London barrister’s marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback. Read More »
Tag Archives: Kay Francis
One Way Passage (1932) Tay Garnett, William Powell, Kay Francis, Frank McHugh
Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. Read More »
Passion Flower (1930) William C. de Mille, Kay Francis, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur. Read More »
The Vice Squad (1931) John Cromwell, Paul Lukas, Kay Francis, Judith Wood
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes. Read More »
Comet Over Broadway (1938) Busby Berkeley, John Farrow, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel, Drama, Romance
Eve Appleton, wife of small-town garage owner Bill Appleton, has theatrical ambitions. Read More »
Man Wanted (1932) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel, Romance, Comedy, Drama
Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance
Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
Between Us Girls (1942) Henry Koster, Diana Barrymore, Robert Cummings, Kay Francis, Comedy
Carrie, ambitious young actress and her manager Mike Kilinsky, travel east from Chicago to Long Island so Carrie can see the new mansion that her mother Chris has just purchased. Read More »
Dr. Monica (1934) William Keighley, William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Drama, Romance
Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Read More »
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) William A. Seiter, Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Music, Romance, War
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas Read More »
The False Madonna (1931) Stuart Walker, Kay Francis, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Conway Tearle, Drama
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man; she comes to feel a true motherly love for the young man, and refuses to try to cheat him. Read More »
Divorce (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Drama
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend. Read More »
Ladies Man (1931) Lothar Mendes, William Powell, Kay Francis, Carole Lombard, Drama
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.” Read More »
Allotment Wives (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers’ pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action. Read More »
Trouble in Paradise (1932) Ernst Lubitsch, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Comedy, Crime, Romance
High class European thief Gaston Monescu meets his soul mate Lily, a pickpocket masquerading as a countess. Read More »