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Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961) was an Oscar®-nominated American actress. Chatterton’s career began at the age of 14 as a chorus girl. She became a Broadway star with “Daddy Long Legs” in 1914. She moved to Hollywood in 1925. Her IMDb page shows over 32 acting credits from 1928 to 1953. This page will rank Ruth Chatterton 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.
Ruth Chatterton 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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| 1936 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1930 | Anybody's Woman (1930) |  |
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| 1930 | The Right To Love (1930) |  |
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| 1931 | Unfaithful (1931) | |
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| 1932 | Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1932) | |
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| 1936 | Girls' Dormitory (1936) | |
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| 1931 | The Magnificent Lie (1931) | |
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| 1930 | Paramount on Parade (1930) | |
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| 1932 | Frisco Jenny (1932) |  |
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| 1929 | Madame X (1929) AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1930 | The Lady of Scandal (1930) | |
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| 1930 | Sarah and Son (1930) AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1929 | The Laughing Lady (1929) | |
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| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers (1928) | |
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| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) | |
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| 1929 | The Doctor's Secret (1929) | |
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| 1931 | Once A Lady (1931) |  |
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| 1933 | Female (1933) | |
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| 1929 | Charming Sinners (1929) | |
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| 1932 | The Crash (1932) | |
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| 1929 | The Dummy (1929) | |
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| 1937 | The Rat (1937) |  |
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| 1933 | Lilly Turner (1933) | |
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| 1934 | Journal of a Crime (1934) | |
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| 1936 | Lady Of Secrets (1936) |  |
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| 1938 | A Royal Divorce (1938) |  |
Ruth Chatterton 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 Ruth Chatterton movies by her co-stars
- Sort Ruth Chatterton movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Ruth Chatterton movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Ruth Chatterton 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 Ruth Chatterton movie received.
- Sort Ruth Chatterton movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | 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 | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston & Directed by William Wyler |
5.30 | 230.0 | 230.00 | 14 | 84 | 07 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 2 | Anybody's Woman (1930) | Paul Lukas | 3.90 | 207.6 | 207.60 | 10 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 3 | The Right To Love (1930) | Paul Lukas | 3.10 | 169.4 | 169.40 | 16 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 4 | Unfaithful (1931) | Paul Lukas | 2.60 | 134.8 | 134.80 | 33 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 5 | Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1932) | Paul Lukas | 2.90 | 143.0 | 143.00 | 14 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 6 | Girls' Dormitory (1936) | Herbert Marshall & Tyrone Power |
3.30 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 45 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 7 | The Magnificent Lie (1931) | Ralph Bellamy | 1.80 | 94.6 | 94.60 | 60 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 9 | Paramount on Parade (1930) | Gary Cooper & Fay Wray |
2.20 | 120.5 | 120.50 | 50 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 8 | Frisco Jenny (1932) | Directed by William A. Wellman | 1.40 | 68.0 | 68.00 | 74 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 10 | Madame X (1929) AA Best Actress Nom |
Lionel Barrymore | 2.90 | 90.0 | 123.40 | 36 | 60 | 02 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 11 | The Lady of Scandal (1930) | Basil Rathbone | 2.00 | 105.5 | 105.50 | 63 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 12 | Sarah and Son (1930) AA Best Actress Nom |
Fredric March | 2.00 | 106.5 | 106.50 | 62 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 13 | The Laughing Lady (1929) | Clive Brook | 1.60 | 48.3 | 48.30 | 91 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 14 | Sins of the Fathers (1928) | Emil Jannings & Jean Arthur |
1.80 | 57.0 | 57.00 | 56 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 15 | The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) | Bette Davis & George Brent |
1.10 | 54.9 | 54.90 | 107 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 16 | The Doctor's Secret (1929) | H.B. Warner | 3.10 | 97.0 | 97.00 | 31 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 18 | Once A Lady (1931) | Jill Esmond | 1.60 | 84.2 | 84.20 | 74 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 17 | Female (1933) | Directed by Michael Curtiz | 0.80 | 38.3 | 60.40 | 130 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 19 | Charming Sinners (1929) | William Powell | 1.20 | 36.9 | 36.90 | 102 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 20 | The Crash (1932) | George Brent | 0.80 | 37.4 | 45.90 | 141 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 22 | The Dummy (1929) | Fredric March | 1.70 | 51.5 | 51.50 | 85 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 51.1 | |
| 22 | The Rat (1937) | Anton Walbrook | 0.20 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 214 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 48.0 | |
| 23 | Lilly Turner (1933) | George Brent | 0.30 | 16.2 | 16.20 | 175 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 46.7 | |
| 24 | Journal of a Crime (1934) | Walter Pidgeon | 0.60 | 26.4 | 26.40 | 169 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 25 | Lady Of Secrets (1936) | Lloyd Nolan | 0.20 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 216 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.1 | |
| 26 | A Royal Divorce (1938) | Jack Hawkins | 0.10 | 4.1 | 4.10 | 208 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Ruth Chatterton
1. Ruth Chatterton was born in New York City on Christmas Eve in 1892.
2. In 1911, Ruth Chatterton made her Broadway stage debut in The Great Name. Her greatest success onstage came in 1914, when she starred in the play Daddy Long Legs
3. In the 1930s Ruth Chatterton was one of the few woman aviators at the time, and was good friends with Amelia Earhart. She flew solo across the U.S. several times.
4. Ruth Chatterton was the first person to receive two consecutive Academy Award® acting nominations for her performances. She was nominated for Best Actress for Madame X (1929) and Sarah and Son (1930).
5. By 1938, Ruth Chatterton had tired of motion picture acting and retired from films. In 1940 she returned to the Broadway stage. In the 1950s she appeared in a handful of television performances.
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Like The Work Horse I have seen Ruth in only Dodsworth but for me that will always be THE movie to have watched her in; and on returning from holiday each year I have often viewed again my DVD of it.
Ruth is great in it as the wife from whom Dodsworth becomes increasingly estranged -especially when she cuckolds him – and I will always remember the scene at the end when he finally leaves her and as he is physically running away from her, he shouts back “Love has to stop somewhere short of madness!”
Indeed that is a thought that The Work Horse could also do with harbouring when he next feels the urge to wax lyrical about Myrna! Seriously though I found interesting the trivia above about Ruth’s aviation activities and her apparent late-career preference for the stage over movies.
Also the mirror reflection in Bruce’s fine little miniature photo illustrates clearly to me how stunningly beautiful Ruth was in her heyday. “Voted Up!”
I have seen 7 Ruth Chatterton movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Dodsworth.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Anybody’s Woman.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Journal of a Crime.
Favourite Ruth Chatterton Movies:
Dodsworth
The Rich are always With Us
Other Ruth Chatterton Movies I Have seen:
The Lady of Scandal
Female
The Crash
Lily Turner
Journal of a Crime
Hey Flora. Thanks for the feedback on our Ruth Chatterton page. I have only seen her Dodsworth……so the tally count is 7 to 1. I think the only one that looked interesting to me was Female…..but seeing it not on your favorites list makes me think it is not worth tracking down. Good stuff as always….enjoy the holiday! Box Day is coming.
I’m surprised Ruth has any connections being that her last film was in 1936, and 2 in one picture yet. These are the 6 people on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon list that she connects to.
98 DAVID NIVEN Dodsworth (1936)
501 RALPH BELLAMY The Magnificent Lie (1931)
661 JACK HAWKINS A Royal Divorce (1938)
759 CHARLES BOYER The Magnificent Lie (1931)
784 BETTE DAVIS The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
907 WALTER PIDGEON Journal of a Crime (1934)
Ruth appeared with 9 Oscar winners.
BETTE DAVIS The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
DAVID NIVEN Dodsworth (1936)
FREDRIC MARCH Paramount on Parade (1930)
FREDRIC MARCH Sarah and Son (1930)
GARY COOPER Paramount on Parade (1930)
JANE DARWELL Journal of a Crime (1934)
MARY ASTOR Dodsworth (1936)
PAUL LUKAS Anybody’s Woman (1930)
PAUL LUKAS Dodsworth (1936)
PAUL LUKAS The Right to Love (1930)
PAUL LUKAS Unfaithful (1931)
WALTER BRENNAN Lilly Turner (1933)
WALTER HUSTON Dodsworth (1936)
Hey Dan….thanks for the feedback on our Ruth Chatterton page. I had never even heard of her before doing some recent research…and then I noticed her name kept popping up. Very cool that she has 6 current connections to the Oracle list….though all 6 have been gone a very long time. 9 Oscar winners is a good total when considering that the Oscars were just getting started when she left the movies. Paul Lukas got 4 more movies added to his page when researching this actress. Their movies together were pretty successful. Your records do not show their movie Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Good stuff as always.
You are correct. In the early days of adding films from the IMDB you would call up an actor and all their films that had 5 votes or more would be listed. Tomorrow and Tomorrow currently has 11 votes. I had to add A Royal Divorce and The Doctor’s Secret because of your research. Both of those films are still under 5 votes and would not show up if they presented the list the old way. Now one has to manually stick everyone’s credits in so supporting players may be listed and the stars not. It’s easy to see the manually added (all CAP letters, I’m lazy), Original info is normalized.
Hey Dan….you can’t be perfect all the time….lol. The Lukas/Chatterton was pretty successful….and I had never heard of them as a screen team before. 5 movies with a total adjusted gross of about 750 million. All five of those movies are in Ruth’s Top 5…..this is clearly one of those examples that shows me there are lots of hidden treasures if you look hard enough.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.