Norma Shearer Movies

The Women

80/100

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

He Who Gets Slapped

79/100

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.

Marie Antoinette

76/100

The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.

The Divorcee

68/100

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.

A Free Soul

67/100

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

74/100

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

Romeo and Juliet

66/100

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

70/100

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

77/100

A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."

Idiot's Delight

66/100

A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.

Smilin' Through

70/100

The adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.

Private Lives

69/100

Divorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.

Escape

70/100

1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.

Strange Interlude

58/100

After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.

Lady of the Night

62/100

A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.

Her Cardboard Lover

60/100

A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. The ... See full summary »

Riptide

65/100

Park Avenue party-girl Mary (Norma Shearer) and staid English nobleman, Lord Phillip Rexford (Herbert Marshall) are married on a lark, they live happily in London. He must travel to America... See full summary »

Their Own Desire

60/100

Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This sours Lally on all men, while on ... See full summary »

A Lady of Chance

70/100

Seasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.

Let Us Be Gay

65/100

Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her ... See full summary »

Strangers May Kiss

61/100

Against her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.

We Were Dancing

62/100

Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

60/100

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both ... See full summary »

The Trial of Mary Dugan

73/100

Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life...

A Slave of Fashion

17/100