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Joan Blondell (1906-1979) was an Oscar® nominated American actress. She was a leading lady in the 1930s and 1940s and spent the remainder of her career in supporting roles. Her IMDb page shows 160 acting credits from 1930-1981. This page will rank 75 Joan Blondell movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her many television appearances, a few not released in North American theaters and some early 1930s movies were not included in the rankings.
Joan Blondell Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Joan Blondell film received.
- Sort Joan Blondell films by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) | James Dunn | 8.30 | 306.4 | 306.40 | 28 | 86 | 02 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 4 | Footlight Parade (1933) | James Cagney & Dick Powell |
4.60 | 248.6 | 375.20 | 7 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 3 | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) | Ginger Rogers & Dick Powell |
6.30 | 341.9 | 501.70 | 4 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 2 | Grease (1978) | John Travolta | 179.90 | 960.9 | 2,062.40 | 1 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 5 | The Public Enemy (1931) | James Cagney & Jean Harlow |
2.50 | 148.6 | 165.00 | 36 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 7 | The Blue Veil (1951) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Charles Laughton & Natalie Wood |
6.30 | 157.1 | 157.10 | 36 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 9 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | Melyvn Douglas | 3.80 | 175.1 | 175.10 | 44 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 10 | Dames (1934) | Dick Powell | 3.00 | 164.1 | 234.90 | 20 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 8 | Desk Set (1957) | Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn |
4.90 | 108.4 | 108.40 | 49 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 13 | Blonde Crazy (1931) | James Cagney & Ray Milland |
2.30 | 138.9 | 138.90 | 41 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 11 | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Steve McQueen & Edward G. Robinson |
9.70 | 119.2 | 119.20 | 26 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 12 | Topper Returns (1941) | Roland Young | 2.60 | 117.0 | 117.00 | 93 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 13 | Adventure (1945) | Clark Gable | 11.80 | 434.0 | 622.80 | 11 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 16 | The King And The Chorus Girl (1937) | Jane Wyman | 3.70 | 176.0 | 176.00 | 53 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 15 | The Perfect Specimen (1937) | Errol Flynn | 3.10 | 151.2 | 245.60 | 69 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 19 | Three Men On A Horse (1936) | Frank McHugh | 3.00 | 151.3 | 179.50 | 56 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 14 | The Crowd Roars (1932) | James Cagney & Directed by Howard Hawks |
1.50 | 85.1 | 124.80 | 59 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 24 | Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) | Dick Powell | 3.20 | 159.0 | 232.50 | 51 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 22 | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | Humphrey Bogart & Edward G. Robinson |
2.40 | 121.0 | 184.50 | 81 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 17 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) | Tony Randall & Jayne Mansfield |
4.00 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 61 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 20 | Night Nurse (1931) | Barbara Stanwyck & Clark Gable |
1.80 | 105.0 | 121.00 | 67 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 21 | Stand-In (1937) | Humphrey Bogart & Leslis Howard |
2.40 | 113.7 | 166.30 | 99 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 23 | East Side of Heaven (1939) | Bing Crosby | 2.80 | 125.0 | 125.00 | 85 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 24 | Nightmare Alley (1947) | Tyrone Power | 1.50 | 50.2 | 50.20 | 145 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 26 | Colleen (1936) | Dick Powell | 2.80 | 139.0 | 181.50 | 69 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 25 | For Heaven's Sake (1950) | Clifton Webb | 4.90 | 126.5 | 126.50 | 55 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 28 | The Champ (1979) | Jon Voight & Faye Dunaway |
30.40 | 151.6 | 151.60 | 29 | 49 | 01 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 27 | The Kid From Kokomo (1939) | Pat O'Brien | 2.60 | 115.2 | 115.20 | 93 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 30 | Broadway Gondolier (1935) | Dick Powell | 2.30 | 118.3 | 166.50 | 59 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 30 | The Office Wife (1930) | Lewis Stone | 1.80 | 110.8 | 130.60 | 72 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 31 | Lady For A Night (1942) | John Wayne | 2.30 | 98.7 | 98.70 | 113 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.0 | |
| 32 | Make Me A Star (1932) | Talllulah Bankhead | 1.30 | 75.1 | 75.10 | 81 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 35 | The Opposite Sex (1956) | June Allyson & Joan Collins |
5.00 | 112.7 | 179.20 | 61 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 34 | The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.30 | 101.4 | 101.40 | 102 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 33 | Christmas Eve (1947) | Randolph Scott | 2.70 | 91.3 | 91.30 | 119 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 39 | Stage Struck (1936) | Dick Powell | 2.50 | 123.3 | 123.30 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 38 | Don Juan Quilligan (1945) | William Bendix | 2.80 | 102.1 | 102.10 | 101 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 36 | Three on a Match (1932) | Bette Davis & Humphrey Bogart |
1.00 | 54.9 | 72.10 | 119 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 43 | I Want A Divorce (1940) | Dick Powell | 2.50 | 109.7 | 109.70 | 77 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 38 | Union Depot (1932) | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. | 1.40 | 79.2 | 103.40 | 72 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 41 | Illicit (1931) | Barbara Stanwyck | 1.50 | 87.9 | 96.50 | 87 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 41 | Three Girls About Town (1941) | John Howard | 1.20 | 54.5 | 54.50 | 160 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 37 | Opening Night (1977) | John Cassavetes | 1.20 | 6.9 | 6.90 | 130 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 42 | This Could Be The Night (1957) | Jean Simmons & Paul Douglas |
2.50 | 55.5 | 96.90 | 99 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 47 | Millie (1931) | Helen Twelvetrees | 1.70 | 99.3 | 111.80 | 72 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 46 | Cry 'Havoc' (1943) | Margaret Sullavan | 1.80 | 73.1 | 73.10 | 121 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 47 | Good Girls Go To Paris (1939) | Melvyn Douglas | 1.70 | 74.3 | 74.30 | 138 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 48 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | James Garner | 6.10 | 45.9 | 45.90 | 52 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 49 | Back in Circulation (1937) | Pat O'Brien | 1.70 | 82.3 | 116.50 | 129 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 48 | Off The Record (1939) | Pat O'Brien | 1.50 | 65.4 | 83.60 | 149 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 53 | Model Wife (1941) | Dick Powell | 1.90 | 83.7 | 83.70 | 122 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 66.1 | |
| 51 | Broadway Bad (1933) | Ginger Rogers & Donald Crisp |
1.00 | 53.3 | 53.30 | 106 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 52 | Lawyer Man (1932) | William Powell | 0.90 | 48.7 | 65.70 | 129 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 57 | He Was Her Man (1934) | James Cagney | 2.10 | 113.9 | 128.80 | 50 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 54 | Convention City (1933) | Dick Powell | 0.90 | 49.0 | 49.00 | 114 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 56 | Sinners' Holiday (1930) | James Cagney | 0.70 | 41.2 | 48.70 | 151 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 58 | Sons o' Guns (1936) | Joe E. Brown | 1.60 | 79.3 | 123.80 | 117 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 56.9 | |
| 57 | The Reckless Hour (1931) | Dorothy Mackaill | 0.80 | 45.4 | 54.60 | 169 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 59 | Two Girls on Broadway (1940) | Lana Turner | 1.40 | 60.6 | 85.80 | 144 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 59 | Waterhole #3 (1967) | James Coburn & Bruce Dern |
3.10 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 73 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 59 | I've Got Your Number (1934) | Pat O'Brien | 0.90 | 46.4 | 72.40 | 125 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 62 | Blondie Johnson (1933) | Chester Morris | 0.70 | 38.2 | 51.90 | 146 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 63 | Lizzie (1957) | Richard Boone | 0.80 | 17.9 | 35.40 | 171 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 64 | Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) | Glenda Farrell | 1.00 | 50.0 | 72.30 | 134 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 65 | Angel Baby (1961) | Burt Reynolds | 1.90 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 97 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 66 | Advance To The Rear (1964) | Glenn Ford | 3.10 | 41.8 | 41.80 | 81 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 67 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) | George Brent | 1.10 | 38.0 | 38.00 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 68 | Traveling Saleslady (1935) | Glenda Farrell | 1.00 | 53.1 | 78.10 | 127 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 34.1 | |
| 69 | Havana Widows (1933) | Directed by Ray Enright | 0.30 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 178 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 32.7 | |
| 69 | The Woman Inside (1981) | Gloria Manon | 0.60 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 151 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 31.3 | |
| 70 | Stay Away, Joe (1968) | Elvis Presley | 4.30 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 69 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 28.4 | |
| 71 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) | Victor Mature & Walter Pidgeon |
3.60 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 71 | Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) | Chuck Conners | 1.60 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 110 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 73 | God's Gift to Women (1931) | Frank Fay | 0.40 | 26.4 | 29.60 | 191 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 | |
| 73 | The Glove (1979) | John Saxon | 2.00 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 122 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 75 | The Phynx (1970) | Richard Pryor | 0.00 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 190 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 7.2 | |
| 76 | Kona Coast (1968) | Richard Boone & Vera Miles |
1.90 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 121 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Joan Blondell
Table
- Fourteen Joan Blondell movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 18.66% of her movies listed. Her biggest hit was Grease (1978)
- An average Joan Blondell movie grosses an average of $73.20 million in adjusted domestic gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 41 Joan Blondell movies are rated as good movies…or 54.66% of her movies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) was her highest rated movie while Kona Coast (1968) was her lowest rated movie.
- Eight Joan Blondell movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 10.66% of her movies.
- One Joan Blondell movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 1.33% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 28 Joan Blondell movies scored higher than that average….or 37.33% of her movies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) got the the highest UMR Score while Kona Coast (1968) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Joan Blondell
- Rose Joan Blondell was born in New York in 1906.
2. After finishing 4th in the 1926 Miss America beauty contest…she turned her attention to a film career. In less than 4 years she was starring in movies!
3. Joan Blondell was married 3 times. Her first marriage was to Oscar® winning cinematographer George Barnes. Her second marriage was to actor/director Dick Powell. They had one child. Her third marriage was to Oscar® winning producer Mike Todd. They also had one child.
4. Joan Blondell made six movies with James Cagney at Warner Brothers – more than any other individual actress. Cagney said that the only woman he loved other than his wife was Blondell.
5. Joan Blondell was nominated for one Oscar®. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for 1951’s The Blue Veil.
6. Joan Blondell was nominated for 2 Golden Globes®. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for 1965’s The Cincinnati Kid and 1977’s Opening Night.
7. Joan Blondell felt that her best performance was as Aunt Sissy in 1945’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. So I imagine she would not argue that UMR has that ranked as her number one movie.
8. Check out Joan Blondell’s movie career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
WAIT! Not enough stats? Well here are adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses on 34 Joan Blondell Movies
- Adventure (1945) $419.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Back in Circulation (1937) $78.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Blondie Johnson (1933) $34.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Broadway Gondolier (1935) $112.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Bullets or Ballots (1936) $124.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Colleen (1936) $122.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Dames (1934) $158.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Footlight Parade (1933) $252.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- God’s Gift to Women (1931) $20.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) $568.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) $157.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- He Was Her Man (1934) $86.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Illicit (1931) $65.30 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- I’ve Got Your Number (1934) $49.30 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Lawyer Man (1932) $44.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Lizzie (1957) $24.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Millie (1931) $75.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) $48.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Night Nurse (1931) $81.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Off The Record (1939) $57.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Sinner’s Holiday (1930) $32.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Sons o’ Guns (1936) $83.50 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Stand-In (1937) $111.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Crowd Roars (1932) $84.40 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Office Wife (1930) $87.70 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Opposite Sex (1956) $121.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Perfect Specimen (1937) $165.90 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Public Enemy (1931) $111.20 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- The Reckless Hour (1931) $36.60 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- This Could Be The Night (1957) $65.40 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Three Men On A Horse (1936) $121.10 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Three on a Match (1932) $49.00 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Traveling Saleslady (1935) $52.80 million in adjusted worldwide gross
- Union Depot (1932) $123.40 million in adjusted worldwide gross
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Hi
I always liked Joan Blondell, the wise cracking bubbly blonde of all those Warner Brother musicals of the 30’s. I think she seen herself more as a contract player than a star. She always took what she was offered at Warner Brothers and by the end of the decade she was slipping into character roles. Later she went to T.V. and I once read that she appeared on the Lucille Ball Show. After the filming, Ball criticised her performance in front of a live audience. Joan walked out and never returned again. Ball was a very hard task master and I suppose Joan felt insulted, especially after her years of experience. But she had a long distinguished career, it was great to see her in the Cincinnati Kid and Grease.
Hey Chris….I have also enjoyed Blondell’s performances. Her 40 movie output in the 1940s is incredible. Though that total is actually closer to 50…as I did not find box office information on all of her 1930s movies.
Wow…that Lucille Ball story does not put her in a very good light. I can understand Blondell not wanting to come back. The Cincy Kid earned her first Golden Globe nomination…..only 35 years after her first film role.
Thanks for checking out our Blondell page. It is greatly appreciated.
From Gold Diggers of 1933 to Grease of 1978, I’m impressed.
I watched a bunch of Berkeley’s (Busby) a few months ago, Joan missed appearing in the first one – naughty, bawdy, gaudy sporty, 42nd Street.
I’ve seen 16 from the 75 films listed, more than I thought. Favorites include Public Enemy, Support Your Local Gunfighter, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Cincinatti Kid (or is it ‘Cincinnati’? I can never remember) and Grease.
I have not seen A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or The Blue Veil.
Whoa ho! Golddigging in 1933 was a massive hit at the worldwide box office, half a billion dollars adjusted, twice as much as Footloose Parade managed the same year and that starred James Cagney.
Adventure was a huge hit for ‘box office king’ Clark Gable. Does anyone remember Hollywood’s box office queen? No? She has been mentioned a couple of times before here on Bruce’s Box Office Billboard. 😉
Another winning movie page Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for checking out Blondell page.
2. My tally is now 12 because I watched Adventure last night. Turns out I had already seen it, I just had forgotten it. Maybe I am getting older.
3. 16 is not too bad at all….actually pretty close to Flora’s 20.
4. It is the Cincy Kid….lol.
5. I have seen all of your favorites except for Gold Diggers….I am also amazed how well that movie did in worldwide grosses,
6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is good but depressing.
🙂
No page on her sister Gloria who was a dead ringer. I actually saw her lowest rated movie The Phynx in the past year on TCM, one of those once in a lifetime casts. Joan was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Most Connectible stars. These are the people on the 2016 list worked with her (remember Arthur Tovey dropped off this year).
15 SEYMOUR CASSEL Opening Night (1977)
88 JON VOIGHT The Champ (1979)
96 BURT REYNOLDS Angel Baby (1961)
134 FAYE DUNAWAY The Champ (1979)
181 RIP TORN The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
194 BEN GAZZARA Opening Night (1977)
198 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
274 BRUCE DERN Waterhole #3 (1967)
274 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
409 JOHN TRAVOLTA Grease (1978)
413 JAMES COBURN Waterhole #3 (1967)
478 JOHN SAXON The Glove (1979)
562 STOCKARD CHANNING Grease (1978)
571 WILLIAM SMITH A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
604 MICHAEL BIEHN Grease (1978)
623 JAMES KAREN Opening Night (1977)
660 ANN-MARGRET The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
665 RICHARD LYNCH The Baron (1977)
684 PETER FALK Opening Night (1977)
762 JACK WARDEN The Champ (1979)
807 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM Cry ‘Havoc’ (1943)
816 JOANNA CASSIDY The Glove (1979)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN The Opposite Sex (1956)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
956 LARRY HANKIN The Phynx (1970)
966 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
These are the people who were on the first top 1000 list who have since fallen off that Jane appeared with.
14 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
41 BURGESS MEREDITH Stay Away, Joe (1968)
43 KEENAN WYNN The Glove (1979)
50 JEFF COREY The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
81 LIONEL STANDER We’re in the Money (1935)
108 DUB TAYLOR Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
108 DUB TAYLOR The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
132 GLENN FORD Advance to the Rear (1964)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Nightmare Alley (1947)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
147 LLOYD BRIDGES Three Girls About Town (1941)
153 JAMES GARNER Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
169 JOHN DEHNER Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
179 JOHN WAYNE Lady for a Night (1942)
187 RAY MILLAND Blonde Crazy (1931)
191 GEORGE HAMILTON Angel Baby (1961)
192 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
219 ELISHA COOK JR. The Champ (1979)
222 BESS FLOWERS Adventure (1945)
222 BESS FLOWERS Dames (1934)
222 BESS FLOWERS For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
222 BESS FLOWERS I’ve Got Your Number (1934)
222 BESS FLOWERS Stage Struck (1936)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Opposite Sex (1956)
222 BESS FLOWERS This Could Be the Night (1957)
222 BESS FLOWERS Three Girls About Town (1941)
225 PAUL SMITH (I) Advance to the Rear (1964)
232 ROY JENSON Waterhole #3 (1967)
237 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
241 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
256 HANK WORDEN Big Daddy (1969)
278 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
280 BILLY BARTY Footlight Parade (1933)
280 BILLY BARTY Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
280 BILLY BARTY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
299 FRITZ FELD The Phynx (1970)
299 FRITZ FELD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
350 L.Q. JONES Stay Away, Joe (1968)
354 CYRIL CUSACK The Blue Veil (1951)
359 KARL MALDEN The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
361 JAMES WHITMORE Waterhole #3 (1967)
376 STELLA STEVENS Advance to the Rear (1964)
379 ANN DORAN Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
394 ALDO RAY The Glove (1979)
394 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
404 JACK ELAM Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
410 GEORGE RAFT Christmas Eve (1947)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA The Phynx (1970)
424 ZSA ZSA GABOR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Bullets or Ballots (1936)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
477 BRITT EKLAND Advance to the Rear (1964)
506 DOUGLAS FOWLEY Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
516 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
532 JIM BACKUS Advance to the Rear (1964)
532 JIM BACKUS The Opposite Sex (1956)
538 ARTHUR HILL The Champ (1979)
542 PAUL FIX Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
542 PAUL FIX Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
549 STROTHER MARTIN The Champ (1979)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY The Blue Veil (1951)
562 PAUL BRYAR The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
571 CHARLES LANE Blonde Crazy (1931)
571 CHARLES LANE Blondie Johnson (1933)
571 CHARLES LANE For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
571 CHARLES LANE Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
571 CHARLES LANE Three Girls About Town (1941)
571 CHARLES LANE Three Men on a Horse (1936)
571 CHARLES LANE Union Depot (1932)
583 PAUL STEWART Opening Night (1977)
592 WHIT BISSELL Advance to the Rear (1964)
592 WHIT BISSELL For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
603 GENA ROWLANDS Opening Night (1977)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
634 JOAN COLLINS The Opposite Sex (1956)
648 HARRY MORGAN Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
648 HARRY MORGAN The Blue Veil (1951)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Advance to the Rear (1964)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS There’s Always a Woman (1938)
663 MILTON BERLE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA This Could Be the Night (1957)
682 RAY TEAL Adventure (1945)
699 ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Broadway Gondolier (1935)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Footlight Parade (1933)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER He Was Her Man (1934)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Model Wife (1941)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Nightmare Alley (1947)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Union Depot (1932)
742 RICARDO MONTALBAN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
746 HERB VIGRAN Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
746 HERB VIGRAN Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
775 DINA MERRILL Desk Set (1957) (passed away last week)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Nightmare Alley (1947)
786 LLOYD NOLAN A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
796 JOHN FINEGAN Opening Night (1977)
811 ROBERT NICHOLS The Blue Veil (1951)
817 JACK CARTER The Glove (1979)
817 JACK CARTER Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
840 FRANK GORSHIN Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
859 MYRON HEALEY The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
863 ALAN HALE JR. Advance to the Rear (1964)
867 RORY CALHOUN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
874 DEAN JONES The Opposite Sex (1956)
881 ROBERT DOQUI The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
886 PHIL LEEDS Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
895 TONY RANDALL Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
918 BETTE DAVIS Just Around the Corner (1933)
918 BETTE DAVIS Three on a Match (1932)
922 JOHN CASSAVETES Opening Night (1977)
959 LEON AMES The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
963 FRANK FERGUSON This Could Be the Night (1957)
969 BYRON FOULGER Adventure (1945)
969 BYRON FOULGER Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
972 RICHARD BOONE Kona Coast (1968)
972 RICHARD BOONE Lizzie (1957)
973 JEAN SIMMONS This Could Be the Night (1957)
980 VICTOR MATURE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Big Daddy (1969)
982 BILLY BENEDICT There’s Always a Woman (1938)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
994 ELLEN CORBY Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
100 TED MARKLAND Waterhole #3 (1967)
34 Oscar winners for Joan. Besides Cagney she appeared with Jane Wyman 6 times, 5 times with Bogie and 4 times with Melvyn Douglas (no all star extravaganzas either).
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BETTE DAVIS Just Around the Corner (1933)
BETTE DAVIS Three on a Match (1932)
BING CROSBY East Side of Heaven (1939)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CHARLES LAUGHTON The Blue Veil (1951)
CLARK GABLE Adventure (1945)
CLARK GABLE Night Nurse (1931)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Make Me a Star (1932)
DONALD CRISP BROADWAY BAD (1933)
EDMUND GWENN For Heaven’s Sake (1950)
FAYE DUNAWAY The Champ (1979)
FREDRIC MARCH Make Me a Star (1932)
GARY COOPER Make Me a Star (1932)
GIG YOUNG Desk Set (1957)
GINGER ROGERS Broadway Bad (1933)
GINGER ROGERS Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
GLORIA GRAHAME Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
GREER GARSON Adventure (1945)
HATTIE MCDANIEL TRAVELING SALESLADY (1935)
HUMPHREY BOGART Big City Blues (1932)
HUMPHREY BOGART Broadway’s Like That (1930)
HUMPHREY BOGART Bullets or Ballots (1936)
HUMPHREY BOGART Stand-In (1937)
HUMPHREY BOGART Three on a Match (1932)
JAMES CAGNEY Footlight Parade (1933)
JAMES CAGNEY He Was Her Man (1934)
JAMES CAGNEY Other Men’s Women (1931)
JAMES CAGNEY Sinners’ Holiday (1930)
JAMES CAGNEY The Crowd Roars (1932)
JAMES CAGNEY The Public Enemy (1931)
JAMES COBURN Waterhole #3 (1967)
JAMES DUNN A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
JANE WYMAN Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
JANE WYMAN Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
JANE WYMAN Stage Struck (1936)
JANE WYMAN The Blue Veil (1951)
JANE WYMAN The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
JANE WYMAN The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
JOHN WAYNE Lady for a Night (1942)
JON VOIGHT The Champ (1979)
KARL MALDEN The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Desk Set (1957)
KATY JURADO Stay Away, Joe (1968)
LORETTA YOUNG Big Business Girl (1931)
MARY ASTOR Convention City (1933)
MARY ASTOR Other Men’s Women (1931)
MARY ASTOR There’s Always a Woman (1938)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Advance to the Rear (1964)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
MELVYN DOUGLAS The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
MELVYN DOUGLAS There’s Always a Woman (1938)
RAY MILLAND Blonde Crazy (1931)
SPENCER TRACY Desk Set (1957)
THOMAS MITCHELL ADVENTURE (1945)
WALTER BRENNAN Miss Pinkerton (1932)
WALTER BRENNAN We’re in the Money (1935)
I’m showing up as anonymous.
Hey Dan. I will fix your anonymous name the next time I am in the edit mode of the website. Thanks for the lists of information on Joan Blondell. They are greatly appreciated. Being a Warner Brothers girl gave her lots of chances to work with some legends multiplie times. Her Oracle numbers are pretty good for somebody who debuted in movies almost 90 years ago or almost 50 before Kevin Bacon made Animal House.
I always forget Michael Biehn was in Grease. 34 Oscar winners is pretty good considered almost half of her movies were made in the 1930s. I see Won Ton is listed lots of times. One day I will watch that movie. Thanks for the awesome feedback.
Fixed.
1 As has been well documented elsewhere on this page Joan Blondell had a lengthy career and her years active were from 1927 until her death in 1979 with two big movies Grease and The Champ which both featured her still going the rounds that year. However in a sense her career actually survived her because her final movie was released in 1981 in which her co-star was another Hollywood ‘golden oldie’ Dane Clark once promoted as the “new Bogie”
2 Joan’s early screen persona was that of sexy wisecracking blonde and historians say she was able to establish that persona before the Hays Code started to be heavily enforced in 1934 after which for example one promotional photo of her sitting on a chair smiling and without clothing was banned. Today that photo would be considered tame and indeed would probably be regarded as a bit of harmless fun.
3 This profile of Joan rounded off as it is with a long table of worldwide stats is highly comprehensive and should be treasured by anyone with an interest in the careers of those actresses who ushered in the talkies and kept going for decades afterwards albeit via mainly supporting and television roles. As Steve would say voted up.
Hey Bob…hmmm….IMDb shows her career movies starting out with 3 shorts in 1930….not sure if I saw anything with her in the late 1920s. I will have to go back and check that out. I saw Grease in theaters….I had no idea who she was. I sort of knew who Sid Caesar was….but I blame that on It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Dane Clark did not keep that nickname long….I am only a little aware of him. Interesting comment on Joan and the pre Hays Code era. I know one of her movies…Sinner’s Holiday caused a pretty good uproar back in 1931.
Thanks for the kind words about our Blondell page….it is greatly appreciated as is this comment.
BRUCE
1 We’re both right in that Joan joined a stock company in 1927 and performed on Broadway in the late 1920s so her career is officially listed in as being from 1927 onward but she didn’t make her first movie until 1930.
2 I should have brought more precision to my statement that “her years active were from 1927 until 1979”. Sorry for the confusion but its probably right that it’s my turn to eat humble pie after the way I teased you about “Raw Mind.”
Hey Bob….thanks for the clarification on the beginning of Joan’s career. 🙂
Hey, Hello, Bonsoir
I did not see a lot of her films, I know her but I just saw five or six films with Grease.
And in that film she was with another supporting player Eve Arden who was in some good films too like Manpower or Mildred during the 40.
But it is funny to see that a career is Never finish until the last Breath.
See Gloria Stuart with TItanic, many years Without good parts or films and then the chance start again.
Bruce by the way you Can do a Dressler page because you got her box office.
Anyway i just see her in one film DInner at eight with Harlow and I remenber just the scene that Lupino describe in a comment, the scene Was really funny and very well plaid by the two.
Good day
Pierre
Hey Pierre.
1. Thanks for the tally count…..current results have Lupino in first with 25, Flora in second with 20, me in third with 11. You would be just outside the medals with 6.
2. Yep Grease was awesome in how it gave roles to the stars of the past.
3. I also get a kick out of seeing Gloria Stuart showing up as a lead actress in movies made in the 1930s and 1940s.
4. As for Marie Dressler….I think I can do something on her for you….recently I did a 1930s decade page….and I researched most of her 1930s career…..so I would have to do some silent movie research…but thinking I should be able to come up with about 20 to 25 of her movies.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting…both are greatly appreciated.