Where to watch Gertrude Purcell in the UK
Find every Gertrude Purcell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Purcell (who was described by a friend as a "masculine, funny, and hard-drinking woman") worked as a freelancer for much of her career, penning scripts for most of the major studios. During the McCarthy era she became an important informer due to her communist past, but before the process she attempted suicide. She then retired from her cinema career, but lived a decade more.
Gertrude Purcell films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Gertrude Purcell, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Destry Rides Again (1939) Screenplay
- Stella Dallas (1937) Adaptation
- In Old California (1942) Screenplay
- Follow the Boys (1944) Screenplay
- Super-Sleuth (1937) Screenplay
- The Invisible Woman (1940) Screenplay
- Love Before Breakfast (1936) Writer
- One Night in the Tropics (1940) Screenplay
- Palooka (1934) Screenplay
- Cocktail Hour (1933) Screenplay
- First Love (1939) Story
- Reckless Age (1944) Screenplay
- Music for Madame (1937) Screenplay
- Winter Wonderland (1946) Screenplay
- Hitting a New High (1937) Screenplay
- The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) Writer
- The Witness Chair (1936) Screenplay
- Another Language (1933) Adaptation
- If You Could Only Cook (1935) Screenplay
- Make Way for a Lady (1936) Writer
- No More Orchids (1932) Screenplay
- The Lady and the Mob (1939) Screenplay
- The Sap from Syracuse (1930) Screenplay
- A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) Screenplay
- Arkansas Judge (1941) Adaptation
- Redheads on Parade (1935) Story
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942) Additional Dialogue
- The Human Side (1934) Additional Writing
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Screenplay
- Child of Manhattan (1933) Screenplay
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) Screenplay
- Paris Underground (1945) Screenplay
- She Was a Lady (1934) Screenplay
- The Girl Habit (1931) Writer
- Follow the Leader (1930) Screenplay
- The Girl Friend (1935) Screenplay
- Vanity Street (1932) Screenplay
- Service de Luxe (1938) Writer
- The Night Mayor (1932) Screenplay
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) Screenplay
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Most-watched Gertrude Purcell films currently: Destry Rides Again (1939), Stella Dallas (1937), In Old California (1942), Follow the Boys (1944), Super-Sleuth (1937).
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