The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Read More »
Tag Archives: Robert Ames
Smart Woman (1931) Gregory La Cava, Mary Astor, Robert Ames, John Halliday
After an extended stay in Paris to care for her ailing mother, wealthy Nancy Gibson Read More »
Rebound (1931) Edward H. Griffith, Ina Claire, Robert Ames, Myrna Loy
Story of a girl’s unhappiness after her marriage to a man just jilted Read More »
The Voice of the City (1929) Willard Mack, Robert Ames, Sylvia Field
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up Read More »
Holiday (1930) Edward H. Griffith, Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Robert Ames
After a whirlwind 10-day courtship following their meeting while on respective vacations Read More »
Millie (1931) John Francis Dillon, Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames
Millie Blake has a love affair that goes wrong, so Millie plays the field recklessly from that point on. Read More »
Three Who Loved (1931) George Archainbaud, Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, Robert Ames, Drama
John Hanson (Conrad Nagel) is a bank teller and invests in stocks. He and his best friend (another bank teller) Phil Wilson (Robert Ames) live at a boarding house run by his Swedish fiance’s aunt, Mrs. Larson (Bodil Rosing). Read More »
Behind Office Doors (1931) Melville W. Brown, Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez, Drama, Romance
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
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The Trespasser (1929) Edmund Goulding, Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Drama
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child’s welfare, which starts gossip that she is a “kept woman.”
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