Movies by Lucile Watson
As part of the cast:
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Let's Dance (1950)
Cast: Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young …
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Raising her young son in New York City, former USO entertainer and war widow Kitty (Betty Hutton) runs into her old showbiz partner Donald (Fred Astaire), and soon, the two hit the stage with…
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Little Women (1949)
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
This 1949 screen version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel is packed with star power. Marmee Marach (Mary Astor) attempts to raise her four teenage daughters in a time of deprivation…
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / The Emperor Waltz (1948)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine …
Directed by: Tay Garnett, Billy Wilder
Johnny Burke "musicalizes" Mark Twain's classic story, with Bing Crosby as a mechanic who gets transported into the past and ends up a wisecracking wizard in King Arthur's court. In…
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Song of the South (1946)
Cast: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett …
Directed by: Harve Foster
Controversial for its dated treatment of slavery, Disney's classic film blends live action with animation to tell the story of Johnny, who's been sent to live on his…
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The Razor's Edge (1946)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne …
Directed by: Edmund Goulding
In this cerebral melodrama based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel, disenchanted World War I veteran Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) jilts his shallow fiancée, Isabel (Gene Tierney), to…
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My Reputation (1946)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson …
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Recently widowed Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) grapples with the choice of a new suitor: She's attracted to Major Scott Landis (George Brent), but wants the stability offered by…
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
High-toned sleuths Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) head to Nick's leisurely hometown of Sycamore Springs for a vacation, only to find themselves enmeshed in a string of…
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Uncertain Glory (1944)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Jean Sullivan …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Nazi forces threaten to execute 100 French prisoners unless a certain saboteur surrenders himself. Aided by shrewd Inspector Bonet (Paul Lukas), condemned French criminal Jean Picard (Errol…
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Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Herman Shumlin
As World War II looms, undercover anti-fascism organizer Kurt Muller (Paul Lukas, in an Oscar-winning turn) moves his wife, Sara (Bette Davis), and family from Europe to America, where Kurt…
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The Great Lie (1941)
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor …
Directed by: Edmund Goulding
In director Edmund Goulding's engrossing melodrama, rivals Maggie Patterson (Bette Davis), a refined Southern socialite, and Sandra Kovack (Mary Astor), a vitriolic concert pianist, vie…
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Maria Ouspenskaya …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
After falling madly in love, ballerina Myra (Vivien Leigh) and British officer Roy (Robert Taylor) unwillingly part ways during World War I. Driven to a life of prostitution, Myra battles…
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That Wonderful Urge / Love Is News (1937)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner …
Directed by: Tay Garnett, Robert B. Sinclair
Tyrone Power stars in two versions of the same romantic comedy -- 1937's Love Is News, and the 1948 remake, That Wonderful Urge -- as a journalist who earns his dough by reporting on the…
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The Garden of Allah (1936)
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Richard Boleslawski
After the death of her father, Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich) takes the advice of her Mother Superior and embarks on a spiritual retreat in Algeria, where she becomes involved with Boris…