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

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

5.9

733 votes

5.9

733 votes