Henrietta Crosman Movies

A golddigger finds that romance doesn't always equal finance in this comedy. Crystal Wetherby (Jean Harlow) is an American widow left stranded in London with a stack of debts incurred by her late husband and barely a shilling to her name. Raymond Dabney (Robert Taylor) is the black sheep of a formerly wealthy family who has just been released from prison for fraud and is looking for work. Crystal hires Raymond to watch over her home so that her creditors won't repossess her belongings; Raymond soon learns that Crystal is being courted by his brother Claude (Reginald Owen), much to Raymond's amusement, since both Crystal and Claude are motivated less by love than the mistaken belief that the other has money. However, Crystal and Raymond become increasingly fond of each other, even though they know they're both flat broke. The supporting cast features two of Old Hollywood's favorite U.K. expatriates, E.E. Clive and Una O'Connor. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The Girl of the Ozarks is little Edie Mosely (Virginia Weidler), who's left on her own when her mother dies. Soft-hearted newspaper editor Tom Bolton (Leif Erikson) wants to adopt the little mischief-maker, but before he can do this he must find himself a bride. Edie plays matchmaker between Tom and eligible bachelorette Gail Rogers (Elizabeth Russell), but not before stirring up a passel of trouble in her small mountain community. The characters are pure "Beverly Hillbillies," right down to Henrietta Crossman as Edie's pipe-smokin' granny. Girl of the Ozarks was preteen Virginia Weidler's first starring feature, and she handles the assignment with the assuredness of a veteran. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A New York novelist (Henry Fonda) meets up with an actress (Margaret Sullavan), and the two date and later marry, though neither knows of the other's fame. The real adventure begins on the honeymoon, when this screwball comedy really heats up with insults and arguments. ~ John Bush, Rovi

Samuel Goldwyn's The Dark Angel is a sumptuously produced soap opera with a poignant "Enoch Arden" style denouement. Fredric March, Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall star respectively as Alan Trent, Kitty Vane and Gerald Shannon, friends since childhood. Though Gerald is deeply in love with Kitty, it is Alan who wins her hand in marriage. But before the wedding can take place, WW I intervenes, and both Alan and Gerald march off with their regiments. Blinded on the battlefield, Alan gallantly pretends to have been killed so that Kitty will not feel obligated to care for him. Eventually, however, she discovers that he's still alive, which leads to the film's most memorable scene, in which the proud Alan painstakingly arranges all the furniture and bric-and-brac in his room to make it seem as though he can still see. Though the film is set in the late teens and early '20s, Merle Oberon is garbed throughout in the latest 1935 fashions -- an endearingly anachronistic Sam Goldwyn trademark. Oscar nominations went to star Oberon and art director Richard Day, with the latter taking home the gold statuette. Adapted by Lillian Hellman and Mordaunt Sharp from a stage play by Guy Bolton (written pseudonymously as H. B. Treveleyen), The Dark Angel was previously filmed by Goldwyn in 1925. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Never mind the "limited" title: There are plenty of honeymooners on the ocean liner which serves as the setting for this romantic comedy. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress Joan Foster (Sally Eilers), who is watched over like a hawk by her stepmother "Ma" Gillespie (Henrietta Crossman). Hoping to escape from stepmom's baleful glare, Joan finds herself in the arms of the ship's second officer Dick Charlton (Charles Starrett). Little does she know that Charlton has been hired by her father to keep other men away from her. After the usual misunderstandings, romance finally blossoms between hero and heroine, while a comic counterpoint to the main plot is provided by second leads Alice Mudge (ZaSu Pitts) and Ezra MacDuff (Russell Simpson). Among the honeymooning couples on this Love Boat are Irene Hervey and Johnny Mack Brown, both of whom were betwixt and between more important film assignments. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Carolina, a melodrama directed by Henry King, follows a young woman's attempt to restore a southern plantation back to its pre-Civil War glory. Joanna Tate (Janet Gaynor), originally travels from her home in Pennsylvania to the plantation in order to collect her deceased father's belongings. Though he didn't own the plantation himself, he had worked there as a farmer for a number of years. Once she arrives, Joanna (Gaynor) finds that the actual plantation owner, Bob Connelly (Lionel Barrymore), is a Civil War veteran who, despite his dogged determination to return his farmland to what it was before the war, has fallen to alcoholism. Least expected, however, was the love that would develop between Joanna and the plantation's handsome young heir, Will Connelly (Robert Young). Joanna and Connelly (Young) eventually marry, and the farm is successfully restored through their dedication and hard work. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

In this drama, an old woman gets disgusted by her relatives and runs away from home. She then begins working as a cook in the home of a prominent antique dealer who works as a jewel thief on the side. As the chef, she gradually meets all of his gang members and takes a special liking to one young man and his girl friend, whom she encourages to reform. Eventually, the crook decides to heed her advice, but before he can safely leave, he must pull off a final caper. Worried, the cook follows him. When the boy is caught, she gets the jewels from him and tries to take the fall. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Constance Bennett, still a very new star in 1925, has a more serious role than her usual light, sophisticated fare in this melodrama. Although Norman Yuell (Wallace MacDonald) is a rather prudish young man, he falls hopelessly in love with Guerda Anthony (Bennett), who has been tainted by scandal. Guerda's reputation was destroyed when she admitted to spending the night with her former fiancé, Raymond Carroll (George Hackathorne). It was just before he went to fight in the World War, where he was lost and presumed dead. When he was posthumously accused of giving information to the enemy, Guerda confessed he was with her to save his name. Yuell finds a lot to admire in Guerda and marries her, but he is tortured by the thought that she may still be pining for the lost Carroll. It turns out that Carroll didn't die, but was shell-shocked and lost his memory. When he finally returns home, he is able to recall his past. He discovers that Guerda has married and goes out of his way to salvage her damaged relationship with her husband. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi

Marguerite Gale plays Molly, an Irish colleen who lands a job as a newspaper reporter. Molly's editor assigns her the task of interviewing as many New York theatrical celebrities as possible. She not only accomplishes this task, but takes a record-breaking airplane flight from Connecticut to New York in order to meet her deadline. The raison d'etre for How Molly Made Good was to show off a cornucopia of Broadway luminaries. Among those stage stars making cameo appearances are May Robson, Julia Dean, Henry Kolker, Henrietta Crossman, Mme. Fjorde, Mabel Fenton, and legendary female impersonator Julian Eltinge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Famous Players brought Henrietta Crosman from the stage to make her screen debut in this domestic drama. The Lorimers (Crosman and Walter Craven) have just become parents, but Mr. Lorimer already has a roving eye. He is secretly involved with Madge (Minna Gale), and asks one of his pals to compromise Mrs. Lorimer. His friend tells Mrs. Lorimer the whole story, but offers her his love. She decides to run off with him, but she changes her mind because of her little girl. Lorimer, however, uses this opportunity to divorce her and marry Madge while keeping custody of the baby. Mrs. Lorimer moves to San Francisco and takes the name of Mrs. Hatch. Eighteen years pass and the little girl, Gladys (Lorraine Huling), grows up into a lovely young woman. When Mrs. Hatch hears that Gladys has become engaged to Jack Adrian (Harold Lockwood), she comes East in hopes of seeing her. The family nurse sneaks her into the Lorimer home on Gladys' wedding day by having her pose as a seamstress. But when she tries to steal a portrait of her daughter, her identity is discovered. It turns out that Harry Brown (Paul Trevor), who is fond of Mrs. Hatch, is present at the wedding. Madge is not happily married, and Brown finds it easy enough to steal her away. She writes Lorimer a letter, just like Mrs. Hatch did, and goes to Brown, who rejects her. The unforgiving Lorimer divorces Madge, while Gladys returns from her honeymoon and reunites with her mother. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi