 Alice in Wonderland 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, Charles Ruggles, Roscoe Karns, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Leon Errol, Ned Sparks
This is the Lewis Carroll story brought to the screen with Alice (Charlotte Henry) dealing with the offbeat characters in Wonderland. This is the first full-length film of the story.
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All in a Night's Work 1961 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Ruggles, Cliff Robertson, Gale Gordon, Jack Weston, Jerome Cowan, Ian Wolfe, Mary Treen, Rex Evans
Tony Ryder (Dean Martin), heir to a publishing fortune, falls in love with Katie (Shirley MacLaine) in this inside look at the lack of scruples in the world of business.
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Anything Goes 1936  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Tops Is the Limit
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino, Grace Bradley, Arthur Treacher, Margaret Dumont, Robert McWade, Philip Ahn, Keye Luke
This musical features Cole Porter's songs, and it also has the bonus of Ethel Merman bringing her Broadway role of Rena Sweeney to film. The story revolves around entertainers on an ocean liner. "You're the Top" and "I Get a Kick Out of You" are highlighted in this film.
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Bedside Manner 1945 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Her Favorite Patient
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, Charles Ruggles, Ann Rutherford, Claudia Drake, Renee Godfrey, Esther Dale, Grant Mitchell, Frank Jenks, Vera Marshe, John James, Bert Roach
Dr. Hedy Fredericks (Ruth Hussey) visits her hometown, and her overworked uncle, Dr. J.H. Fredericks (Charles Ruggles), wants her to stay around to help with the patient load. When he learns that Hedy has other plans, her uncle convinces an Air Force pilot (John Carroll) to fake an injury and have Hedy treat him. The plot works but not without complications.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland
This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir
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 Bringing Up Baby 1938  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Catlett, Fritz Feld, George Irving, Tala Birell, Virginia Walker, John Kelly, Leona Roberts, Ward Bond, Jack Carson
This is the movie classic in which Katharine Hepburn plays socialite Susan Vance who is raising a pet leopard, "Baby." Cary Grant takes on the role of a perfect foil as paleontologist David Huxley who is already engaged to be married to Miss Swallow (Virginia Walker), but he finds himself joining Susan in a hunt for the missing "Baby" and a priceless dinosaur bone–and, along the way, falling in love with Susan. A classy, hilarious comedy that remains timeless.
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Exclusive 1937 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden, Ralph Morgan, Horace McMahon, Irving Bacon, Harlan Briggs, Willard Robertson
Vina Swain (Frances Farmer) tries to out-scoop her father (Charles Ruggles) and boyfriend Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray) who work at her rival newspaper.
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The Farmer's Daughter 1940  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael, William Frawley, Inez Courtney, William Demarest, Tom Dugan, Darryl Hickman, Si Jenks
Show business comes to the farmlands and the audience will say "so what." Martha Raye is a bright spot.
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Follow Me, Boys! 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell, Luana Patten, Sean McClory, Steve Franken, Parley Baer
Musician Lemuel Siddons (Fred MacMurray) decides to stop traveling, settle down in a small town, and dedicate himself to a troop of young Boy Scouts. Disney.
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Gallant Journey 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers, Arthur Shields, Jimmy Lloyd, Charles Kemper, Willard Robertson, Selena Royle, Chris-Pin Martin
This film is the biography of John J. Montgomery who made the first successful flight in a glider and was one of the pioneers in the emerging field of aviation.
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Give My Regards to Broadway 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Barbara Lawrence, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Georgia Caine, Herbert Anderson
Albert Norwick (Charles Winninger) is the patriarch of a large vaudeville family, but now just son Bert (Dan Dailey) supports his father's love of dancing and the stage. Then, when Bert is offered a contract to play major league baseball, even he is opting for a change of scene.
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Go West, Young Lady 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles, Allen Jenkins, Jed Prouty, Bob Wills, Edith Meiser, Onslow Stevens
It's tough to clean up a town of the bad outlaws, especially if the outlaw is Pecos Pete, but that is what Marshal Tex Miller (Glenn Ford) was sent to do. Then there are the two women who (physically) fight over the marshal. This comedy/western/musical falls short of its mark, but old-timers will enjoy Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys' songs. Director Strayer and Penny Singleton took time off from their "Blondie" series for this one.
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Goodbye Love 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Charles Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Barry, Mayo Methot, Ray Walker, John Kelly, Grace Hayle, Luis Alberni, Richard Tucker, Edward Van Sloan, Garfield Fielding
After refusing to make alimony payments, wealthy businessman Chester Hamilton (Sidney Blackmer) goes to jail and shares his cell with his butler, Groggs (Charles Ruggles), who also did not pay his alimony bills. When they get out of jail, the two become involved with with a gold digger (Verree Teasdale), and problems multiply.
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If I Had a Million 1932  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, Frances Dee, Charles Ruggles, W.C. Fields, Mary Boland, Roscoe Karns, Jack Oakie, Wynne Gibson
This film is a series of stories about what happens when an anonymous man picks names at random from the telephone book and gives those chosen gifts of money.
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The Invisible Woman 1940 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles, Oskar Homolka, Edward Brophy, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hamilton, Shemp Howard, Anne Nagel, Mary Gordon, Thurston Hall
Daffy inventor Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) has perfected his invisibility machine but needs a guinea pig. Model Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce), having motives for being invisible, answers the call. Meanwhile, wacky gangsters are sent to steal the invention for their boss. Fun, with plenty of well-known actors.
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Invitation to Happiness 1939 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles, Billy Cook, William Collier Sr., Eddie Hogan, Marion Martin, Gordon Jones, Doodles Weaver, Virginia Brissac
Boxer Albert "King" Cole (Fred MacMurray) strives for both fame in the ring and love from his estranged wife, Eleanor (Irene Dunne), and finds difficulty in both efforts.
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Look for the Silver Lining 1949 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: June Haver, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Charles Ruggles, Rosemary DeCamp, Lee Wilde, Lyn Wilde, Dick Simmons, S.Z. Sakall, Walter Catlett
This musical biography of the 1920s' singing star, Marilyn Miller, follows her rise from Ohio vaudeville to Broadway. Nonstop songs from the vaudville era substitute for lack of storyline.
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Love Me Tonight 1932 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, C. Aubrey Smith, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Elizabeth Patterson, George "Gabby" Hayes, Blanche Friderici, Joseph Cawthorn, Ethel Griffies, Robert Greig, Bert Roach, Tyler Brooke, Mary Doran
This Rogers and Hart musical is a delight. It is the story of a tailor Maurice Courtelin (Maurice Chevalier) who pretends to be a Baron in order to gain the romantic attentions of the beautiful Princess Jeanette (Jeanette MacDonald). Chevalier sings the classics "Mimi," "Lover," and "Isn't it Romantic."
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Madame Butterfly 1932 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Sandor Kallay, Irving Pichel, Helen Jerome Eddy, Edmund Breese, Wallis Clark, Sheila Terry, Berton Churchill
In this film, Puccini's opera is the basis for the story, but there is no music. The movie follows the traditional storyline of Lieutenant Pinkerton's (Cary Grant) tragic love affair with Cho-Cho-San (Sylvia Sidney).
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Maryland 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Charles Ruggles, Hattie McDaniel, Marjorie Weaver, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Harvey, Terry Moore
Charlotte Danfield (Fay Bainter) sends her son to England following the tragic accidental death of his father during a fox hunt. Her well-laid plans to keep her son from riding fail when he returns and saddles up the same horse on which his father was killed.
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My Brother Talks to Horses 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Butch Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler, Edward Arnold, Charles Ruggles, Spring Byington, O.Z. Whitehead, Paul Langton, Ernest Whitman, Irving Bacon
Lewie Penrose (Butch Jenkins) is nine-years old and has an ability to talk to racehorses–when his talent becomes known, Lewie becomes a very popular boy at the racetrack.
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No More Ladies 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charles Ruggles, Franchot Tone, Edna May Oliver, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Vivienne Osborne, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Denny
To teach her philandering husband, Sherry (Robert Montgomery), a lesson, Marcia (Joan Crawford) pretends to be interested in Jim (Franchot Tone).
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No Time for Comedy 1940 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Guy with a Grin
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Frank Faylen, Allyn Joslyn, Clarence Kolb, Robert Greig, J.M. Kerrigan
Gaylord and Linda Easterbrook (James Stewart and Rosalind Russell) are a playwright and actress who spar with each other while his play is being readied as a Broadway production.
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One Hour with You 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Josephine Dunn, Richard Carle, George Barbier, Barbara Leonard, Charles Judels, Eric Wilton, Donald Novis, Mae Questel
Andre and Colette (Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald) are happily married. Andre, a doctor, has had chances to be unfaithful due to come-on's by his female patients, but when he meets Colette's best friend, Mitzi (Genevieve Tobin), the matrimonial mix-ups begin. Lots of music in this good remake of 1924's "The Marriage Circle," also directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film received a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish, Beulah Bondi, James Brown, Bill Edwards, Jean Heather, Alma Kruger, Helen Freeman
Set in Europe during 1923 this is the story of Cornelia Otis Skinner (Gail Russell) and Emily Kimbrough (Diana Lynn) as they travel in Europe where romance and misadventures await. Sequel: "Our Hearts Were Growing Up."
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Papa's Delicate Condition 1963 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charles Ruggles, Laurel Goodwin, Linda Bruhl, Ned Glass, Murray Hamilton, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles(2) Lane, Don Beddoe, Claude Johnson, Juanita Moore, Trevor Bardette, Ken Renard, Benny Baker
Jack Griffith (Jackie Gleason) is a wealthy, lovable alcoholic whose wife Amberlyn (Glynis Johns) can't handle any more of his pranks. When their daughter Augusta (Laurel Goodwin) wanted the pony she saw in the circus parade, Jack bought her the entire circus. That was the final straw for Amberlyn who flees to her father's (Charles Ruggles) home in Texarkana. Jack, of course, follows in hot pursuit. This film won the Academy Award for Best Song: "Call Me Irresponsible."
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 The Parent Trap 1961  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Family
Director: David Swift
Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ruth McDevitt, Nancy Kulp
Twins Sharon and Susan (both played by Hayley Mills) meet at camp, learn they are sisters, and plot to reunite their divorced parents in this popular Disney film. There were three sequels in the 1980s as well as a remake in 1998.
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People Will Talk 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Leila Hyams, Dean Jagger, Ruthelma Stevens, Edward Brophy, Stanley Andrews, Cecil Cunningham, Jack Mulhall, Sam Flint
Parents lovingly interfere in their daughter's marriage to get things back the way they were.
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The Pleasure of His Company 1961  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter, Gary Merrill, Charles Ruggles, Harold Fong, Edith Head
When Biddeford Poole (Fred Astaire) arrives on the scene for his daughter Jessica's (Debbie Reynolds) wedding, he has a profound effect on his ex-wife, Katharine (Lilli Palmer).
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Ramrod 1947 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea, Charles Ruggles, Preston Foster, Donald Crisp, Ian MacDonald, Don DeFore, Lloyd Bridges, Jeff Corey, Arleen Whelan
Cattle-rancher Connie Dickason (Veronica Lake) fights with her father Ben (Charles Ruggles) until a new ranch foreman, Dave Nash (Joel McCrea) arrives on the scene, and Connie's interests turn to romance. 1 User Review
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Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield, James Burke, Dell Henderson, Leota Lorraine, Clarence Wilson, Heinie Conklin, Frank Rice, Rolfe Sedan
American cattle baron Egbert (Charles Ruggles) and his society-minded wife Effie (Mary Boland) win English manservant Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton) in a poker game, and the fun begins. Ruggles is not happy to be heading off to the Wild West, but after going to a "beer bust" with Egbert, Ruggles begins to change his mind. Effie passes off Ruggles as an upper-class British officer, and he ends up a town celebrity. Later, Ruggles decides to open his own restaurant and gain independence. A fine rendition of Harry Leon Wilson's story that was filmed twice before and made again in 1950 as "Fancy Pants." The film was nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture.
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Service de Luxe 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charles Ruggles, Mischa Auer, Joy Hodges, Helen Broderick, Frances Robinson, Halliwell Hobbes, Crauford Kent, Raymond Parker
A woman (Constance Bennett) runs a service company and encounters problems when she meets a man (Vincent Price) for whom she has a personal, not strictly business, interest. Vincent Price made his film debut in this film.
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The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, George Barbier, Charles Ruggles, Hugh O'Connell, Janet Reade, Lon MacSunday, Elizabeth Patterson, Granville Bates, Maude Allen, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Strange
This story takes place in Vienna where Lt. "Niki" von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) shares an apartment with his lover Franzi (Claudette Colbert). When King Adolf XV (George Barbier) visits the city, his dowdy daughter Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) falls in love with "Niki," and he is forced to marry her. But, "Niki" refuses to consummate the marriage–until good-hearted Franzi performs a makeover on Anna, and "Niki" falls for Anna. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Son of Flubber 1963 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Charles Ruggles, Leon Ames, Paul Lynde, Elliott Reid, William Demarest, Ed Wynn, Ken Murray, Bob Sweeney, Edward Andrews, Joanna Moore, James Westerfield
In this sequel to "The Absent-Minded Professor," Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is back in his lab trying to invent an anti-gravity flubber gas, "dry rain." Ned's invention does not prove very successful–until his assistant Biff (Tommy Kirk) gives the "dry rain" to the Medfield College football team. The team uses Ned's invention, their running back rushes over the helmets of the defensive players, and they win the big game against Rutland.
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A Stolen Life 1946 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, Charles Ruggles, Bruce Bennett, Peggy Knudsen, Esther Dale, Clara Blandick, Joan Winfield
Twin sisters, Kate (Bette Davis) and Pat (Bette Davis), both think they are in love with the same man (Glenn Ford). One gets him and suffers a tragic end by drowning, but all is not lost when the remaining two find happiness together in this pure soap opera.
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This Is the Night 1932 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Lili Damita, Roland Young, Charles Ruggles, Thelma Todd, Cary Grant, Irving Bacon, Claire Dodd, Davison Clark, Gino Corrado, Rolfe Sedan
In this feature film debut of Cary Grant, romantic intrigue and pretensions go awry. A bachelor (Roland Young) tries to lure the husband (Cary Grant) of the woman he is attracted to into the arms of another.
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Trouble in Paradise 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Luis Alberni, George Humbert, Rolfe Sedan
World-class thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) teams up with pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and they are not only successful but also fall in love. However, when they get employed by the rich and beautiful Madame Colet (Kay Francis) and it appears that love is blooming on that front, there is Lily's jealousy to contend with. This sophisticated comedy is very well done.
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| 1. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
2. All in a Night's Work (1961)
3. Anything Goes (1936)
aka: Tops Is the Limit
4. Bedside Manner (1945)
aka: Her Favorite Patient
5. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
6. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
7. Exclusive (1937)
8. The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
9. Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
10. Gallant Journey (1946)
11. Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
12. Go West, Young Lady (1941)
13. Goodbye Love (1934)
14. If I Had a Million (1932)
15. The Invisible Woman (1940)
16. Invitation to Happiness (1939)
17. Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
18. Love Me Tonight (1932)
19. Madame Butterfly (1932)
20. Maryland (1940)
21. My Brother Talks to Horses (1946)
22. No More Ladies (1935)
23. No Time for Comedy (1940)
aka: Guy with a Grin
24. One Hour with You (1932)
25. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
26. Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
27. The Parent Trap (1961)
28. People Will Talk (1935)
29. The Perfect Marriage (1946)
30. The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
31. Ramrod (1947)
32. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
33. Service de Luxe (1938)
34. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
35. Son of Flubber (1963)
36. A Stolen Life (1946)
37. This Is the Night (1932)
38. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
39. The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
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