Jane Darwell Movies

The Grapes of Wrath

81/100

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

The Devil and Daniel Webster

78/100

A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.

All Through the Night

71/100

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

Bright Eyes

73/100

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.

The Lemon Drop Kid

72/100

A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.

Curly Top

69/100

Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.

Craig's Wife

73/100

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

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

57/100

Edgar Allan Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his desire... See full summary »

Paddy O'Day

63/100

Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration ... See full summary »

Thieves Fall Out

62/100

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die ... See full summary »

On the Sunny Side

66/100

Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy ... See full summary »

The Red Stallion

59/100

A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

66/100

Social butterfly (Young) marries Park Avenue doctor (Baxter) and learns that his nurse (Bruce) is in love with him.

The Great Hospital Mystery

68/100

When gangsters threaten the life of the brother of a nurse, she and her superintendent make it look as if he died while a hospital patient.

Highways by Night

67/100

An unworldly inventor finds romance and adventure.

Rose of the Rancho

44/100

Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho. US government agent Kearney holds him off till the cavalry shows up and he can... See full summary »

Redwood Forest Trail

51/100

Arthur Cameron has spent many years establishing the mountain forest community of New Horizon for underprivileged boys. His chief assistant is Hattie Hickory who cooks and acts as a foster ... See full summary »

Star for a Night

70/100

Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.

Navy Wife

76/100

Hawaiian naval nurse Trevor weds widowed officer Bellamy partly because he has a crippled daughter.

Youth Will Be Served

77/100

A southern girl (Withers) goes to a National Youth Association camp after her father goes to jail for bootlegging. When a mean tycoon tries to buy the campground for himself she stages a ... See full summary »

She's a Sweetheart

70/100

The Jury's Secret

70/100

Bill Sheldon has a grudge against Midland City newspaper publisher Brandon Williams as Sheldon blames the city's recent flood against Williams for using his power and influence to hold up ... See full summary »

Young America

The Master Mind

The defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the prosecutor.

Small Town Deb