John Cromwell Movies

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his...

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

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

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...

An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von...

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

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them...

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