy
1942 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Kay Kyser · Ellen Drew · Jane Wyman · Robert Armstrong
Plot Bandleader Kay Kyser leaves his bride at the altar to help catch international spies.
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Wife, Husband and Friend
1939 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Gregory Ratoff
Cast Loretta Young · Warner Baxter · Binnie Barnes · Cesar Romero
Plot Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
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Half Angel
1936 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Frances Dee · Brian Donlevy · Charles Butterworth · Helen Westley
Plot Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
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Dimples
1936 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Shirley Temple · Frank Morgan · Robert Kent · Helen Westley
Plot Dimples is a busker - a street entertainer, and lives in mid-19th century New York City's Bowery with her kindhearted but pickpocketing Grandfather, Prof. Eustace Appleby. Dimples is a talented...
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Lillian Russell
1940 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Henry Fonda · Edward Arnold
Plot Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
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Stowaway
1936 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Shirley Temple · Robert Young · Alice Faye · Eugene Pallette
Plot Ching-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker,...
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