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Warner Baxter (1889-1951) was an Oscar® winning American actor. Baxter was best known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards®. His IMDb page shows 108 acting from 1918 to 1950. This page will rank Warner Baxter 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.
Warner Baxter 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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| 1933 | 42nd Street (1933) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1931 | Daddy Long Legs (1931) |  |
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| 1928 | In Old Arizona (1928) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Win |
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| 1937 | Slave Ship (1937) | |
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| 1937 | Wife Doctor and Nurse (1937) | |
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| 1936 | The Road To Glory (1936) | |
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| 1944 | Lady in The Dark (1944) | |
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| 1937 | Vogues of 1938 (1937) | |
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| 1936 | King of Burlesque (1936) |  |
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| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | |
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| 1933 | Penthouse (1933) | |
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| 1934 | Broadway Bill (1934) | |
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| 1930 | The Arizona Kid (1930) | |
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| 1936 | To Mary - with Love (1936) | |
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| 1935 | One More Spring (1935) | |
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| 1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) | |
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| 1926 | Mannequin (1926) | |
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| 1928 | Ramona (1928) | |
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| 1931 | The Cisco Kid (1931) |  |
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| 1928 | West Of Zanzibar (1928) | |
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| 1926 | Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) | |
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| 1930 | Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) | |
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| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) | |
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| 1941 | Adam Had Four Sons (1941) | |
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| 1926 | Aloma of the South Seas (1926) | |
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| 1943 | The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943) |  |
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| 1934 | Grand Canary (1934) | |
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| 1931 | Doctors' Wives (1931) | |
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| 1943 | Crime Doctor (1943) | |
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| 1933 | Six Hours To Live (1933) | |
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| 1931 | Surrender (1931) | |
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| 1938 | Kidnapped (1938) | |
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| 1935 | Under the Pampas Moon (1935) | |
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| 1938 | I'll Give A Million (1938) | |
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| 1925 | The Best People (1925) | |
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| 1939 | The Return Of The Cisco Kid (1939) | |
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| 1933 | Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933) | |
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| 1933 | I Loved You Wednesday (1933) | |
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| 1936 | Robin Hood Of El Dorado (1936) | |
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| 1931 | The Squaw Man (1931) | |
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| 1936 | White Hunter (1936) |  |
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| 1929 | Romance of the Rio Grande (1929) | |
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| 1939 | Barricade (1939) | |
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| 1928 | Three Sinners (1928) | |
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| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes (1929) | |
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| 1940 | Earthbound (1940) | |
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| 1930 | Renegades (1930) | |
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| 1934 | Hell in The Heavens (1934) | |
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| 1933 | As Husbands Go (1933) | |
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| 1934 | Such Women Are Dangerous (1934) | |
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| 1929 | Behind That Curtain (1929) | |
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| 1932 | Amateur Daddy (1932) | |
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| 1925 | The Air Mail (1925) |  |
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| 1932 | Man About Town (1932) | |
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| 1924 | The Female (1924) | |
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| 1950 | State Penitentiary (1950) |  |
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| 1926 | The Great Gatsby (1926) | |
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| 1922 | Her Own Money (1922) | |
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| 1927 | Singed (1927) |  |
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| 1925 | A Son of His Father (1925) | |
Warner Baxter 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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Warner Baxter movie received.
- Sort Warner Baxter 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 | 42nd Street (1933) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ginger Rogers & Dick Powell |
4.10 | 192.6 | 305.50 | 11 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 3 | Daddy Long Legs (1931) | Janet Gaynor | 4.40 | 227.8 | 227.80 | 6 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 2 | In Old Arizona (1928) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Win |
Warner Baxter & Edmund Lowe |
7.80 | 247.3 | 247.30 | 3 | 48 | 05 / 01 | 92.3 | |
| 5 | Slave Ship (1937) | Mickey Rooney & Wallace Beery |
4.40 | 182.4 | 182.40 | 31 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 7 | Wife Doctor and Nurse (1937) | Loretta Young | 4.00 | 165.8 | 165.80 | 44 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 6 | The Road To Glory (1936) | Fredric March & Lionel Barrymore |
3.30 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 46 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 7 | Lady in The Dark (1944) | Ginger Rogers & Ray Milland |
9.70 | 326.0 | 326.00 | 15 | 53 | 03 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 8 | Vogues of 1938 (1937) | Joan Bennett | 4.40 | 182.7 | 182.70 | 29 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 11 | King of Burlesque (1936) | Alice Faye | 3.70 | 158.1 | 158.10 | 38 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 9 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | Gloria Stuart | 2.90 | 125.8 | 125.80 | 67 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 11 | Penthouse (1933) | Myrna Loy | 2.30 | 109.0 | 109.00 | 26 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 12 | Broadway Bill (1934) | Myrna Loy & Frank Capra |
2.50 | 116.7 | 116.70 | 32 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 13 | The Arizona Kid (1930) | Carole Lombard | 2.60 | 140.1 | 140.10 | 34 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 14 | To Mary - with Love (1936) | Myrna Loy | 2.20 | 94.2 | 94.20 | 91 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 16 | One More Spring (1935) | Janet Gaynor | 2.70 | 122.2 | 122.20 | 39 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 15 | Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) | Loretta Young | 3.00 | 114.0 | 114.00 | 79 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 17 | Mannequin (1926) | Walter Pidgeon & Zasu Pitts |
2.40 | 87.7 | 87.70 | 19 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 18 | Ramona (1928) | Dolores del Rio | 2.90 | 92.0 | 92.00 | 23 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 19 | The Cisco Kid (1931) | Conchita Montenegro | 1.30 | 65.7 | 65.70 | 115 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.4 | |
| 20 | West Of Zanzibar (1928) | Lionel Barrymore & Lon Chaney |
2.30 | 72.0 | 72.00 | 42 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 21 | Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) | Bebe Daniels | 2.20 | 78.9 | 78.90 | 21 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 77.0 | |
| 22 | Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) | Bela Lugosi | 1.70 | 93.0 | 93.00 | 74 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 23 | Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) | Shirley Temple & James Dunn |
2.00 | 95.8 | 95.80 | 54 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 24 | Adam Had Four Sons (1941) | Ingrid Bergman & Susan Hayward |
2.20 | 85.4 | 85.40 | 108 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 25 | Aloma of the South Seas (1926) | Gilda Gray & Percy Marmont |
3.00 | 107.8 | 107.80 | 13 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 26 | The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943) | Lloyd Bridges | 1.20 | 42.7 | 42.70 | 140 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 27 | Grand Canary (1934) | Madge Evans | 0.60 | 30.1 | 30.10 | 158 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 66.6 | |
| 30 | Doctors' Wives (1931) | Joan Bennett | 1.40 | 72.3 | 72.30 | 96 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 66.5 | |
| 28 | Crime Doctor (1943) | Margaret Lindsay | 1.30 | 46.8 | 46.80 | 134 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 29 | Six Hours To Live (1933) | John Boles | 0.80 | 39.4 | 39.40 | 127 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 32 | Surrender (1931) | Ralph Bellamy | 1.30 | 66.0 | 66.00 | 113 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 32 | Kidnapped (1938) | John Carradine | 1.10 | 43.9 | 43.90 | 161 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 35 | Under the Pampas Moon (1935) | Rita Hayworth | 0.90 | 41.5 | 41.50 | 140 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 33 | I'll Give A Million (1938) | Peter Lorre | 0.60 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 189 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 37 | The Best People (1925) | Esther Ralston | 1.70 | 69.1 | 69.10 | 18 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 35 | The Return Of The Cisco Kid (1939) | Cesar Romero | 0.70 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 208 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 36 | Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933) | Janet Gaynor | 1.00 | 47.7 | 47.70 | 102 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 38 | I Loved You Wednesday (1933) | Victor Jory | 1.20 | 57.7 | 57.70 | 71 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 59.2 | |
| 39 | Robin Hood Of El Dorado (1936) | Bruce Cabot | 1.00 | 44.5 | 44.50 | 142 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 54.3 | |
| 40 | The Squaw Man (1931) | Directed by Cecil B. DeMille | 1.40 | 70.5 | 106.20 | 99 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 40 | White Hunter (1936) | Gail Patrick | 0.30 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 204 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 41 | Romance of the Rio Grande (1929) | Mona Maris | 1.10 | 35.0 | 35.00 | 106 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 48.3 | |
| 44 | Barricade (1939) | Alice Faye | 1.10 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 169 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.0 | |
| 43 | Three Sinners (1928) | Paul Lukas | 0.70 | 22.8 | 22.80 | 97 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 45 | Thru Different Eyes (1929) | Edmund Lowe | 0.50 | 15.4 | 15.40 | 148 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 46.0 | |
| 46 | Earthbound (1940) | Andrea Leeds | 0.50 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 210 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 45.3 | |
| 47 | Renegades (1930) | Myrna Loy & Bela Lugosi |
1.10 | 60.1 | 60.10 | 112 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 47 | Hell in The Heavens (1934) | Conchita Montenegro | 0.20 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 193 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 42.9 | |
| 49 | As Husbands Go (1933) | Warner Oland | 0.90 | 41.6 | 41.60 | 118 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 42.8 | |
| 48 | Such Women Are Dangerous (1934) | Rosemary Ames | 0.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 194 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 52 | Behind That Curtain (1929) | Boris Karloff | 2.30 | 69.9 | 69.90 | 57 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 51 | Amateur Daddy (1932) | Marian Nixon | 0.90 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 130 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 53 | The Air Mail (1925) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 0.20 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 63 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 35.0 | |
| 55 | Man About Town (1932) | Karen Morley | 0.70 | 34.3 | 34.30 | 147 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 34.8 | |
| 54 | The Female (1924) | Betty Compson | 0.40 | 18.6 | 18.60 | 53 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.6 | |
| 56 | State Penitentiary (1950) | Onslow Stevens | 0.30 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 208 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 25.0 | |
| 57 | The Great Gatsby (1926) | William Powell | 0.20 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 96 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 24.8 | |
| 58 | Her Own Money (1922) | Ethel Clayton | 0.30 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 30 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | |
| 59 | Singed (1927) | Blanche Sweet | 0.40 | 14.9 | 14.90 | 99 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 17.7 | |
| 60 | A Son of His Father (1925) | Directed by Victor Fleming | 0.50 | 18.6 | 18.60 | 47 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 |
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Warner Baxter, is the # 82 most connected actor of the 1930’s, and the # 90 most connected of the 1920’s.
“Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue. I’m taking you to Forty-Second Street.” Whoa I’ve only seen one film out of the 60 listed on the chart – 42nd Street, which is a favorite.
There’s a bunch on there I wouldn’t mind watching some day including The Prisoner of Shark Island, Slave Ship, West of Zanzibar, Road to Glory and The Cisco Kid.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
My favorite Warner Baxter film is The Prisoner of Shark Island. The only Warner Baxter films I have are the all-star short the Slippery Pearls and the immortal Vogues of 1938.
Warner was never on the Oracle of Bacon but he has a few more connections than Marion Davies (well he appeared in films for 12 more years after her).
68 JOHN CARRADINE I’ll Give a Million (1938)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Kidnapped (1938)
68 JOHN CARRADINE The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
107 MICKEY ROONEY Slave Ship (1937)
368 CESAR ROMERO Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
368 CESAR ROMERO Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
372 LLOYD BRIDGES Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (1943)
494 LOIS MAXWELL The Crime Doctor’s Diary (1949)
501 RALPH BELLAMY Surrender (1931)
512 RAY MILLAND Lady in the Dark (1944)
597 PAUL FIX Doctors’ Wives (1931)
597 PAUL FIX The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
597 PAUL FIX The Road to Glory (1936)
628 GEORGE SANDERS Slave Ship (1937)
768 EDWARD G. ROBINSON The Slippery Pearls (1931)
805 KEYE LUKE Barricade (1939)
805 KEYE LUKE King of Burlesque (1936)
860 MIKE MAZURKI The Devil’s Henchman (1949)
Warner appeared with 17 Oscar winners.
CLAIRE TREVOR To Mary – with Love (1936)
FREDRIC MARCH The Road to Glory (1936)
GARY COOPER The Slippery Pearls (1931)
GEORGE SANDERS Slave Ship (1937)
GINGER ROGERS 42nd Street (1933)
GINGER ROGERS Lady in the Dark (1944)
INGRID BERGMAN Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
JANE DARWELL One More Spring (1935)
JANE DARWELL Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
JANE WYMAN King of Burlesque (1936)
JANET GAYNOR Daddy Long Legs (1931)
JANET GAYNOR One More Spring (1935)
JANET GAYNOR Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
JOAN CRAWFORD The Slippery Pearls (1931)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Road to Glory (1936)
LIONEL BARRYMORE West of Zanzibar (1928)
LORETTA YOUNG The Slippery Pearls (1931)
LORETTA YOUNG Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
LORETTA YOUNG Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
NORMA SHEARER The Slippery Pearls (1931)
RAY MILLAND Lady in the Dark (1944)
SUSAN HAYWARD Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
VICTOR MCLAGLEN Happy Days (1929/I)
VICTOR MCLAGLEN The Slippery Pearls (1931)
WALLACE BEERY Rugged Water (1925)
WALLACE BEERY Slave Ship (1937)
WALLACE BEERY The Slippery Pearls (1931)
Great UMR Page
I have seen 4 Warner Baxter movies.
42nd Street and Penthouse are favourites.
Other Warner Baxter Movies I Have Seen:
Ramona
Robin Hood of El Dorado