Soundtrack: Edward Ward
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Edward Ward. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
The Women
1939 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Norma Shearer · Joan Crawford · Rosalind Russell · Mary Boland
Plot Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to...
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Boys Town
1938 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Norman Taurog
Cast Spencer Tracy · Mickey Rooney · Henry Hull · Leslie Fenton
Plot Spencer Tracy won his second Oscar for his portrayal of Father Edward J. Flanagan--then promptly turned the statuette over to the real Father Flanagan out of gratitude. The priest's philosophy...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
Mannequin
1937 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Frank Borzage
Cast Joan Crawford · Spencer Tracy · Alan Curtis · Ralph Morgan
Plot Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money into remarriage with Eddie....
6.6
131 votes
6.6
131 votes
After the Thin Man
1936 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · James Stewart · Elissa Landi
Plot Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery. It's New Year's Eve and they are summoned to...
6.6
535 votes
6.6
535 votes
It Happened on 5th Avenue
1947 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Roy Del Ruth
Cast Don DeFore · Ann Harding · Charles Ruggles · Victor Moore
Plot A hobo and friends take up residence in a mansion whilst the family is away on Christmas holiday.
6.6
32 votes
6.6
32 votes
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Virginia Grey · Otto Kruger
Plot Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there's a new...
6.5
334 votes
6.5
334 votes
The Last Gangster
1937 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Edward G. Robinson · James Stewart · Rose Stradner · Lionel Stander
Plot Joe Krozac is a big shot mob kingpin with an ego to match his status in the underworld. Whenever his territory is encroached on, as with the Kile Brothers, he...
6.5
188 votes
6.5
188 votes
Double Wedding
1937 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Florence Rice · John Beal
Plot Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free spirited artist in an auto trailer have romantic complications in this screwball comedy.
6.4
33 votes
6.4
33 votes
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Martha Scott · William Gargan · Edmund Gwenn · Sterling Holloway
Plot Nostalgic, poignant story of a schoolteacher in a midwestern town who devotes her life to teaching. A warm reassuring film in the tradition of "Miss Dove" and "Mr. Chips".
6.4
52 votes
6.4
52 votes
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner
Cast Maureen O'Hara · Louis Hayward · Lucille Ball · Virginia Field
6.4
197 votes
6.4
197 votes
Phantom Of The Opera
1943 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Nelson Eddy · Susanna Foster · Claude Rains · Edgar Barrier
Plot Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and...
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Tod Browning
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Elizabeth Allan · Bela Lugosi · Lionel Atwill
Plot Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the count's next target. Enter Professor...
6.3
890 votes
6.3
890 votes
Whipsaw
1935 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast Myrna Loy · Spencer Tracy · Harvey Stephens · William Harrigan
Plot Vivian, Ed and Harry steal jewels in Paris. In New York government agent McBride accompanies Vivian riding across the country with the loot. She falls in love with him and...
6.3
35 votes
6.3
35 votes
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Claudette Colbert · James Stewart · Guy Kibbee · Nat Pendleton
Plot Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police,...
6.3
73 votes
6.3
73 votes
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Norman Taurog
Cast Mickey Rooney · Fay Bainter · George Bancroft · Virginia Weidler
Plot Mickey Rooney stars as the young boy who grew up to become America's greatest inventor in this biographical film based on his early life.
6.3
401 votes
6.3
401 votes
Night Must Fall
1937 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Robert Montgomery · Rosalind Russell · Dame May Whitty · Alan Marshal
Plot Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Less charmed by Danny is Mrs. Bransom's niece, Olivia, a repressed young woman who suspects...
6.3
167 votes
6.3
167 votes
Blackmail
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction H.C. Potter
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Ruth Hussey · Gene Lockhart · Bobs Watson
Plot John Ingram, successful oil-field firefighter, is really a chain-gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him...
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Clark Gable · Jean Harlow · Myrna Loy · May Robson
Plot The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
6.1
104 votes
6.1
104 votes
Saratoga
1937 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Jack Conway
Cast Clark Gable · Jean Harlow · Lionel Barrymore · Frank Morgan
Plot Carol Clayton is the daughter of a horse breeder at Saratoga. Though engaged to wealthy Hartley Madison, and disgusted by bookie Duke Bradley, her father owes Bradley a lot of...
6.0
238 votes
6.0
238 votes
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast Jon Hall · Maria Montez · Turhan Bey · Andy Devine
5.9
733 votes
5.9
733 votes