Franklin Pangborn Movies

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the...

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...

The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's...

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.

The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo...

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...

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

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

A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid...

Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.

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...

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.

A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.

A trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.

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

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

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry....

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

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