6 Best Walter Connolly Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 10, 2026

Walter Connolly brought gruff, blustery warmth to 1930s Hollywood comedy and often played exasperated fathers and long-suffering authority figures. It Happened One Night and Twentieth Century are the screwball highlights, Nothing Sacred turns a falsely dying woman into a media sensation, Too Hot to Handle rivals newsreel cameramen, and The Good Earth follows a Chinese farming family through famine and wealth. Lady for a Day rounds out the list.

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Walter Connolly features in this Gable and Loy comedy about rival newsreel cameramen who compete for scoops and the same woman's affection in exotic locations.

Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 47m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Nothing Sacred (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A cynical reporter turns a small-town woman's fake terminal diagnosis into a national media sensation.

Directed by William A. Wellman · 1h 17m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Brew, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The Good Earth (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Keye Luke appears as a Chinese farming family endures famine, wealth and hardship across generations.

Directed by Sidney Franklin · 2h 19m · 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

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Twentieth Century (1934)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A theatrical producer desperately schemes to win back the actress he made a star, now a Hollywood sensation.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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It Happened One Night (1934)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 98% Metacritic 87

A runaway heiress and a fast-talking reporter share a bus ride that turns into a real romance.

Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Won 5 Oscars14 wins & 2 nominations

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

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Lady for a Day (1933)

TMDB ★ 7.2

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

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Walter Connolly Movies

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

Twentieth Century (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Lady for a Day (1933)

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