Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Dorothy Arzner

1. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

When a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet.

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field

Votes: 3,075

2. Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Votes: 1,932

3. Christopher Strong (1933)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Helen Chandler

Votes: 1,670

4. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.

Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell, Frank Morgan

Votes: 1,639

5. Blood and Sand (1922)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A toreador's (Rudolph Valentino) familial and social life is threatened when he has an affair.

Directors: Fred Niblo, Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Rosa Rosanova, Leo White, Rosita Marstini

Votes: 1,533 | Gross: $2.73M

6. The Bride Wore Red (1937)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Billie Burke

Votes: 1,277

7. Craig's Wife (1936)

Passed | 73 min | Drama

A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell

Votes: 1,009

8. The Covered Wagon (1923)

98 min | Adventure, Romance, Western

Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale, Ernest Torrence

Votes: 776 | Gross: $7.63M

9. The Wild Party (1929)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance

Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and lands in trouble, her professor must rescue ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Marceline Day, Shirley O'Hara

Votes: 553

10. Honor Among Lovers (1931)

75 min | Drama, Romance

Jerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man. When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him. Doris Brown is her girlfriend who is in love with a man named Monty Dunn.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Monroe Owsley, Charles Ruggles

Votes: 531

11. Paramount on Parade (1930)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Music

A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower, Edmund Goulding, Victor Heerman, Edwin H. Knopf, Rowland V. Lee, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes, Victor Schertzinger, A. Edward Sutherland, Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper

Votes: 378

12. The Red Kimono (1926)

Unrated | 77 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A small-town girl finds escape from her cruel home life in the arms of a handsome stranger. Soon she finds herself working as a prostitute in New Orleans, desperately clinging to the belief that he really loves her.

Directors: Walter Lang, Dorothy Davenport | Stars: Priscilla Bonner, Nellie Bly Baker, Carl Miller, Mary Carr

Votes: 376

13. Sarah and Son (1930)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance

After years of abusing his wife, a ne'er-do-well husband disappears with their son--and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr., Gilbert Emery

Votes: 334

14. Old Ironsides (1926)

Passed | 111 min | Drama, History

An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century.

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft

Votes: 310 | Gross: $1.43M

15. Nana (1934)

90 min | Drama

Nana is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice. This version ... See full summary »

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill, Richard Bennett

Votes: 275

16. Get Your Man (1927)

63 min | Comedy, Romance

A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Josef Swickard, Josephine Dunn

Votes: 268

17. Working Girls (1931)

77 min | Drama, Romance

Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Judith Wood, Dorothy Hall, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Paul Lukas

Votes: 267

18. First Comes Courage (1943)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, War

Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom

Votes: 262

19. Behind the Make-Up (1930)

Passed | 65 min | Drama

Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.

Directors: Robert Milton, Dorothy Arzner, Henry Hathaway, Rollo Lloyd | Stars: Hal Skelly, William Powell, Fay Wray, Kay Francis

Votes: 167

20. Anybody's Woman (1930)

80 min | Drama, Romance

A man left by his wife gets drunk and marries a chorus girl.

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Paul Lukas, Huntley Gordon

Votes: 161

21. The Host (2000)

30 min | Short, Mystery, Western

Fugitive gangster comes to lonely spanish shelter. Has to kill evil gunman to set settlers free and bring rain. But when he decides to leave, his pony is gone and he is damned to stay or die.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Sid Haig, Sharon Bercutt, Joseph Hanwright

Votes: 146

22. Charming Sinners (1929)

Passed | 66 min | Drama, Romance

Set in London, Kathryn Miles's marriage is threatened when she discovers her husband's longstanding affair with her best friend but surprises everyone when she uses it to create a new life for herself.

Directors: Robert Milton, Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan, William Powell

Votes: 104

23. Fashions for Women (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Céleste de Givray, whose social success is the result of the audacity of her press agent, Sam Dupont, is persuaded to retreat from public life and to have her face lifted. Lola Dauvry, a ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Esther Ralston, Raymond Hatton, Einar Hanson, Edward Martindel

Votes: 37

24. Manhattan Cocktail (1928)

72 min | Drama

Babs and Bob leave their small-town life after graduating from college and go to New York in an effort to make the Broadway big time. Mrs. Renov, the wife of a theatrical producer, develops... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Danny O'Shea, Paul Lukas

Votes: 37

25. Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)

80 min | Comedy, Western

An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Torrence, Lois Wilson, Fritzi Ridgeway

Votes: 37

26. Breed of the Border (1925)

Passed | 50 min | Western

Following the robbery of the Inspiration Gold Mine, Circus Lacey drifts into the border town of Esmeralda, where he saves Ethel Slocum from the unwanted advances of Red Lucas, a notorious ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Garson | Stars: Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Dorothy Dwan, Louise Carver, Milton Ross

Votes: 29

27. When Husbands Flirt (1925)

57 min | Comedy

Newlywed lawyer Henry Gilbert lends his car to his partner, Wilbur Belcher, while he works late one night on a case for Percy Snodgrass' Purity League. Wilbur, a gay old blade, goes joyriding with Charlotte Germaine, an old sweetheart.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Forrest Stanley, Tom Ricketts, Ethel Wales

Votes: 24

28. Inez from Hollywood (1924)

70 min | Drama

Thought to be "the worst woman in Hollywood" because of her vampire roles and lurid publicity, Inez Laranetta actually is more concerned with shielding her younger sister, Fay Bartholdi, ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Lewis Stone, Mary Astor, Larry Wheat

Votes: 16

29. Too Much Johnson (1919)

50 min | Comedy

In order to conduct a secret dalliance with Mrs. Dathis aboard his former yacht, Augustus Billings uses the name "Johnson" and inscribes a photograph of himself with his assumed name. Mrs. ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Bryant Washburn, Lois Wilson, Adele Farrington, Clarence Geldert

Votes: 15

30. Merton of the Movies (1924)

80 min | Comedy

Merton Gill dreams of being a star of western films in Hollywood. When the filmmakers there see his acting style, they get their own idea of how to use his talent.

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Glenn Hunter, Charles Sellon, Sadie Gordon, Gale Henry

Votes: 12

31. Ten Modern Commandments (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama

Kitten O'Day, who works as maid in a theatrical boardinghouse, firmly refuses a stage career, though she is the daughter of a theater family. However, when songwriter Tod Gilbert takes up ... See full summary »

Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Esther Ralston, Neil Hamilton, Arthur Hoyt, Jocelyn Lee

32. Dancing Days (1926)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance

Despite the fact that he has a beautiful wife who loves him and a good home, gold-digger Lillian Loring discovers that Ralph Hedman is a pushover for her winsome wiles and ways. Ralph's ... See full summary »

Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Helene Chadwick, Forrest Stanley, Gloria Gordon, Lillian Rich

33. The Six Best Cellars (1920)

50 min | Comedy

Henry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of their abundant wine cellar, a blessing in the face of the recent prohibition against alcohol ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Bryant Washburn, Wanda Hawley, Clarence Burton, Elsa Lorimer

34. The No-Gun Man (1924)

50 min | Western

After robbing a small suburban bank, a gang of outlaws led by Bill Kilgore hides out in the neighboring town of Red Rock. Failing to interest Carmen Harroway by his rough romantic ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Garson | Stars: Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, William Quinn, Gloria Grey, Ray Turner