Billie Burke

Topper (1937) starring Roland Young, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke

Topper is a nice, but stuffy, bank president who has his life turned upside down by the ghosts of two young friends – who teach him to live!

Topper Takes a Trip (1939) starring Roland Young, Billie Burke, Constance Bennett

Topper takes a trip — literally — to prevent his wife from divorcing him. He’s helped — and hindered — by the ghostly Marion Kirby from the original movie.

Topper Returns (1941), starring Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, George Zucco, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Synopsis of Topper Returns

Topper Returns is possibly the best of the Topper trilogy. Thanks to the sassy presence of Joan Blondell. Hollywood’s favorite wisecracker who plays Gail Richards. She’s a woman accidentally murdered while staying at the home of her friend, Ann Carrington (Carole Landis). Enlisting the help of Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) Gail’s ghost sets out to find her killer.

Merrily We Live

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November 25, 2019September 8, 2024

Merrily We Live (1938) starring Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray

Merrily We Live is a classic screwball comedy. Brian Ahere is mistaken for a tramp by kindhearted Billie Burke, joins the household, falls in love …

The Young in Heart

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September 30, 2017September 22, 2024

The Young in Heart (1938) starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Roland Young, Billie Burke, Paulette Goddard

Synopsis of The Young in Heart

Thrown out of the Riviera, a family of grifters meets a lonely, vulnerable rich old woman and insinuate themselves into her life while they sponge off her.