Franklin Pangborn Movies

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an...

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...

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...

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

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

A man and a woman, who have never met, are forced by pecuniary circumstances to share the same basement apartment in shifts.

When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement,...

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...

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...

Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.

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...

An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.

War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with...

A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.

Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancée, Diane, has been unfaithful. He tells her that he would rather marry a 'girl of...

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann...

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

When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first...

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