List of the best Frank Orth movies: Nancy Drew, Detective(1938), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase(1939), The Great Rupert(1950), The Magnificent Dope(1942), Springtime in the Rockies(1942), Coney Island(1943), The Footloose Heiress(1937), Greenwich Village(1944), Land Beyond the Law(1937), Double Dynamite(1951), Here Come the Girls(1953), The Lost Weekend(1945) ... ...
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
67 Minutes
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis John Ridgely Helena Phillips Evans
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain wealthy woman accountant charming lighthearted river heights family home lake hospital disappearance abduction secret codes investigation friendship carrier pigeons mystery adventure
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
60 Minutes
Captain Tweedy
Bonita Granville Frank Thomas Jr. John Litel Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis Louise Carter John Ridgely
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain spinster sister engaging lighthearted town family home victorian house secret passageway property rights schemes false accusations investigation will and testament murder mystery discovery
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend (Frankie Thomas) protect a mansion from racetrack gangsters.
6.6/10
Other, Comedy
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Mr. Frank Dingle
Jimmy Durante Terry Moore Tom Drake Queenie Smith Frank Orth Jimmy Conlin Chick Chandler Sara Haden Hugh Sanders Don Beddoe
wife mother father vaudevillian landlord daughter amusing offbeat heartwarming new york city apartment attic christmas struggle family hard times vaudeville financial windfall mystery love
A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Messenger
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
6.7/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Mr. Bickel (uncredited)
Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Jackie Gleason Frank Orth Harry Hayden Iron Eyes Cody Chick Chandler
dancer broadway star secretary valet ex-lover partner charming lighthearted uplifting resort rocky mountains broadway theater musical performance breakup reconciliation partnership misunderstanding love rivalry 1940s
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Saloon Waiter, Member of quartette, "Irish" number
Betty Grable Cesar Romero George Montgomery Charles Winninger Phil Silvers Matt Briggs Paul Hurst Frank Orth
promoter saloon owner singer carnival worker bartender drunk amusing cheeky lighthearted coney island broadway theater saloon carnival backstage stage show business jealousy carnivals ambition love triangle
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Justice Abner Cuttler
Craig Reynolds Ann Sheridan Anne Nagel William Hopper Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Hal Neiman Frank Orth William Eberhardt Lois Cheaney
For the fifth time, this time on her eighteenth birthday, headstrong and defiant heiress Kay Allyn is determined to get married, this time to layabout Jack Pierson. While her father, J.C. ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Ordway
Carmen Miranda Don Ameche William Bendix Vivian Blaine Felix Bressart B.S. Pully Emil Rameau Frank Orth Torben Meyer Herb Evers Hal K. Dawson
composer club owner singer violinist henchman love interest lighthearted cheery greenwich village new york city apartment theater jail stage composing music swindling drunkenness ambition disillusionment
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
5.8/10
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
Deputy Shorty Long
Dick Foran Linda Perry Wayne Morris Irene Franklin Joe King Gordon Hart Cyrus W. Kendall Frank Orth Glenn Strange Harry Woods Milton Kibbee
Wild and woolly Chip Douglas becomes a lawman after his father is killed in New Mexico territory and helps avoid a range war.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Mr. Kofer
Frank Sinatra Jane Russell Groucho Marx Don McGuire Howard Freeman Harry Hayden Nestor Paiva Lou Nova Joe Devlin Frank Orth William Edmunds
bank teller waiter bookie girlfriend loan shark detective cheeky lighthearted spirited bank restaurant apartment alley financial windfall wrongfully accused aspirations friendship marriage proposal embezzlement love
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Mr. Hungerford
Bob Hope Tony Martin Arlene Dahl Rosemary Clooney Millard Mitchell William Demarest Fred Clark Robert Strauss Zamah Cunningham Frank Orth Johnny Downs
performer starlet boyfriend fan killer girlfriend cheeky rousing spectacular backstage broadway theater ferry family home new york city show business broadway murder plot success obsession deception
A clumsy, full-of-himself chorus boy gets a chance at Broadway stardom when he's a stand in for a leading actor threatened by an infamous killer.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Ray Milland Jane Wyman Howard da Silva Phillip Terry Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Lewis Russell Frank Orth
writer alcoholic brother girlfriend bartender dark bleak intense new york city bar hotel opera house hospital addiction alcoholism lying self-destruction love wretched excess temptation
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett Don Taylor Billie Burke Leo G. Carroll Moroni Olsen Melville Cooper Taylor Holmes Paul Harvey Frank Orth
father bride daughter mother groom amusing playful endearing america household church wedding marriage family aging parenthood love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
6.6/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
91 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lee Bowman Charles Coburn Edgar Buchanan Charley Grapewin Phil Brown Harry Davenport Jane Darwell Grant Mitchell Frank Jenks Frank Orth
husband wife judge father bellhop friend charming heartwarming emotional san francisco courtroom coffee shop hotel reconciliation divorce marriage courtship second chance commitment love
To rekindle their love, a divorce judge orders a couple whose marriage is on the rocks to re-enact their four-day breakneck courtship.
Drama
1942
92 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Ann Ayars Robert Sterling Jean Rogers Alma Kruger Walter Kingsford Nell Craig Ed Gargan Marie Blake Frank Orth
physician intern nurse mentor wealthy girl board member engaging melodramatic new york city hospital ambulance street operating room boardroom workplace politics medicine employment surgery accident romance
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) supports Kildare's (Lew Ayres) crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyatt Shirley Ross Lee Patrick Jerome Cowan Una O'Connor Romaine Callender Barnett Parker Cornel Wilde Willie Best Louise Beavers
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Musical
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Ian Hunter Frank Morgan Wally Vernon Rita Johnson Virginia Grey William Cargan Katharine Alexander Al Shean Esther Dale
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Audrey Totter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully Leon Ames Jayne Meadows Morris Ankrum Lila Leeds Ellen Ross William Roberts Kathleen Lockhart
private detective editor publisher wife boss philip marlowe suspenseful offbeat melodramatic los angeles publishing house office cottage car lake detective work missing persons marital problems conspiracy murder
The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Ian Hunter Verree Teasdale Donald Meek Barton MacLane Edward Ashley Ann Codee King Baggot Adeline de Walt Reynolds Si Jenks
showgirl refugee government official publisher writer grandmother airy witty hedonistic new york city apartment office house love triangle marriage publishing divorce immigration deception rivalry
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
7.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan George Macready Rita Johnson Elsa Lanchester Harold Vermilyea Dan Tobin Harry Morgan Richard Webb Tad Van Brunt
editor boss wife mistress henchman reporter spirited gripping cheeky new york city apartment bar office elevator antique shop disillusionment corporate culture journalism honeymoon cover-up
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Cesar Romero Four Ink Spots The Nicholas Brothers The Wiere Brothers James Newill Mary Beth Hughes Eula Morgan William Pawley
veteran electrician singer wealthy man friend cheery creative melodramatic airport new york city ohio boxing ring stage radio competition friendship romance marriage loyalty discovery
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Frank McHugh Patsy Kelly Louise Fazenda Barton MacLane Marcia Ralston Carol Hughes Frederick Clark Mary Treen Anderson Lawler
secretary beautiful woman writer roommate girlfriend amusing playful san francisco office deception disguise romance writing beauty employment love transformation discovery 1930s
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
4.9/10
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Irving Bacon
The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, ... See full summary »
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