John Cromwell Movies

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at...

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....

After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married...

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to...

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love,...

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well...

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.

After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.

Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the...

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies...

In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that...

Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a...

Alan Kennebeck is unable to accept a brief, realistic romance for what it is. Eventually it leads to his complete moral downfall. Triggered by the...

A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.

A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.