After Office Hours 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, Henry Travers, Harvey Stephens, William Demarest, Hale Hamilton, Henry Armetta
Jim Branch (Clark Gable) manages a big-city newspaper and joins forces with fired reporter Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett). Together, they dig up the roots of a major scandal.
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As Young as You Feel 1951  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Constance Bennett, Marilyn Monroe, Russ Tamblyn, Roger Moore, Allyn Joslyn, Albert Dekker
When John Hodges (Monty Woolley) is faced with forced retirement at age 65, he changes company policy by impersonating the president of the firm.
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Bought 1931 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Peterson, Ray Milland, Doris Lloyd, Maude Eburne, Mae Madison, Clara Blandick, Paul Porcasi
Stephany (Constance Bennett) feels life has not been fair, but she learns that one gets out of life what one puts into it.
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Centennial Summer 1946 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, William Eythe, Walter Brennan, Constance Bennett, Dorothy Gish, Barbara Whiting, Harry Strang, Kathleen Howard
Jerome Kern songs highlight this film. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Best Song ("All Through the Day"). The story is about the Rogers family and is set amidst the 1877 centennial celebration in Philadelphia.
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Escape to Glory 1940 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Submarine Zone
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday, Melville Cooper, Alan Baxter, Edgar Buchanan, Marjorie Gateson, Francis Pierlot, Jessie Busley, Stanley Logan
A British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. The reactions of the frightened passengers–from a German doctor to a drunken Irishman–are chronicled in this good story.
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It Should Happen to You 1954  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon, Michael O'Shea, Vaughn Taylor, Connie Gilchrist, Rex Evans, Whit Bissell, Melville Cooper, Constance Bennett
Jack Lemmon made his film debut in this now almost-classic film about Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) who yearns to be famous. Her solution is to display her name on billboards all over NYC–she gets results!
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Madame X 1966 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Keir Dullea, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett, John Van Dreelen, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Carl Benton Reid, Teddy Quinn, Frank Maxwell, Kaaren Verne, Joe De Santis, Bing Russell
In the sixth version of this story since 1909, Lana Turner plays the role of Holly Parker who is talked into disappearing in order to protect the career of her politician husband (John Forsythe). Subsequently, she is tried for murder and is defended by her (unknowing) son (Keir Dullea).
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Paris Underground 1945 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Madame Pimpernel
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields, George Rigaud, Kurt Kreuger, Charles Andre, Leslie Vincent, Eily Malyon, Vladimir Sokoloff, Gregory Gaye, Andrew V. McLaglen, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Richard Ryen
This film is based on the activities of Etta Shiber who, during World War II, used the Paris Underground system to help hundreds of allied aviators escape. Kitty and Emmeline (Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields) are trapped in Paris by the Nazi occupation forces. They become involved in helping allied aviators escape until they are captured and tortured. They are eventually rescued by an American soldier.
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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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Sin Takes a Holiday 1930 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone, Zasu Pitts, Rita La Roy, Louis John Bartels, John Roche, Kendall Lee, Muriel Finley, Judith Wood
After agreeing to a marriage of convenience, a young woman (Constance Bennett) is taught some lessons about the value of being true to oneself and must make some real decisions.
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This Thing Called Love 1929  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Roscoe Karns, Zasu Pitts, Carmelita Geraghty, John Roche, Stuart Erwin, Ruth Taylor, Wilson Benge, Jean Harlow
Robert Collings (Edmund Lowe) returns home after making a fortune in Peru with the intent of buying a house and finding a wife. But when he goes to his real estate agent's house for dinner and sees the bickering, he decides that marriage is out but still would like to share his house with someone. He meets Ann (Constance Bennett), she moves in, and fulfills the duties of a wife in most respects–except they can each date others. Of course they fall in love. Jean Harlow makes an early film appearance in a bit part.
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 Topper 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Cary Grant, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, J. Farrell MacDonald, Theodore von Eltz, Elaine Shepard, Doodles Weaver, Si Jenks, Irving Bacon
George and Marion Kerby (Cary Grant and Constance Bennett) die in a car crash, but they must perform a good deed before they can go to Heaven. Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is the stuffy president of the bank in which George and Marion are stockholders, and they decide that he should be the one who will receive their services. The good deed is to show Topper how to loosen up and enjoy life–but the deed will not come without problems from Topper's wife Clara (Billie Burke) and his butler (Alan Mowbray). Young received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Topper Takes a Trip 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Alexander D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Spencer Charters, Irving Pichel, Armand Kaliz, Eddie Conrad, Leon Belasco, Georges Revanent, Wade Boteler
This film picks up where the original "Topper" left off (without Cary Grant, except in a flashback). Cosmo Topper's (Roland Young) wife Clara (Billie Burke) heads to France, intending to divorce Cosmo, thinking that he had an affair with Marion Kerby (Constance Bennett), who was, in reality, a ghost trying to do a good deed. Cosmo chases after Clara, hoping to change her mind, and Marion shows up with her ghost dog to help him out. Excellent special effects, especially for the 1930s.
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The Unsuspected 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Claude Rains, Ted North, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Ray Walker
A writer (Claude Rains) of mysteries for a radio show uses his knowledge of crime to commit murder and gain the edge in getting his hands on his niece Matilda's (Joan Caulfield) inheritance.
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What Price Hollywood? 1932 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers, Bryant Washburn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Florence Roberts, Heinie Conklin
An alcoholic Hollywood producer, Maximilian Carey (Lowell Sherman), helps a waitress, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett), attain stardom and then sinks into his alcoholic abyss, which ends in suicide.
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| 1. After Office Hours (1935)
2. As Young as You Feel (1951)
3. Bed of Roses (1933)
4. Bought (1931)
5. Centennial Summer (1946)
6. Escape to Glory (1940)
aka: Submarine Zone
7. It Should Happen to You (1954)
8. Madame X (1966)
9. Paris Underground (1945)
aka: Madame Pimpernel
10. Service de Luxe (1938)
11. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
12. This Thing Called Love (1929)
13. Topper (1937)
14. Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
15. The Unsuspected (1947)
16. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
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