01 Margaret Seddon is in this comedy about a successful female advertising executive who hires a male secretary, causing romantic complications.
Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 32m · Rated NR
6 Best Margaret Seddon Movies
By Vlad Zakh · April 4, 2026
Margaret Seddon brought a warm, unassuming presence to Hollywood across a long career and frequently played gentle mothers and elderly aunts. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town navigates city greed after a fortune, The Hunchback of Notre Dame protects a persecuted gypsy woman, The Bank Dick makes an accident-prone man a hero, and Take a Letter, Darling complicates an ad executive’s life with a male secretary. Heroes for Sale and If I Had a Million round out the list.
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02 Cora Witherspoon is in this W.C. Fields comedy about an accident-prone, work-shy man who is unexpectedly hailed as a hero after foiling a robbery.
Directed by Edward F. Cline · 1h 12m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
03 Alan Marshal appears as a deformed bell-ringer who risks everything to protect a persecuted gypsy woman.
Directed by William Dieterle · 1h 57m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: FlixFling, TCM, Bloodstream · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
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04 A small-town poet who inherits a vast fortune clashes with the greedy city society that wants it.
Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 55m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
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Rent: Amazon Video
05 A decorated war veteran struggles with addiction and poverty while trying to rebuild his life.
Directed by William A. Wellman · 1h 12m · Rated NR
06 Cecil Cunningham is in this anthology comedy where a dying tycoon randomly selects strangers from a phone book to each receive a million dollars.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch & Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 28m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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