Barbary Coast 1935  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Donald Meek, Harry Carey, David Niven, Matt McHugh
Set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, this is the story of Mary Rutledge's (Miriam Hopkins) life as a saloon queen and her search for an honest love.
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Becky Sharp 1935  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, G.P. Huntley, William Stack, George Hassell, William Faversham, Charles Richman, Doris Lloyd, Colin Tapley
Often cited as the first full-length color movie, this film is based on William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." Miriam Hopkins takes on the title role of self-centered social-climber Becky Sharp who does not care how she gets there on her rise to the top of British society.
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 Carrie 1952 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Mary Murphy, Basil Ruysdael, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley, Don Beddoe, Royal Dano, Sara Berner, William Reynolds, Walter Baldwin, Harry Hayden, Charles Halton
Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel, "Sister Carrie," this is the story of Carrie Meeber's (Jennifer Jones) rise in social status with the help of cultured George Hurstwood (Laurence Olivier) who throws caution to the wind as he gives his money away to promote the welfare of Carrie.
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 The Chase 1966  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall, Angie Dickinson, Miriam Hopkins, Janice Rule, Richard Bradford, Martha Hyer, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh
Bigoted citizens of a small Texas town react to news of Bubber Reeves' (Robert Redford) escape from prison. As they wait for Bubber to return home, their own moral behavior is examined. His own wife Anna (Jane Fonda), for example, is involved with married Jake Rogers (James Fox). Only Sheriff Caulder (Marlon Brando) appears to be morally upright–or is he?
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The Children's Hour 1961  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Loudest Whisper
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright, Hope Summers, Mimi Gibson, William Mims
This film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play is the story of two teachers (Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine) who are accused of being lesbians. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Fay Bainter).
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Design for Living 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewell, Helena Phillips Evans, James Donlan, Jane Darwell, Armand Kaliz
This is the film adaptation of Noel Coward's play about Gilda (Miriam Hopkins) who cannot choose between two men (Fredric March and Gary Cooper), so they decide to set up housekeeping together–with NO sex. Subsequent events provide good entertainment.
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1932  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Douglas Walton, Sam Harris, Tempe Pigott, Eric Wilton, Arnold Lucy, G.L. McDonnell, John Rogers
Fredric March won the Oscar for his performance in this, the first, sound production of the famous tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll (March) experiments with good and evil and drinks a potion after which his dark side emerges as the evil Mr. Hyde whose lecherous appetite is unrestrained. Dr. Jekyll is unable to restrain Mr. Hyde, and tragedy ensues.
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 The Heiress 1949  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Selena Royle, Russ Conway, Harry Antrim, Betty Linley, Paul Lees, David Thursby
Set in mid-1800s' New York City, this is the story of a plain-looking young woman (Olivia de Havilland) who is pursued by a handsome man (Montgomery Clift) because of her fortune. An interfering father (Ralph Richardson) determines to ruin the relationship and, in the process, his daughter as well. Olivia de Havilland won the Academy Award for her performance. The film also won three other Academy Awards and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor ( Ralph Richardson) and Director.
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The Mating Season 1951  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling, Larry Keating, James Lorimer, Gladys Hurlbut, Cora Witherspoon, Ellen Corby
Val (John Lund), from humble beginnings, is now a factory worker and marries the rich and popular Maggie (Gene Tierney). Meanwhile, his mother's (Thelma Ritter) hamburger stand goes broke, so she hitchhikes west to see the newlyweds. When she arrives, Maggie takes her for a maid (for a party) and the mother-in-law goes along with it, despite her son's objections. Thelma Ritter does a great job and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Old Acquaintance 1943 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, John Loder, Gig Young, Dolores Moran, Philip Reed, Roscoe Karns, Anne Revere, Esther Dale, Joseph Crehan, Ann Doran, Abigail Adams, Jack Mower, Frank Mayo, Jimmy Conlin
Best selling author Kitty Marlow (Bette Davis) returns to her home town and reunites with her childhood friend Millie (Miriam Hopkins) who is now happily married to Preston Drake (John Loder) and pregnant. Millie envies Kitty's success and wants to become a successful author, also. Kitty provides contacts at her publishing company, and Millie's book is published and becomes a best seller–as do her future books. Millie becomes even more successful than Kitty, and that leads to a long-standing feud between the women that will extend for years and include Millie believing that Kitty is trying to steal Preston and results in the end of Millie's marriage. Years later, the feud extends to Millie's daughter Deirdre (Dolores Moran) who is in love with Kitty's fiance Rudd (Gig Young). Kitty gives up Rudd to Deirdre, and the women end their rift and become inseparable old acquaintances.
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The Old Maid 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Rand Brooks, Cecilia Loftus, Janet Shaw, William Hopper, Sidney Bracey
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is the story of the aftermath of a love affair between Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Clem (George Brent). When Clem dies while fighting in the Civil War, Charlotte is left alone to face unmarried motherhood. Her solution is to give their daughter (Jane Bryan) to a cousin (Miriam Hopkins) to raise as her own. Now, Charlotte watches as her daughter grows up but must remain as an outsider.
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She Loves Me Not 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Miriam Hopkins, Kitty Carlisle, Edward J. Nugent, Henry Stephenson, Warren Hymer, Lynne Overman, George Barbier, Henry Kolker, Judith Allen
After witnessing a murder, Curly Flagg (Miriam Hopkins), hides out at a men's college where she tries to evade the Mob. This film was remade as "True to the Army" and "How to be Very, Very Popular."
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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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Splendor 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh, Helen Westley, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, David Niven, Arthur Treacher, Ivan F. Simpson, Reginald Sheffield
When wealthy Brighton Lorrimore (Joel McCrea) brings home his new wife Phyllis (Miriam Hopkins), the family has problems accepting her lower social status.
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These Three 1936 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet, Bonita Granville, Margaret Hamilton, Walter Brennan, Alma Kruger, Marcia Mae Jones, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Based on Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour," this early version features Bonita Granville as the spiteful girl who spreads a vicious rumor that nearly destroys two founders (Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon) of a girls' school. Granville received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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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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Virginia City 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, John Litel, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Douglass Dumbrille, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Moroni Olsen
Union officer Bradford (Errol Flynn) escapes from a Confederate prison, he heads to Nevada where he finds out that the Confederate Prison boss (Randolph Scott) intends to ship a large shipment of gold to Confederate forces to prolong the war. Bradford intends to make sure that doesn't happen. But the real purpose of the shipment becomes clear when Mexican outlaw Murrell (Humphrey Bogart) also tries to steal the gold.
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Wise Girl 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson, Alec Craig, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Margaret Dumont, Gregory Gaye, Ivan Lebedeff, Rafael Storm
Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) falls in love with a struggling artist, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland), AFTER she tries to get custody of his two children.
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Woman Chases Man 1937 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Ella Logan, Erik Rhodes, Broderick Crawford, Leona Maricle, Charles Halton, Al Bridge, George Chandler
A woman (Miriam Hopkins) tries a scam to cheat a wealthy man (Joel McCrea) but falls in love with him instead.
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| 1. Barbary Coast (1935)
2. Becky Sharp (1935)
3. Carrie (1952)
4. The Chase (1966)
5. The Children's Hour (1961)
aka: The Loudest Whisper
6. Design for Living (1933)
7. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
8. The Heiress (1949)
9. The Mating Season (1951)
10. Old Acquaintance (1943)
11. The Old Maid (1939)
12. She Loves Me Not (1934)
13. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
14. Splendor (1935)
15. These Three (1936)
16. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
17. Virginia City (1940)
18. Wise Girl (1937)
19. Woman Chases Man (1937)
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