By Vlad Zakh · March 21, 2026
May Robson brought a formidable, commanding presence to Hollywood well into her seventies and earned acclaim as a grande dame of the era’s dramas and comedies. Lady for a Day, Four Daughters, Bringing Up Baby and A Star Is Born (1937) are highlights, and Joan of Paris has a waitress helping downed airmen escape occupied Paris. You Can’t Buy Everything rounds out the list.
01 May Robson appears in this wartime drama about a French waitress who risks her life helping downed Allied airmen escape occupied Paris.
Directed by Robert Stevenson · 1h 31m · Rated NR
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02 Four close sisters navigate romance and heartbreak when a brooding outsider enters their lives.
Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 30m · Rated NR
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03 A rising actress's career overtakes that of her fading movie-star husband, with tragic results.
Directed by William A. Wellman · 1h 51m · Rated NR
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04 A palaeontologist's life is thrown into chaos when a scatterbrained heiress and her pet leopard escape into the countryside.
Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 42m · Rated NR
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05 May Robson is in this drama about a ruthless, penny-pinching moneylender whose obsession with wealth alienates her from her own family.
Directed by Charles Reisner · 1h 22m
06 A poor street vendor's desperate lie to impress her visiting daughter draws in an unlikely group of helpers.
Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 36m · Rated NR
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