Franklin Pangborn Movies

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....

Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her...

Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter,...

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...

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

Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

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

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.

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

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...

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

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....

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

Franklin gets into a disagreement with a tough sea captain. However, he doesn't find out until later that the captain is his fiance's father.

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...

A quirky short about Love and Liars.

A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he...

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

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

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.