Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Warner Baxter

1. 42nd Street (1933)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler

Votes: 13,062 | Gross: $2.30M

2. The Great Gatsby (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson, Neil Hamilton, Georgia Hale

3. Adam Had Four Sons (1941)

Passed | 81 min | Drama

A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray

Votes: 1,288

4. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron

Votes: 2,588

5. Lady in the Dark (1944)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall

Votes: 566

6. In Old Arizona (1928)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Western

A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.

Directors: Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, Henry Armetta

Votes: 1,298 | Gross: $2.83M

7. Penthouse (1933)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A lawyer's fiancée leaves him after he defends a racketeer accused of murder, but she needs his help when her new beau is accused of killing an old flame.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke

Votes: 1,379

8. Renegades (1930)

Passed | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding... See full summary »

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye

Votes: 330

9. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos

Votes: 580

10. Broadway Bill (1934)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson

Votes: 1,164

11. West of Zanzibar (1928)

TV-G | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter

Votes: 1,965 | Gross: $0.92M

12. Behind That Curtain (1929)

Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Eve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery, Claude King

Votes: 553

13. Happy Days (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Margie, a singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York although she's in love with the owner's grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Charles E. Evans, Marjorie White, Richard Keene, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 179

14. Kidnapped (1938)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1747, young David Balfour's life is threatened by his greedy uncle Ebenezer who wishes to become heir to the considerable Balfour estate.

Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Otto Preminger | Stars: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith

Votes: 339

15. I'll Give a Million (1938)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million francs to anyone who is kind to a tramp.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 256

16. Crime Doctor (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. When he is hit on the head (by someone from his past) he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins

Votes: 589

17. The Road to Glory (1936)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, War

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, June Lang

Votes: 613

18. The Stolen Jools (1931)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.

Directors: William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman, Russell Mack | Stars: Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wallace Beery

Votes: 1,196

19. One More Spring (1935)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

One More Spring is a 1935 film about three people (Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, and Walter Woolf King) living together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on... See full summary »

Director: Henry King | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Walter Woolf King, Jane Darwell

Votes: 133

20. Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for ... See full summary »

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson, Mischa Auer

Votes: 321

21. Just Before Dawn (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken ... See full summary »

Director: William Castle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie

Votes: 312

22. Shadows in the Night (1944)

67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman wants The Crime Doctor to help her decipher her strange nightmares.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Edward Norris

Votes: 269

23. The Cisco Kid (1931)

60 min | Western

Sergeant sets out to capture an infamous outlaw called The Cisco Kid.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Conchita Montenegro, Nora Lane

Votes: 115

24. To Mary - with Love (1936)

Approved | 87 min | Drama

Ten years of married life beginning in 1925. Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Ian Hunter, Claire Trevor

Votes: 159

25. Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops, her husband - encouraged by an amorous professional singer - tries opera and also flops.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero

Votes: 250

26. Slave Ship (1937)

Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 223

27. Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)

83 min | Drama

A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.

Director: Kenneth Hawks | Stars: Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Claud Allister

Votes: 105

28. Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)

Passed | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Crime Doctor comes up against a criminal with a dual personality.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley, Frank Sully

Votes: 342

29. The Squaw Man (1931)

Passed | 107 min | Drama, Western

Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of ... See full summary »

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford

Votes: 422

30. The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)

70 min | Mystery

Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan, Mark Roberts

Votes: 351

31. Daddy Long Legs (1931)

80 min | Comedy, Romance

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel, John Arledge

Votes: 171

32. The Millerson Case (1947)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Mystery

In the 8th film of Columbia's "Crime Doctor" series, Dr. Robert Ordway is vacationing in the Blue Ridge Mountains district of West Virginia when a typhoid epidemic breaks out. Three deaths ... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Griff Barnett

Votes: 304

33. Dangerously Yours (1933)

74 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan, Herbert Mundin, Florence Eldridge

Votes: 12

34. Barricade (1939)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In China in the 1930s, a singer (Faye) and journalist (Baxter) meet on a train attacked by bandits.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 158

35. Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)

Passed | 85 min | Western

In the 1840s, Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo

Votes: 349

36. I Loved You Wednesday (1933)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Vicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paris, and they set up light housekeeping together until ... See full summary »

Directors: Henry King, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Warner Baxter, Elissa Landi, Victor Jory, Miriam Jordan

Votes: 60

37. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)

Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador", engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Eduardo Durant's Rhumba Band, The Spanish Troubadors, Warner Baxter, Ralph Forbes

Votes: 321

38. The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

70 min | Crime, Mystery

The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of an artist accused of murdering his model during one of his blackout spells.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Warner Baxter, John Litel, Dusty Anderson, Coulter Irwin

Votes: 338

39. Ramona (1928)

80 min | Drama, Romance

After refusing to marry her adopted brother, a half Native-American Mexican woman flees to marry a Native man.

Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Warner Baxter, Roland Drew, Vera Lewis

Votes: 169

40. The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of a young man with a reputation for using poison.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lynn Merrick, Gloria Dickson, Barton MacLane

Votes: 368

41. King of Burlesque (1936)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Mona Barrie

Votes: 231

42. Thru Different Eyes (1929)

62 min | Drama

Flashbacks in a courtroom drama give different points of view on the events, anticipating the classic Japanese film Rashomon.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Natalie Moorhead

Votes: 77

43. Under the Pampas Moon (1935)

Approved | 78 min | Musical, Romance, Western

Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos Aires cabaret. THe plane she is flying... See full summary »

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Warner Baxter, Ketti Gallian, John Miljan, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 128

44. Aloma of the South Seas (1926)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education, returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Gilda Gray, Percy Marmont, Warner Baxter, William Powell

Votes: 31 | Gross: $6.54M

45. The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)

Passed | 70 min | Romance, Western

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.

Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull

Votes: 124

46. Earthbound (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Mystery, Fantasy

A murdered man (Baxter) helps his widow (Leeds) bring his killer (Bari) to justice.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari, Charley Grapewin

Votes: 150

47. The Arizona Kid (1930)

Passed | 88 min | Mystery, Romance, Western

The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Warner Baxter, Carole Lombard, Theodore von Eltz, Hank Mann

Votes: 104

48. The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama

Dr. Ordway tries to prove that his patient was framed for arson.

Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Adele Jergens

Votes: 250

49. As Husbands Go (1934)

78 min | Comedy, Romance

On their last night in Paris, Lucille Lingard and her traveling companion, widow Emmie Sykes, are squired around town by their new European gentleman acquaintances, Ronald Derbyshire and ... See full summary »

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Baxter, Helen Vinson, Warner Oland, Catherine Doucet

50. His Forgotten Wife (1924)

60 min | Drama

During the World War, Donald Allen is reported killed in action but is really a victim of amnesia. His French nurse, Suzanne, gives him a new identity (John Rolfe), and they marry. Together... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Warner Baxter, Maude Wayne, Hazel Keener

Votes: 21