Movies by Joan Blondell
As part of the cast:
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The Champ (1979)
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
In this powerful remake of the 1931 King Vidor film starring Wallace Beery, Jon Voight stars as an ex-pugilist turned horse trainer who's locked in a battle with his rich, remarried…
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Grease (1978)
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star in this hit musical comedy that chronicles the romantic entanglements of a group of high school seniors, starting with a summer fling between greaser…
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Opening Night (1977)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
In one of John Cassavetes's most acclaimed films, the director's favorite leading lady, wife Gena Rowlands, plays a stage star heading for a breakdown -- just as her latest show is…
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Death at Love House (1976)
Cast: Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
While researching a book about late Hollywood screen siren Lorna Love, writers Joel and Donna Gregory completely immerse themselves in her world -- so much so that Joel, whose father was one…
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Cast: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Lothario James Garner is on the run from woman trouble, but he needs traveling money. So, he stops in town just long enough to fob off drifter Jack Elam as a famous gunfighter. The plan: Cash…
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Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Quentin Dean …
Directed by: Peter Tewksbury
After a successful stint on the rodeo circuit, Joe Lightcloud (Elvis Presley) returns home to his father (Burgess Meredith) and his tribe. He sets to work seeking government assistance for…
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
Cast: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Gambler Lewton Cole (James Coburn) makes the biggest bet of his life when, armed with nothing but a dubious map and a "borrowed" horse, he sets out to unearth a cache of valuables buried…
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Winchester '73 (1967)
Cast: Tom Tryon, John Saxon, Dan Duryea …
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Brothers on opposite sides of the law -- a devoted officer and a cunning ex-con -- compete for a coveted Winchester '73 rifle. The rivalry grows fierce as each tries to gain possession…
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Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Cast: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays …
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
When his pampered wife (Kathryn Hays) refuses to accompany him out West, Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) decides to go it alone. At first, his plans to strike it rich in the buffalo hunting…
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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Cast: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
In Depression-era New Orleans, cocksure stud poker player Eric Stoner (Steve McQueen) -- the titular Cincinnati Kid -- challenges longtime champ Lancey "The Man" Howard (Edward G. Robinson)…
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Angel Baby (1961)
Cast: George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
When Jenny Angel (Salome Jens) concludes that she's been healed of her muteness by a tent evangelist (George Hamilton), the miraculous experience leads the young woman to begin preaching…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 17 (1959)
Cast: Rod Serling, Peter Falk, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: William Asher, Jus Addiss
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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Desk Set (1957)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is a reference librarian whose tepid long-term relationship with television executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young) is fizzling. Enter Richard Sumner (Spencer…
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Jayne Mansfield Collection: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Cast: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake …
Directed by: Frank Tashlin
Jayne Mansfield teams with Tony Randall in this hilarious spoof about an ad man who nabs a movie star for his campaign -- and opens a can of worms in the process. Ad writer Rockwell Hunter…
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This Could Be the Night (1957)
Cast: Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa …
Directed by: Robert Wise
When schoolteacher Anne Leeds (Jean Simmons) takes a second job working as a secretary for nightclub owner Rocco (Paul Douglas), her good-hearted boss makes it his job to protect her from…
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The Opposite Sex (1956)
Cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray …
Directed by: David Miller
June Allyson stars as the virtuous Kay Hilliard, a former singer whose 10-year marriage to theater producer Steve (Leslie Nielsen) is the envy of all her friends -- until they learn that…
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: Edmund Goulding
Always looking for his next big chance, ambitious carnival barker Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power) moves in on Zeena (Joan Blondell), the widow of the carnival's mentalist. After Zeena…
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Set in the early 1900s, Elia Kazan's first film centers on a poor Brooklyn family struggling not only to survive, but to improve their meager existence. Young Francie (Peggy Ann Garner)…
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Topper Returns (1941)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis …
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Roland Young returns as Cosmo Topper in the third and final film (following 1937's Topper and 1939's Topper Takes a Trip) in the highly popular comedy series. This time around, Joan…
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East Side of Heaven / If I Had My Way (1939)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer …
Directed by: David Butler
Bing Crosby may seem an unlikely guardian, but that's the position in which he finds himself in the two lesser-known films collected here. In East Side of Heaven (which co-stars Joan…
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Topper / Topper Returns (1937)
Cast: Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Cary Grant …
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod, Roy Del Ruth
Roland Young earned an Academy Award nomination for his wonderful portrayal of stuffy bank president Cosmo Topper -- who doesn't want to change his ways -- in this comic double feature…
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Waikiki Wedding / Double or Nothing (1937)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton …
Directed by: Frank Tuttle, Theodore Reed
Legendary crooner Bing Crosby stars in this pair of lighthearted musical comedies. In Waikiki Wedding (1937), Crosby plays ad executive Tony Marvin, who's smitten with the Miss Pineapple…
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Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Barton MacLane …
Directed by: William Keighley
Tough New York City cop Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) gets tossed off the force for punching out his boss. Delighted, mob kingpin Al Kruger (Barton MacLane) -- despite the suspicions of…
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Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell …
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
After losing the money they were supposed to use to finance their next big show, stage producers Morty Wethered (Osgood Perkins) and Tom Hugo (Charles D. Brown) plot to snuff out their aging…
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Dames (1934)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler …
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Kaleidoscopic dance routines choreographed by Busby Berkeley -- who knew how to put a chorus line through its paces -- propel this vintage musical about Broadway productions and their…
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Thirty Day Princess / Kiss and Make Up (1934)
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Blondell, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Marion Gering
Appearances are everything -- or at least they seem to be -- in this pair of early Cary Grant outings: Thirty Day Princess, in which Sylvia Sidney plays a dual role; and Kiss and Make Up, in…
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Footlight Parade (1933)
Cast: Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley, James Cagney …
James Cagney channels Busby Berkeley (who choreographs the stunning, kaleidoscopic dance routines) as a Broadway director who comes up with a scheme to break into movies through, well,…
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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Cast: Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley
Hollywood's musical master Busby Berkeley choreographed this lavish comedy starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Aline MacMahon as three showgirls looking for financial backing for a…
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Three on a Match / Female (1932)
Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Revisit the sizzle and style of pre-code Hollywood with two vintage tales featuring women who aren't content to live by the rules. The lives of three young girls take widely divergent…
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The Public Enemy (1931)
Cast: James Cagney, Edward Woods, Jean Harlow …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Crime doesn't pay, as James Cagney learns in this vintage Warner Brothers gangster movie that's become a much-imitated classic of the genre. Cagney plays hot-headed Tom Powers,…
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Pre-Code Hollywood: Millie / Kept Husbands (1931)
Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames …
Directed by: John Francis Dillon, Lloyd Bacon
This double feature includes two classic dramas: Millie and Kept Husbands. In Millie, Helen Twelvetrees stars as a young woman who ends up in an undignified profession after she divorces her…
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Millie (1931)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Frank McHugh, Anita Louise …
Directed by: John Francis Dillon
When her wealthy spouse (James Hall) betrays her, Millie Maitland (Helen Twelvetrees) asks for a divorce but is forced to leave her daughter in her ex-husband's care. Anguished over the…
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Night Nurse / Thou Shalt Not (1931)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Night nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) fears the worst as the two young children she's been hired to care for waste away in front of her eyes in William Wellman's 1931 classic.…
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Other Men's Women / The Purchase Price (1931)
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Love triangles between a woman and two men occur in both of these provocative pre-Code Hollywood dramas from the 1930s. First, in Other Men's Women, when two best friends and railroad…