The 30+ Best Paulette Goddard Movies
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1Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica LakeDuring the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson (Claudette Colbert) is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul (Paulette Goddard) and Olivia D'Arcy (Veronica Lake). They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
2Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette GoddardImpressionable teacher Emmy (Olivia de Havilland) is swept off her feet when she meets Georges (Charles Boyer) in a Mexican border town. Unaware that Georges is a gigolo looking for a woman who will unwittingly help him get a green card, Emmy marries him after only a few days. While carrying out the charade, Georges begins to fall for Emmy, angering his girlfriend, Anita (Paulette Goddard). As his scheme is jeopardized, Georges learns keeping Emmy may be more important than his green card.
3Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette GoddardAlong the seaboard of the American South during the 1840s, cut-throat salvagers who profit from the wrecks of transatlantic cargo ships move from exploiting shipwrecks to causing them. As the most dangerous of the salvagers, King Cutler (Raymond Massey), takes aim at the ships of the wealthy Devereaux Company, ambitious ship captain Jack Stuart (John Wayne) and company lawyer Stephen Tolliver (Ray Milland) vie for the hand of feisty Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard).
4Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Cecil KellawayCockney street urchin Kitty (Paulette Goddard) subsists on her meager takings as a pickpocket before the noted artist Thomas Gainsborough (Cecil Kellaway) stumbles across her and asks to paint her portrait. Gainsborough's noble depiction of the beautiful Kitty inspires the rakish Sir Hugh Marcy (Ray Milland) to groom the waif into a lady of regal bearing, with an eye to marrying her off to the Earl of Carstairs (Patric Knowles) for his own financial ends.
5Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da SilvaTo avoid execution on a trumped-up charge, Abby (Paulette Goddard) agrees to be enslaved in the British colonies of North America. The captain of the transport ship, Martin Garth (Howard da Silva), has his eye on her, but he is outbid by Capt. Chris Holden (Gary Cooper), a Virginian. After setting Abby free on shore, Holden learns that Native Americans are plotting to attack the settlers. Holden, suspecting that Garth is in on the scheme, aims to stop them before all the colonists are killed.
6Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard CarlsonAfter intrepid working girl Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger (Anthony Quinn) phones to warn her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk -- wise-cracking Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope), a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.More The Ghost Breakers
- #352 of 703 onThe All-Time Greatest Comedy Films
- #24 of 48 onThe Funniest Movies About Ghosts
- #28 of 60 onThe Best Comedies Of The 1940s
7Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack OakieAfter dedicated service in the Great War, a Jewish barber (Charles Chaplin) spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel (also Chaplin) and his anti-Semitic policies. When the barber, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Hynkel, returns to his quiet neighborhood, he is stunned by the brutal changes and recklessly joins a beautiful girl (Paulette Goddard) and her neighbors in rebelling.More The Great Dictator- #228 of 703 onThe All-Time Greatest Comedy Films
- #2 of 61 onThe Funniest Movies About Politics
- #359 of 632 onThe 600+ Funniest Movies Of All Time
8Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Gale SondergaardTen years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman (Paulette Goddard) and Wally Campbell (Bob Hope). Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby (George Zucco), the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.
9Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry BergmanThis comedic masterpiece finds the iconic Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) employed at a state-of-the-art factory where the inescapable machinery completely overwhelms him, and where various mishaps keep getting him sent to prison. In between his various jail stints, he meets and befriends an orphan girl (Paulette Goddard). Both together and apart, they try to contend with the difficulties of modern life, with the Tramp working as a waiter and eventually a performer.More Modern Times- #432 of 703 onThe All-Time Greatest Comedy Films
- #419 of 632 onThe 600+ Funniest Movies Of All Time
- #51 of 91 onThe 90 Best Black And White Movies
10Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Lon Chaney"Set in the historical Riel rebellion, a Texas Ranger helps the Mounties so he can capture a murderer; but the Mountie gets the woman. In 1885 Dan Duroc (Akim Tamiroff) and Jacques Corbeau (George Bancroft) urge schoolteacher Louis Riell (Francis McDonald) to lead another revolt. Mounties Sergeant Jim Brett (Preston Foster) and Ronnie Logan (Robert Preston) arrive in town, and Duroc gives Jim their demands on paper. Alice Logan (Madeleine Carroll) saves Jim from a crowd, and he kisses her.
11Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Judith AndersonThe Diary of a Chambermaid is a drama film about a newly hired servant who severely disrupts a wealthy family. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Octave Mirbeau and the play Le journal d'une femme de Chambre, written by André de Lorde, with André Heuse and Thielly Nores. The film was directed by Jean Renoir, and starred Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield, and Francis Lederer. It was named the eighth best English-language films of 1946 by the National Board of Review
12Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Glynis JohnsAn Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 film Technicolor adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos BÃró from Wilde's play. The music score was by Arthur Benjamin, the cinematography by Georges Périnal, the editing by Oswald Hafenrichter and the costume design by Cecil Beaton. The film stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns and Constance Collier.
13Susan Hayward, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurrayThe Forest Rangers ia a 1942 adventure film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by George Marshall, written by Harold Shumate based on story by Thelma Strabel, and starring Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward.
14Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan MarshalIn Paris, Louise Mauban (Luise Rainer), the most talented student in acting school, mystifies fellow students with her aloofness and frustrates teachers by falling asleep in class. Unknown to everyone, Louise works nights at a factory. At work, Louise spins tales of a romance with the Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt (Alan Marshal). Upon hearing this, a jealous acting student throws a party and invites Andre. The marquis falls for Louise, but she finds she must choose between love and the theater.
15Paulette Goddard, Patrick Holt, Paul CarpenterA Stranger Came Home, released in the United States under the title The Unholy Four, is a 1954 British film noir. It was based on the novel Stranger at Home, which was credited to film actor George Sanders but was actually ghostwritten by Leigh Brackett. It was directed by Terence Fisher and starred American actor Paulette Goddard.
16Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind RussellMary Haines (Norma Shearer) can't believe her husband's having an affair with salesgirl Crystal (Joan Crawford). But when Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) and Edith (Phyllis Povah) deliver the gossip firsthand, Mary heads to Reno for a divorce. En route she meets Countess de Lave (Mary Boland) and Miriam (Paulette Goddard), who coincidentally is having an affair with Sylvia's husband. Once in Reno, the Countess finds another beau, Sylvia shows up for a divorce and Mary plots to win back her man.
17Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward ArnoldGwen Saunders (Paulette Goddard) teams up with her uncle's employee, Steve Bennett (Bob Hope), in an attempt to double her $10,000 investment in the family firm. If she can reach the $20,000 mark, her uncle T.T. Ralston (Edward Arnold) will match the figure. Steve bets that if he can spend an entire day without telling a lie, Ralston and his business partners must double Gwen's money. Bennett then earns the enmity of everyone involved in his attempt to win the bet.
18Victor Moore, Betty Hutton, Eddie BrackenWilliam Webster (Victor Moore) was once a big-time silent film star. But in the age of talkies, he's a mere security guard for Paramount Studios. His sailor son, Johnny (Eddie Bracken), however, thinks his dad is a major executive. Now, with Johnny visiting, William must carry out the illusion that he indeed is a big deal, and with the help of switchboard operator Polly Judson (Betty Hutton), he stages an elaborate series of musical numbers with the hottest Hollywood stars.
19Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Paulette GoddardThe Bohemian Girl is a 1936 feature film version of the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe. It was produced at the Hal Roach Studios, and stars Laurel and Hardy and Thelma Todd in her last role before her death. This was also the only appearance of Darla Hood in a full-length feature produced by Hal Roach. Hood was best known as "Darla" from the Our Gang comedy shorts which also star George "Spanky" McFarland and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. Both McFarland and Switzer do not appear in the film.More The Bohemian Girl- #297 of 703 onThe All-Time Greatest Comedy Films
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20Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria StuartThis musical romp though ancient Rome concerns the adventures of innocent delivery boy Eddie (Eddie Cantor). One day while making his rounds in the dull American Midwestern town of West Rome, Eddie, after being clocked on the head, falls into a stupor in which he imagines himself in his burg's namesake -- Rome -- as a royal servant fighting imperial corruption. The goofy young man soon runs into a pile of trouble, in a story line that parallels his experiences in his home town.
21Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Paulette GoddardA swank family of swindlers that includes father "Sahib," (Roland Young), wife Marmy, son Richard (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and daughter George-Anne (Janet Gaynor), fall upon hard times in France and return home to London destitute. The family befriends a wealthy spinster, Miss Ellen Fortune, and after they rescue her when their train crashes, she invites them to stay with her. Initially planning to prey on Miss Ellen, the family is swayed by her goodness and begins to change in shocking ways.
22Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald CareySuddenly, It's Spring is a 1947 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray.
23Bride of Vengeance
Paulette Goddard, Raymond Burr, Albert DekkerBride of Vengeance is a 1949 adventure drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen.
24James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Charles WinningerJimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band that constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle, an avid music-hater.
25Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurrayOliver (Burgess Meredith) is a newspaper classified ads clerk, not the roving reporter he leads his wife, Martha (Paulette Goddard), to believe. But when Martha suggests an interview question, Oliver scrambles to make his deception a reality. He fools an editor into assigning him a story on how babies have changed interviewees' lives. On his quest for answers, two musicians (James Stewart, Henry Fonda), a famous actress (Dorothy Lamour) and a magician (Fred MacMurray) offer amusing responses.
26Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Burgess MeredithTwo music students, rather than face the responsibilities of life, repeatedly fail their exams so that they can stay in college. The students change their attitude, however, when they meet a woman who agrees to be their manager and both attempt to woo her as a way of getting a job in Artie Shaw's band. Featuring the Oscar-nominated "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life?".
27Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Paulette GoddardBerth Marks is the second sound film starring Laurel and Hardy, released on June 1, 1929.
28Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel MermanPoor Eddie Wilson Jr. (Eddie Cantor) is a slob who can't catch a break -- that is, until he inherits nearly $80 million from his father. Unbeknown to Eddie Jr., however, the fortune comes from his dad's looting of Egyptian archeological treasures. Required to claim the money by traveling to Egypt, Eddie is beset by con artists on the long ship ride there. As if that weren't stressful enough, when he finally arrives he learns the local sheik has sentenced to death anyone claiming the treasure.
29Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy LamourVariety Girl is a 1947 American musical comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures. Numerous Paramount contract players and directors make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bing Crosby.
30Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale SondergaardVaudevillian Larry Haines (Bob Hope) sets out for California seeking fame and fortune, but instead he finds himself entangled in a world of intrigue and espionage. On the train ride to the coast, Haines meets Karen Bentley (Madeleine Carroll), a beautiful Brit with a big secret: She's a spy who is carrying top-secret codes. When Nazi agents assume Haines and Bentley are colleagues, they frame Haines for murder, forcing the mismatched duo to go on the lam together.
