List of the best Franklin Pangborn movies: Down Memory Lane(1949), The Girl in the Pullman(1927), Hollywood and Vine(1945), Two Weeks to Live(1943), Reveille With Beverly(1943), The Cradle Snatchers(1927), Not So Dumb(1930), High Hat(1937), Sullivan's Travels(1941), Design for Living(1933), A Girl, a Guy and a Gob(1941), All Over Town(1937) ... ...
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1949
72 Minutes
host television producer technician police officer dentist golfer cheery amusing television studio theater recording studio office movies comedy television advertising actors singing quest discovery
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Hector Brooks
Marie Prevost Harrison Ford Franklin Pangborn Kathryn McGuire Ethel Wales Harry Myers William Irving
Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations to his bride-to-be and her mother they ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Comedy
USA
1945
59 Minutes
Reggie
Jimmy Ellison Wanda McKay Franklin Pangborn Ralph Morgan June Clyde Leon Belasco Karin Lang Emmett Lynn Robert Greig Vera Lewis
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies, but finds that attaining stardom is a lot more difficult then she counted on. Howewver, she does become a star ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Comedy
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Mr. Pinkney
business owner business partner investor nazi daredevil promoter amusing madcap lighthearted arkansas chicago general store doctor's office rocket inheritance wealth railroad rags to riches schemes debt
When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Vernon Lewis
Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell Franklin Pangborn Larry Parks
disc jockey switchboard operator millionaire chauffeur station manager soldier charming witty radio station military base party office car jazz military life deception new love world war ii switched identities transformation
Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1927
59 Minutes
Howard Drake
Louise Fazenda J. Farrell MacDonald Ethel Wales Franklin Pangborn Dorothy Phillips William B. Davidson Joseph Striker Jack Stuart Arthur Lake Diane Ellis Sammy Cohen
From a 1925 hit stage play by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell about three unhappy, middle-aged housewives who teach their adulterous husbands a lesson by starting affairs with college-aged young men during the jazz age.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Vincent Leach
Marion Davies Elliott Nugent Raymond Hackett Franklin Pangborn Julia Faye William Holden Donald Ogden Stewart Sally Starr George Davis Ruby Lafayette
young woman businessman jeweler ex-convict daughter butler airy hilarious witty house garden dining room career aspirations mishaps unintended consequences new romance dinner party business scheme love quest
Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
Musical, Comedy
1937
74 Minutes
Mr. Breton
Frank Luther Dorothy Dare Lona Andre Franklin Pangborn Gavin Gordon Esther Muir Robert Warwick Clarence Muse Ferdinand Munier
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Mr. Casalsis
Joel McCrea Veronica Lake Robert Warwick William Demarest Franklin Pangborn Porter Hall Byron Foulger Margaret Hayes Robert Greig Eric Blore
director actress butler spinster warden tramp heartwarming hilarious somber powerful hollywood, calif. mansion train las vegas small town movie making chain gangs wealth mistaken identity love
A Hollywood director, John L Sullivan, sets out to experience life as a poor, homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
7.5/10
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Mr. Douglas
Fredric March Gary Cooper Miriam Hopkins Edward Everett Horton Franklin Pangborn Isabel Jewell Wyndham Standing Harry Dunkinson Helena Phillips Evans James Donlan Vernon Steele
artist playwright american boss husband love interest cheeky madcap playful paris apartment london new york city office roommates jealousy romantic dilemma love triangle sex competition
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Pet Shop Owner
George Murphy Lucille Ball Edmond O'Brien Henry Travers Franklin Pangborn George Cleveland Kathleen Howard Marguerite Chapman Lloyd Corrigan Mady Correll Frank McGlynn
executive secretary sailor mafioso wrestler social climber amusing cheery playful office chapel opera house dance hall big city love triangle misunderstanding culture clash workplace romance career vs. love rivalry
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup... See full summary »
5.3/10
Comedy
USA
1937
62 Minutes
The Costumer
Ole Olsen Chic Johnson Mary Howard Harry Stockwell Franklin Pangborn James Finlayson Eddie Kane Stanley Fields D'Arcy Corrigan Lew Kelly John Sheehan
Two zanies try to stage a show in a theater that has a reputation for being being jinxed.
4.7/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1934
66 Minutes
J. Ashton Brockton
Guy Robertson Irene Ware Edgar Kennedy Ferdinand Gottschalk Franklin Pangborn Joyce Compton Otis Harlan Lorin Raker William Orlamond Bodil Rosing
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another. Complications ensue.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Van Buren
Jean Arthur Edward Arnold Ray Milland Luis Alberni Mary Nash Franklin Pangborn Barlowe Borland William Demarest Andrew Tombes Esther Dale Harlan Briggs
office worker wealthy man son wife hotel owner stockbroker cheeky playful frenetic new york city bus office hotel automat chance meeting class distinctions misunderstanding great depression rags to riches romance
A wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off the roof of a building; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Don Hartman, Radio Announcer
Dick Powell Ellen Drew Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ernest Truex Franklin Pangborn Harry Hayden Rod Cameron Adrian Morris Harry Rosenthal Georgia Caine
clerk girlfriend mother businessman coworker lighthearted endearing new york city office household aspirations romance deception practical jokes contest discovery love 1940s
When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1926
74 Minutes
Cecil Lovelace
Beatrice Lillie Jack Pickford Doris Lloyd DeWitt Jennings D'Arcy Corrigan Franklin Pangborn William Gillespie Carl Richards Harry Myers Tenen Holtz
A maid who works for a traveling theatrical troupe wants desperately to be an actress, and manages to get some small roles in the company's productions, but is determined to do anything she... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Louis
Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Verree Teasdale Franklin Pangborn
ghost husband wife baron dog banker quirky amusing lighthearted french riviera hotel new york city supernatural ghosts divorce reconciliation journey husband/wife relationship quest love
To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1930
85 Minutes
Sport
Helen Twelvetrees Marjorie Rambeau Ricardo Cortez Phillips Holmes James Gleason Franklin Pangborn Harry Sweet Stanley Fields Mathew Betz Thelma Todd Mike Donlin
Havana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1936
64 Minutes
Benson
Louise Fazenda Maude Eburne Ann Rutherford Edward Nugent Hedda Hopper Franklin Pangborn Rafael Corio Harold Minjir Olaf Hytten Robert Light Claudelle Kaye
Kate Flannagan (Louise Fazenda) and Belle Dugan (Maude Eburne)operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime, friendly... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Floorwalker
Constance Bennett Pert Kelton Joel McCrea John Halliday Samuel S. Hinds Franklin Pangborn
A former prostitute, determined to reform upon leaving prison, falls in love with a cotton barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.
5.4/10
Romance
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Oglethorpe
James Dunn Helen Whitney Bourne Joan Woodbury Solly Ward Tom Kennedy Franklin Pangborn
salesgirl manager landlord tenant roommate heiress amusing lighthearted madcap city apartment basement restaurant mistaken identity romance jealousy practical jokes love pursuit rivalry 1930s
Mary, a sometimes employed Midwest transplant living in New York is forced to share an apartment with Jack, a starving artist-night watchman. Both having problems paying their rent, ... See full summary »
Comedy
1940
74 Minutes
J. Pinkerton Snoopington, Bank Examiner
W.C. Fields Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel Evelyn Del Rio Jessie Ralph Franklin Pangborn Shemp Howard Dick Purcell Grady Sutton Russell Hicks
guard bank teller inspector swindler daughter bank robber madcap hilarious lighthearted outlandish small town bank hotel car luck schemes embezzlement hero worship bank heist getaway
A man inadvertently foils a robbery and is awarded the job of bank guard, forcing him to face a real holdup.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Billy Moon
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
6.7/10
Musical
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Waters
Shirley Temple Joan Davis Charles Farrell Amanda Duff Bill Robinson Bert Lahr Franklin Pangborn Cora Witherspoon Claude Gillingwater Bennie Bartlett Hal K. Dawson
young girl tycoon father chauffeur janitor airy charming positive melodramatic hotel basement great depression youth optimism dance father/daughter relationship underdog rise 1930s
Shirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with bill "Bojangles" robinson. Based on paul gerard smith's book, "Lucky penny".
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Hans
Helen Twelvetrees William Blakewell Lew Cody ZaSu Pitts H.B. Warner C. Henry Gordon Franklin Pangborn Nance O'Neil
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa decides to answer the patriotic appeals and help by working in the hospital, but her reputation causes her to be ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1941
71 Minutes
The Producer, Mr. Pangborn
W.C. Fields Gloria Jean Margaret Dumont Leon Errol Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Nagel Franklin Pangborn Mona Barrie Susan Miller Charles Lang
filmmaker actress producer mother daughter amusing campy madcap hollywood, calif. airplane movie studio movies fantasy hollywood pursuit escape 1940s
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Radio Engineer , Sloan
Jack Benny Alexis Smith Guy Kibbee Dolores Moran Allyn Joslyn Reginald Gardiner John Alexander Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont Robert Blake Ethel Griffies
musician angel thief campy cheeky hedonistic quirky earth new york city radio station restaurant dreams radio performers hedonism fall quest temptation transformation 1940s
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Comedy
1944
101 Minutes
Committee Chairman
Eddie Bracken Ella Raines Raymond Walburn William Demarest Bill Edwards Elizabeth Patterson Jimmy Conlin Franklin Pangborn Jack Norton Paul Porcasi Alan Bridge
good guy soldier mother girlfriend mayor playful charming military base small town bar world war ii love triangle deception temptation growing up transformation 1940s
Preston Sturges' satire about a sickly soldier discharged from duty and mistaken for a war hero when he returns home.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Apartment Manager
Ginger Rogers James Stewart Jimmy Ellison Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Frances Mercer Phyllis Kennedy Alec Craig Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Hattie McDaniel
professor dean wife ex-girlfriend singer charming amusing playful new york city small town romance father/son relationship jealousy secret marriage newlyweds love discovery 1930s
A professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.
7.0/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Rio Hotel Clerk
Jack Carson Janis Paige Don DeFore Doris Day Oscar Levant S.Z. Sakall Fortunio Bonanova Eric Blore Franklin Pangborn
husband wife singer detective boyfriend playful lighthearted amusing household travel agency cruise ship cabin rio de janeiro stage marriage suspicion drinking romance false accusations impersonation
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Dr. Heywood
Joel McCrea Betty Field Harry Carey William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Julius Tannen Edwin Maxwell Porter Hall Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Harry Hayden
The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Henri
Carole Lombard Fred MacMurray Charles Butterworth Jean Dixon Dorothy Lamour Harvey Stephens Cecil Cunningham Charles Arnt Franklin Pangborn Anthony Quinn Charles Judels
singer jazz musician roommate old flame agent hypochondriac gripping brooding panama court apartment club new york city radio station musicians poverty marriage jealousy infidelity depression
A singer stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by work and the arrival of an old flame.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Sourpuss Manager
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman Adolphe Menjou Eve Arden S.Z. Sakall Selena Royle Edgar Kennedy Sheldon Leonard Franklin Pangborn
singer agent radio personality single mother love interest positive charming uplifting los angeles new york city nightclub radio station romantic dilemma radio performers fame music industry show business love underdog rise
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
8.0/10
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Loretta Young Joel McCrea David Niven Stuart Erwin Marjorie Weaver Pauline Moore Binnie Barnes Jane Darwell Leonid Kinskey Spencer Charters Franklin Pangborn
woman sister wealthy man rancher impostor bartender lighthearted amusing playful kansas santa barbara, calif. club hotel ranch fortune hunters sister relationship impersonation inheritance marriage romance
Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her... See full summary »
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Norman Foster William Gargan Marian Nixon The Mills Brothers Eugene Pallette Minna Gombell Sterling Holloway Leila Bennett Franklin Pangborn
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
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 »
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1933
60 Minutes
William Gargan Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy Jack LaRue Gregory Ratoff Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh June Brewster Robert Benchley Betty Furness Dorothy Burgess
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
6.6/10
Musical
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Dolores del Río Gene Raymond Raul Roulien Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire Blanche Frederici Walter Walker Etta Moten Roy D'Arcy Maurice Black Armand Kaliz
band leader singer dancer fiancée choreographer charming confident spirited rio de janeiro haiti dance numbers big band marriage romance love interest adventure love 1930s
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
7.5/10
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
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