Franklin Pangborn Movies

  • 1937
    The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

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    A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.

    The Life of the Party
  • 1937
    It Happened in Hollywood

    It Happened in Hollywood

    It Happened in Hollywood

    6.11937HD

    A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

    It Happened in Hollywood
  • 1937
    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    7.11937HD

    J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out...

    Easy Living
  • 1940
    Hit Parade of 1941

    Hit Parade of 1941

    Hit Parade of 1941

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    In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins...

    Hit Parade of 1941
  • 1933
    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    6.21933HD

    A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

    Headline Shooter
  • 1941
    Where Did You Get That Girl?

    Where Did You Get That Girl?

    Where Did You Get That Girl?

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    In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording...

    Where Did You Get That Girl?
  • 1930
    Her Man

    Her Man

    Her Man

    5.11930HD

    A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

    Her Man
  • 1937
    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a Lifetime

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    "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...

    Thrill of a Lifetime
  • 1933
    Torchy Turns Turtle

    Torchy Turns Turtle

    Torchy Turns Turtle

    01933HD

    One of those gangs of Arab spies who use to infest Wall Street in their colorful native costumes steals a super-secret bomb formula from Edmund...

    Torchy Turns Turtle
  • 1932
    Torchy's Busy Day

    Torchy's Busy Day

    Torchy's Busy Day

    01932HD

    Edmund Breese, Ray Cooke's boss, is trying to buy a sausage factory. However, the cash hasn't come through, so he sends an insulting telegram to the...

    Torchy's Busy Day
  • 1944
    Reckless Age

    Reckless Age

    Reckless Age

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    Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one...

    Reckless Age
  • 1935
    Hollywood Trouble

    Hollywood Trouble

    Hollywood Trouble

    01935HD

    An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.

    Hollywood Trouble
  • 1927
    My Friend from India

    My Friend from India

    My Friend from India

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    Wealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara Smith (Elinor Fair). But before he can learn anything...

    My Friend from India
  • 1937
    Rich Relations

    Rich Relations

    Rich Relations

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    A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her.

    Rich Relations
  • 1947
    Calendar Girl

    Calendar Girl

    Calendar Girl

    5.41947HD

    Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune....

    Calendar Girl
  • 1936
    Three Smart Girls

    Three Smart Girls

    Three Smart Girls

    6.3181936HD

    The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and...

    Three Smart Girls
  • 1937
    Step Lively, Jeeves!

    Step Lively, Jeeves!

    Step Lively, Jeeves!

    4.71937HD

    A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.

    Step Lively, Jeeves!
  • 1942
    George Washington Slept Here

    George Washington Slept Here

    George Washington Slept Here

    6.31942HD

    New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in...

    George Washington Slept Here
  • 1939
    Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

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    A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

    Fifth Avenue Girl
  • 1936
    Don't Gamble with Love

    Don't Gamble with Love

    Don't Gamble with Love

    01936HD

    Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to...

    Don't Gamble with Love