Franklin Pangborn Movies

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house,...

While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets office boy Mac, who falls in love with her at first sight. Though Tillie likes Mac as a...

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at...

In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a...

Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime,...

A young lady is wooed by two men

Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides that he can round up some Hollywood actors that...

The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr....

A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.

"Howdy" Nelson believes there is no such think as real love and that romance can be cooked up between any eligible persons (of the opposite sex.) He...

A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.

Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the...

A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.

An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe...

A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.

It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a...

A freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given, she finds that a murder has taken place there--and...

A small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.