Cast: Kay Francis
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Kay Francis. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction John Cromwell
Cast George Bancroft · Kay Francis · Clive Brook · Regis Toomey
Plot The ruthless editor of a sensationalistic newspaper is devoted to printing anything that's "news," no matter who gets hurt, but his principles are put to the test when his own...
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For the Defense
1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction John Cromwell
Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Scott Kolk · William B. Davidson
Plot William Powell stars in this drama as William Foster, a gifted defense attorney with a gift for making cases go his way. Foster's winning record in the courtroom has earned...
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Allotment Wives
1945 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction William Nigh
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Kelly · Otto Kruger · Gertrude Michael
Plot Sheila Seymour, a sleek and stylish society gal who in reality is the head of a noxious crime syndicate that preys mercilessly on returning World War II servicemen. They zero...
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The Marriage Playground
1929 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lothar Mendes
Cast Mary Brian · Fredric March · Lilyan Tashman · Huntley Gordon
Plot Martin Boyne (Fredric March), a man in his forties, comes to Europe after 5 years, to meet Rose Sellers with who he has been distantly in love for years, exchanging...
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Passion Flower
1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction William C. de Mille
Cast Kay Francis · Kay Johnson · Charles Bickford · Winter Hall
Plot A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
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The Feminine Touch
1941 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Rosalind Russell · Don Ameche · Kay Francis · Van Heflin
Plot John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. He leaves college to go to New York to have...
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A Notorious Affair
1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Billie Dove · Basil Rathbone · Kay Francis · Kenneth Thomson
Plot A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
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Women in the Wind
1939 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Kay Francis · William Gargan · Victor Jory · Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom
Plot A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
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Dangerous Curves
1929 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Lothar Mendes
Cast Clara Bow · Richard Arlen · Kay Francis · David Newell
Plot A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of...
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Ladies' Man
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lothar Mendes
Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Carole Lombard · Gilbert Emery
Plot A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
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The Keyhole
1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Kay Francis · George Brent · Glenda Farrell · Monroe Owsley
Plot Anne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce....
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My Bill
1938 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast Kay Francis · Bonita Granville · John Litel · Anita Louise
Plot Francis is the mother of four kids, three of whom are ungrateful to their widowed mom and move in with their wealthy aunt. Only Moore remains faithful to his mother....
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Behind the Make-Up
1930 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Robert Milton · Dorothy Arzner · Henry Hathaway · Rollo Lloyd
Cast Hal Skelly · William Powell · Fay Wray · Kay Francis
Plot Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and...
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Wife Wanted
1946 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Cavanagh · Robert Shayne · Veda Ann Borg
Plot Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), Caldwell runs...
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Transgression
1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Brenon
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Cavanagh · Ricardo Cortez · Nance O'Neil
Plot Elsie sets out for a holiday in Paris and develops an affair while her husband spends a year working in India.
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Let's Go Native
1930 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Leo McCarey
Cast Jack Oakie · Jeanette MacDonald · Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher · James Hall
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Girls About Town
1931 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Kay Francis · Joel McCrea · Lilyan Tashman · Eugene Pallette
Plot Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman portray what used to be euphemistically labeled "good time girls". They work the convention circuit, providing companionship and other favors for tired business men--who of...
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Always in My Heart
1942 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Jo Graham
Cast Kay Francis · Walter Huston · Gloria Warren · Patti Hale
Plot A mother of two adolescents, who believe their father is dead but is actually serving time in prison, is about to marry a man of substantial means, only in the...
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Little Men
1940 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Norman Z. McLeod
Cast Kay Francis · Jack Oakie · George Bancroft · Jimmy Lydon
Plot In this sequel from "Little Women" (1933), Jo March (the lead character in Alcott's novel Little Women) and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When...
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Dr. Monica
1934 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle · William Keighley
Cast Kay Francis · Warren William · Jean Muir · Verree Teasdale
Plot Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Unbeknownst to her, her successful journalist husband has had an affair with one of her acquaintances, Mary...
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