Julie Haydon

Julie Haydon (born Donella Donaldson, June 10, 1910 – December 24, 1994) was an American Broadway, film and television actress who received second billing as the female lead in the Ben Hecht–Charles MacArthur 1935 film vehicle for Noel Coward, The Scoundrel. After her Hollywood career ended in 1937, she turned to the theatre, originating the roles of Kitty Duval in The Time of Your Life (1939) and Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (1945).

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Billie Burke  •  David Manners

Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Billie Burke  •  David Manners

Symphony of Six Million (1932)

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Irene Dunne  •  Anna Appel  •  Gregory Ratoff

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Irene Dunne  •  Anna Appel  •  Gregory Ratoff

The Conquerors (1932)

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Ann Harding  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Guy Kibbee

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Ann Harding  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Guy Kibbee

The Roadhouse Murder (1932)

After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news. Eric Linden, Dorothy Jordan, Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns and Purnell Pratt star in this 1932 thriller, directed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Walter Ruben
CAST:  Dorothy Jordan  •  Eric Linden  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Purnell Pratt

After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper stories about the crime front-page news. Eric Linden, Dorothy Jordan, Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Ates, Roscoe Karns and Purnell Pratt star in this 1932 thriller, directed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Walter Ruben
CAST:  Dorothy Jordan  •  Eric Linden  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Purnell Pratt

The Age of Innocence (1934)

An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  John Boles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Helen Westley

An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Moeller
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  John Boles  •  Lionel Atwill  •  Helen Westley

Their Big Moment (1934)

Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Slim Summerville  •  Kay Johnson  •  Bruce Cabot

Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Slim Summerville  •  Kay Johnson  •  Bruce Cabot

Westward Passage (1932)

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Irving Pichel

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Irving Pichel

A Family Affair (1937)

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Cecilia Parker  •  Eric Linden

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Cecilia Parker  •  Eric Linden

The Longest Night (1936)

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Taggart
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Florence Rice  •  Ted Healy  •  Julie Haydon

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Errol Taggart
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Florence Rice  •  Ted Healy  •  Julie Haydon

Lucky Devils (1933)

Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Ince
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  William Gargan  •  Bob Rose

Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Ince
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  William Gargan  •  Bob Rose

Golden Harvest (1933)

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Chester Morris  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Roscoe Ates

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Chester Morris  •  Genevieve Tobin  •  Roscoe Ates

Come on Danger! (1932)

Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". Danger follows for Larry, a Texas Ranger. Will his sense of chivalry allow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Julie Haydon  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Robert Ellis

Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". Danger follows for Larry, a Texas Ranger. Will his sense of chivalry allow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Julie Haydon  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Robert Ellis

Scarlet River (1933)

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Betty Furness

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Betty Furness

Song of the Eagle (1933)

This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused upon a family endeavoring to keep their little brewery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Richard Arlen  •  Mary Brian  •  Jean Hersholt

This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused upon a family endeavoring to keep their little brewery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Richard Arlen  •  Mary Brian  •  Jean Hersholt

Son of the Border (1933)

An honest rancher, after killing his best friend who's turned outlaw, takes his pal's orphaned younger brother into his own home. The boy, however, isn't aware he's now living with the man responsible for his brother's death. This 1933 RKO B-western, directed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Nosler
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Edgar Kennedy  •  Julie Haydon  •  David Durand

An honest rancher, after killing his best friend who's turned outlaw, takes his pal's orphaned younger brother into his own home. The boy, however, isn't aware he's now living with the man responsible for his brother's death. This 1933 RKO B-western, directed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Nosler
CAST:  Tom Keene  •  Edgar Kennedy  •  Julie Haydon  •  David Durand

Dawn to Dawn (1933)

Weaves a Gothic spell with its account of love and death on an isolated farm, including a startling passage of sunstruck eroticism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Berne
CAST:  Julie Haydon  •  Ole M. Ness  •  Frank Eklof

Weaves a Gothic spell with its account of love and death on an isolated farm, including a startling passage of sunstruck eroticism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Berne
CAST:  Julie Haydon  •  Ole M. Ness  •  Frank Eklof

The Scoundrel (1935)

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Noël Coward  •  Julie Haydon  •  Stanley Ridges  •  Martha Sleeper

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Hecht  •  Charles MacArthur
CAST:  Noël Coward  •  Julie Haydon  •  Stanley Ridges  •  Martha Sleeper

Citizen Saint (1947)

A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Carla Dare  •  Julie Haydon  •  June Harrison  •  Del Cansino

A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Carla Dare  •  Julie Haydon  •  June Harrison  •  Del Cansino