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

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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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