6 Best Melville Cooper Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 19, 2028

Comedy feel good

Melville Cooper brought a fussy, officious comic precision to Hollywood film, often playing pompous butlers and easily flustered authority figures.

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) 01

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A woman grows increasingly suspicious that her artist husband may have murdered his previous wife.

Bathing Beauty (1944) 02

Bathing Beauty (1944)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A songwriter fakes enrollment at an all-girls college to win back his fiancée.

The Lady Eve (1941) 03

The Lady Eve (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A con artist falls for the wealthy, naive heir she set out to swindle aboard an ocean liner.

Rebecca (1940) 04

Rebecca (1940)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A shy new bride is haunted by the lingering presence of her husband's glamorous, deceased first wife.

Pride and Prejudice (1940) 05

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A spirited young Englishwoman clashes with a proud, wealthy suitor across a series of misunderstandings.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 06

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A dispossessed nobleman leads a band of outlaws against a tyrannical, corrupt regime in medieval England.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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