List of the best Frances Gifford movies: The Reluctant Dragon(1941), Hold That Woman(1940), Luxury Liner(1948), Little Mister Jim(1947), Border Vigilantes(1941), Thrill of a Romance(1945), American Empire(1942), Riding High(1950), The Glass Key(1942) ... ...
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Frances Gifford Buddy Pepper Nana Bryant
comedian tour guide singer dragon artist donald duck charming amusing cheeky movie studio music stage art department animation department film industry cartoons animation discovery recordings quest transformation
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
61 Minutes
Mary Mulvaney, Mary Parker
A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
98 Minutes
Laura Dene
George Brent Jane Powell Frances Gifford Lauritz Melchior Marina Koshetz Xavier Cugat Thomas E. Breen Richard Derr
captain daughter opera singer fiancée fiancé aspiring singer amusing lighthearted emotional cruise ship opera house atlantic ocean cruise stowaway opera love triangle father/daughter relationship singing love growing up
A young girl stows away aboard a luxury liner which is full of musical stars--and which her father just happens to be the captain.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Jean Tukker
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins James Craig Frances Gifford Luana Patten Spring Byington Ching Wah Lee Laura La Plante Henry O'Neill Morris Ankrum Celia Travers Ruth Brady
A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Helen Forbes
William Boyd Russell Hayden Andy Clyde Frances Gifford Victor Jory Ethel Wales Morris Ankrum Tom Tyler
A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the towns problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss, and so are the vigilantes.
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
Maude Bancroft
Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Frances Gifford Henry Travers Spring Byington Carleton G. Young Helene Stanley Donald Curtis Billy House Ethel Griffies
swimming instructor businessman war hero opera singer hotel manager husband lighthearted charming sierra nevada mountains resort wilderness los angeles swimming pool love triangle marrying for money honeymoon newlyweds romance forbidden love adventure
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Abigail "Abby" Taylor
Richard Dix Leo Carrillo Preston Foster Frances Gifford Robert Barrat Jack LaRue Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Cliff Edwards Merrill Rodin Chris-Pin Martin Richard Webb
friend partner cattleman wife son sister gritty dense texas river boat ranch town house greed ranchers gunfight land claim accidental death new life
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Margaret Higgins
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Nurse
Brian Donlevy Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Bonita Granville Richard Denning Joseph Calleia William Bendix Frances Gifford Donald MacBride Margaret Hayes Moroni Olsen
political boss government official adviser daughter brother gangster dark suspenseful engaging tense office mansion cabin hospital countryside apartment murder corruption blackmail loyalty
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.