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Laraine Day (1920-2007) was an American actress. As a leading lady, she was paired opposite major film stars including Robert Mitchum, Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Ronald Reagan, Kirk Douglas, and John Wayne. Her IMDb page shows 76 acting credits from 1937 to 1986. This page will rank Laraine Day movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Laraine Day Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1943 | Mr. Lucky (1943) | |
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| 1954 | The High and the Mighty (1954) | |
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| 1947 | Tycoon (1947) | |
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| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) | |
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| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) |  |
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| 1939 | Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) | |
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| 1946 | The Locket (1946) | |
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| 1944 | Bride By Mistake (1944) | |
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| 1941 | Unholy Partners (1941) | |
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| 1945 | Those Endearing Young Charms (1945) | |
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| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941) | |
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| 1942 | Journey for Margaret (1942) | |
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| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) |  |
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| 1956 | The Toy Tiger (1956) | |
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| 1940 | My Son, My Son! (1940) | |
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| 1941 | The Bad Man (1941) | |
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| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) | |
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| 1942 | A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) |  |
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| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) | |
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| 1939 | Sergeant Madden (1939) | |
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| 1941 | Kathleen (1941) | |
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| 1948 | My Dear Secretary (1948) | |
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| 1960 | The 3rd Voice (1960) | |
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| 1940 | I Take This Woman (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) | |
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| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful (1940) | |
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| 1942 | Fingers at the Window (1942) | |
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| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) | |
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| 1949 | Without Honor (1949) | |
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| 1949 | I Married a Communist/Woman On Pier 13 (1949) |  |
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| 1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn (1956) |  |
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| 1938 | Scandal Street (1938) | |
Laraine Day Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Laraine Day movies by her co-stars
- Sort Laraine Day movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Laraine Day movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Laraine Day movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Laraine Day movie received.
- Sort Laraine Day movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joel McCrea & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
4.10 | 157.1 | 240.8 | 32 | 82 | 06 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 2 | Mr. Lucky (1943) | Cary Grant | 7.90 | 284.4 | 373.2 | 19 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 3 | The High and the Mighty (1954) | John Wayne & Claire Trevor |
17.40 | 408.4 | 533.4 | 7 | 55 | 06 / 01 | 92.8 | |
| 5 | Tycoon (1947) | John Wayne & Anthony Quinn |
7.60 | 222.5 | 301.2 | 32 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 4 | The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) | Gary Cooper | 9.10 | 305.6 | 305.6 | 20 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 6 | Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) | Lana Turner & Agnes Moorehead |
5.30 | 166.6 | 237.2 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 7 | Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) | Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan |
4.20 | 160.0 | 321.6 | 46 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 8 | The Locket (1946) | Robert Mitchum | 4.10 | 127.4 | 175.6 | 79 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 9 | Bride By Mistake (1944) | Marsha Hunt | 4.70 | 157.8 | 196.9 | 73 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 10 | Unholy Partners (1941) | Edward G. Robinson & Edward Arnold |
3.10 | 121.0 | 121.0 | 78 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 11 | Those Endearing Young Charms (1945) | Robert Young | 5.00 | 159.0 | 193.8 | 71 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 12 | The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941) | Robert Young | 2.30 | 88.9 | 88.9 | 104 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 13 | Journey for Margaret (1942) | Robert Young | 2.20 | 82.7 | 162.9 | 119 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 14 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) | Lew Ayres & Lionel Barrymore |
2.30 | 89.6 | 89.6 | 84 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 15 | The Toy Tiger (1956) | Jeff Chandler | 4.00 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 85 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 16 | My Son, My Son! (1940) | Madeleine Carroll | 1.70 | 65.4 | 65.4 | 122 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 17 | The Bad Man (1941) | Ronald Reagan & Lionel Barrymore |
2.30 | 88.8 | 88.8 | 105 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 18 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) | Red Skelton & Lionel Barrymore |
2.20 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 109 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 19 | A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) | Barry Nelson | 2.20 | 82.9 | 82.9 | 118 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 21 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) | Red Skelton & Lionel Barrymore |
2.00 | 76.4 | 76.4 | 120 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 22 | Sergeant Madden (1939) | Wallace Beery & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
2.10 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 114 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 20 | Kathleen (1941) | Shirley Temple & Herbert Marshall |
1.70 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 140 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 68.5 | |
| 23 | My Dear Secretary (1948) | Kirk Douglas | 3.20 | 85.1 | 85.1 | 101 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 24 | The 3rd Voice (1960) | Edmond O'Brien | 2.50 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 92 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 25 | I Take This Woman (1940) | Spencer Tracy & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
2.60 | 99.8 | 157.9 | 67 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
| 27 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) | Lew Ayres & Lionel Barrymore |
1.40 | 52.1 | 52.1 | 145 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 56.1 | |
| 25 | And One Was Beautiful (1940) | Robert Cummings & Jean Muir |
0.70 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 194 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.0 | |
| 26 | Fingers at the Window (1942) | Lew Ayres | 0.80 | 30.6 | 58.2 | 191 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 29 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) | Lew Ayres & Lionel Barrymore |
0.70 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 193 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 50.7 | |
| 30 | Without Honor (1949) | Franchot Tone & Agnes Moorehead |
1.40 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 171 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 50.1 | |
| 31 | I Married a Communist/Woman On Pier 13 (1949) | Robert Ryan | 1.90 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 149 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 31 | Three for Jamie Dawn (1956) | Ricardo Montalban | 0.10 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 210 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 33 | Scandal Street (1938) | Lew Ayres | 0.50 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 193 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Laraine Day
1. La Raine Johnson was born in Roosevelt, Utah, on October 13, 1920
2. In 1938, La Raine Johnson adopted the name “Laraine Day” to honor her previous playhouse manager Elias Day, from whom she had received much of her training.
3. On Sunday, July 31, 1994, Laraine Day accepted a posthumous award on behalf of her former husband Leo Durocher, who had been chosen as an inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
4. At MGM, Laraine Day was told that if she did Keep Your Powder Dry (1945), she would be rewarded with the female lead in Undercurrent (1946) with Robert Taylor. When the role was given to Katharine Hepburn, Laraine left MGM and never returned.
5. Laraine Day played a small role in the early success of science fiction master Ray Bradbury. They met when he was in his early twenties and she was between films, donating her time to establishing a playhouse in Los Angeles for Mormon actors. Bradbury, though not Mormon, wangled a small role in a short play scripted by Day — and ended up rewriting it and authoring a few other works for the theater.
Check out Laraine Day’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Laraine Day has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the people on the 2020 list she appeared with.
36 ANTHONY QUINN Tycoon (1947)
81 ROBERT MITCHUM The Locket (1946)
154 MARC LAWRENCE Sergeant Madden (1939)
154 MARC LAWRENCE Think First (1939)
193 KIRK DOUGLAS My Dear Secretary (1948)
262 KEENAN WYNN My Dear Secretary (1948)
344 JOHN WAYNE The High and the Mighty (1954)
344 JOHN WAYNE Tycoon (1947)
577 ROBERT STACK The High and the Mighty (1954)
597 PAUL FIX The High and the Mighty (1954)
597 PAUL FIX Tycoon (1947)
628 GEORGE SANDERS Foreign Correspondent (1940)
727 ROBERT RYAN The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)
768 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Unholy Partners (1941)
788 MARCEL DALIO Unholy Partners (1941)
805 KEYE LUKE A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
805 KEYE LUKE Journey for Margaret (1942)
907 WALTER PIDGEON I Take This Woman (1940)
Laraine appeared with 10 Oscar winners.
ANTHONY QUINN Tycoon (1947)
CLAIRE TREVOR The High and the Mighty (1954)
EDMOND O’BRIEN The 3rd Voice (1960)
EDMUND GWENN Foreign Correspondent (1940)
FAY BAINTER JOURNEY FOR MARGARET (1942)
FAY BAINTER MISTER GARDENIA JONES (1942)
GARY COOPER The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
GEORGE SANDERS Foreign Correspondent (1940)
JOHN WAYNE The High and the Mighty (1954)
JOHN WAYNE Tycoon (1947)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1940)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dr. Kildare’s Victory (1942)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day (1941)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Bad Man (1941)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
SPENCER TRACY I Take This Woman (1940)
WALLACE BEERY Sergeant Madden (1939)
WALLACE BEERY The Bad Man (1941)
Hey Dan…thanks for these trivia lists on Laraine Day. Neither is very long….but they are still interesting. First list gets a John Wayne shout out….I have only seen 1 of the 2 Wayne movies…but I enjoyed The High and the Mighty. Lionel Barrymore in 8 movies with her? I knew Lew Ayres had 8…..but I forgot about Barrymore being in those Kildaire movies as well. Only 10 Oscar winners….on the small side….but still not a bad total…as there are some legends among that 10. Great stuff as always.
I have seen 15 Laraine Day movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Foreign Correspondent.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The High and the Mighty.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Woman on Pier 13.
Favourite Laraine Day Movies:
Foreign Correspondent
The Locket
Journey For Margaret
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Fingers at the Window
Dr. Kildare’s Crisis
Other Laraine day Movies I Have Seen:
Mr. Lucky
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Keep Your Powder Dry
Unholy Partners
Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day
My Dear Secretary
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
The Woman on Pier 13
Hey Flora….thanks for the thoughts on Laraine Day. I have only seen 3 of these movies….but they are the Top 3….so I think I have seen the right ones. Tally count: 15 for you and 3 for me. Not surprised Foreign Correspondent made your favorites list. The only other one I have seen that you have seen is Mr. Lucky….which is not really one of favorite Cary Grant movies. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.