Jobyna Howland

Acting

Jobyna Howland

Born — Died

1880-03-31 — 1936-06-07

Place of birth

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 15 titles

The Story of Temple Drake poster
6.5

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

Big City Blues poster
5.9

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.

Big City Blues

1932

The Virtuous Sin poster
4.8

Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.

The Virtuous Sin

1930

Hook, Line and Sinker poster
5.6

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.

Hook, Line and Sinker

1930

Once in a Lifetime poster
7.3

Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

Once in a Lifetime

1932

The Cuckoos poster
8.0

Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.

The Cuckoos

1930

A Lady's Morals poster
5.0

Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.

A Lady's Morals

1930

Rockabye poster
6.5

A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.

Rockabye

1932

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble poster
10.0

Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

1933

Silver Dollar poster
6.2

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

Silver Dollar

1932

Meet the Baron poster
5.3

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

Meet the Baron

1933

Topaze poster
6.0

An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.

Topaze

1933

Dixiana poster
5.0

A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for a time. Also in the mix are two circus comics who feud over the heart of another Southern belle.

Dixiana

1930

Honey poster
5.7

A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

Honey

1930

Stepping Sisters poster
7.0

A trio of former burlesque dancers now living in high society try to prevent their past occupation from being discovered.

Stepping Sisters

1932