List of the best Frank Thomas Jr. movies: Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter(1939), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase(1939), Nancy Drew, Detective(1938), Nancy Drew -- Reporter(1939), Always in My Heart(1942), The Major and the Minor(1942), One Foot in Heaven(1941), Boys Town(1938) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1939
70 Minutes
Ted Nickerson
Bonita Granville Frank Thomas Jr. John Litel Aldrich Bowker Renie Riano
attorney murder suspect nancy drew love interest friend housekeeper cheery madcap lighthearted house country house nursery airplane lake accusations investigation friendship amateur detectives murder case unlikely hero
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend (Frankie Thomas) solve a murder and land in a haystack.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
60 Minutes
Ted Nickerson
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.
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
68 Minutes
Ted Nickerson
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Mary Lee Dickie Jones Larry Williams Betty Amann Thomas E. Jackson Olin Howland
nancy drew boyfriend boxer father child victim lighthearted charming city hotel newsroom river heights trial murder journalism father/daughter relationship set-up mystery pursuit escape
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) plays reporter, solves a murder and clears a scandal.
Drama
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Martin "Marty" Scott
Kay Francis Walter Huston Gloria Warren Patty Hale Frank Thomas Jr. Una O'Connor Sidney Blackmer Armida Frank Puglia Russell Arms Anthony Caruso
interior decorator boyfriend ex-husband son daughter moving confident engaging california household prison club boat family false accusations musicians prejudice jealousy discovery growing up
After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. There he befriends his... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
100 Minutes
Cadet Osborne
Ginger Rogers Ray Milland Rita Johnson Robert Benchley Diana Lynn Edward Fielding Frank Thomas Jr. Raymond Roe Charles Smith Larry Nunn Billy Dawson
major woman fiancée father sister lighthearted cheery amusing winsome new york city iowa train school scams mistaken identity romance military escape transformation forbidden love
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Drama
USA
1941
108 Minutes
Hartzell Spence, age 18 years
Fredric March Martha Scott Beulah Bondi Gene Lockhart Grant Mitchell Moroni Olsen Harry Davenport Elisabeth Fraser Frank Thomas Jr. Laura Hope Crews Jerome Cowan
preacher wife son daughter choir director chauffeur tender positive inspiring church house parsonage denver ontario, canada iowa family faith christianity sacrifice transformation
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Drama
USA
1938
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Henry Hull Leslie Fenton Addison Richards Edward Norris Gene Reynolds Minor Watson Jonathan Hale Bobs Watson Martin Spellman
priest juvenile delinquent criminal police officer endearing inspiring boys town, neb. police station prison street crime troubled youth faith growing up transformation 1930s
When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.