Dorothy Peterson Movies

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young...

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.

After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous...

Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her...

The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular book, about a widowed mother and her five children....

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt...

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...

A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.

The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.

The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite...

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

On a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme fatale in the pay of a business rival, and he...

The story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.

Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways...

Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails...

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and...