By Vlad Zakh · January 25, 2026
Irene Dunne brought graceful versatility to Hollywood and moved between screwball comedy, tearjerking melodrama and warm family drama across a varied career. The Awful Truth and My Favorite Wife are the comedies, Penny Serenade reflects on a marriage and an adopted daughter, Anna and the King of Siam clashes a widow with the King’s traditions, and I Remember Mama follows a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco. Show Boat rounds out the list.
01 A Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco gets through hardship and love under their warm, practical mother.
Directed by George Stevens · 2h 14m
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02 Irene Dunne plays an English widow hired to tutor the King of Siam's many children who clashes with his rigid authority.
Directed by John Cromwell · 2h 08m
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03 Irene Dunne stars in this drama about a couple who reflect on their marriage and the adopted daughter who transformed their lives together.
Directed by George Stevens · 2h 00m · Rated NR
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04 Ann Shoemaker appears in this screwball comedy where a man's new marriage is complicated by the sudden reappearance of his wife, thought lost at sea.
Directed by Garson Kanin · 1h 28m · Rated NR
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05 Al Bridge appears as a divorcing couple's attempts to move on with new partners keep sabotaging each other.
Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 31m · Rated NR
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06 A riverboat captain's daughter falls for a charming gambler as their travelling showboat troupe faces change.
Directed by James Whale · 1h 53m · Rated NR
Stream: YouTube TV
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