My Favorite Loretta Young Films
by classicemily | created - 15 Mar 2015 | updated - 15 Mar 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. They Call It Sin (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Drama
Marian moves to New York to make it big in the chorus and becomes involved in a love triangle.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Loretta Young, George Brent, Una Merkel, David Manners
Votes: 760
2. Employees' Entrance (1933)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Alice White
Votes: 1,640
3. The Unguarded Hour (1936)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Roland Young
Votes: 584
4. Big Business Girl (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Thanks to her ability and her legs, Claire McIntyre rises in the business world.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell
Votes: 435
5. Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An invalid husband (Barry Sullivan) wrongly believes his wife (Loretta Young) and doctor (Bruce Cowling) are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore
Votes: 2,650
6. Ladies in Love (1936)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Three working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Constance Bennett, Simone Simon
Votes: 493
7. The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
How a liberated teacher brought women's suffrage to Wyoming in 1869.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Loretta Young, Robert Preston, Edward Arnold, Frank Craven
Votes: 167
8. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Bickford
Votes: 2,883
9. Week-End Marriage (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
An out-of-work husband (Norman Foster) resents his wife (Loretta Young) being the breadwinner in the family.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Loretta Young, Norman Foster, Aline MacMahon, George Brent
Votes: 379
10. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
G | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley
Votes: 20,906
11. Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to afford her daughter's college tuition, a woman enrolls herself at the same school aided by a rare large bursary but they both fall in love with the same cute English professor.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 457
12. Platinum Blonde (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Halliwell Hobbes
Votes: 3,455
13. She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Unrated | 65 min | Drama, Romance
In the depth of the Depression, Sol Glass has the idea that the girls in the stenographic department should be used to entertain the clients. It seems that the clients are tiring of the ... See full summary »
Directors: George Amy, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Loretta Young, Winnie Lightner, Lyle Talbot, Regis Toomey
Votes: 534
14. The Devil to Pay! (1930)
TV-G | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Spendthrift Willie Leyland again returns to the family home in London penniless. His father is none too pleased but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time, he turns... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, David Torrence
Votes: 815
15. Key to the City (1950)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Frank Morgan, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 896
16. Taxi (1931)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Independent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small-timers.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 1,553
17. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 547
18. The Ruling Voice (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
For the love and respect of his daughter, a crime boss reconsiders his involvement in the extortion racket he's built.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Walter Huston, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges, David Manners
Votes: 288
19. Eternally Yours (1939)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke
Votes: 879 | Gross: $0.18M
20. Call of the Wild (1935)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen
Votes: 2,529
21. Road to Paradise (1930)
TV-G | 74 min | Drama
A young woman falls in with a gang of criminals, and when they rob a wealthy socialite's house, she finds her long-lost twin sister.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, George Barraud
Votes: 264
22. The Right of Way (1930)
TV-G | 68 min | Drama, Romance
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his heirs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients.... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Loretta Young, Fred Kohler, William Janney
Votes: 233
23. Heroes for Sale (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, War
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott
Votes: 2,515
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