Cast: Franklin Pangborn
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Franklin Pangborn. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 97
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Joel McCrea · Veronica Lake · Robert Warwick · William Demarest
Synopsis Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much to the chagrin of his producers, he sets off in...
7.6
5K votes
7.6
5K votes
Stage Door
1937 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Katharine Hepburn · Ginger Rogers · Adolphe Menjou · Andrea Leeds
Synopsis Terry Randall, rich society beauty, has decided to see if she can break into the Broadway theatre scene without her family connections. She goes to live in a theatrical boarding house and finds her life caught up with those of...
7.5
2K votes
7.5
2K votes
Now, Voyager
1942 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Irving Rapper
Cast Bette Davis · Paul Henreid · Claude Rains · Gladys Cooper
Synopsis Charlotte Vale suffers under the domination of her Boston matron mother until Dr. Jaquith gets her to visit his sanitarium where she is transformed from frump to elegant, independent lady. When she goes off on a South American cruise she...
7.5
2K votes
7.5
2K votes
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Gary Cooper · Claudette Colbert · David Niven · Edward Everett Horton
Synopsis Michael Brandon is a spoilt millionaire who has had seven wives, all attracted to his fortune. Visiting a shop in the Riviera, he meets and is rebuffed by Nicole de Loiselle, the daughter of impoverished French parents with noble origins....
7.4
3K votes
7.4
3K votes
Design for Living
1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Fredric March · Gary Cooper · Miriam Hopkins · Edward Everett Horton
Synopsis Painter George Curtis and playwright Tom Chambers, flatmates in a Paris apartment, meet fellow American and commercial artist Gilda Farrell on a train bound for the French capital. While both men are immediately smitten by the girl, she can't make...
7.3
2K votes
7.3
2K votes
Easy Living
1937 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Mitchell Leisen
Cast Jean Arthur · Edward Arnold · Ray Milland · Luis Alberni
7.3
650 votes
7.3
650 votes
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Claudette Colbert · Joel McCrea · Mary Astor · Rudy Vallee
Synopsis Penniless Geraldine "Gerry" Jeffers (Claudette Colbert), knows how far her good looks can take her in the world. She loves her husband, Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) but doesn't like being poor and he is unwilling to pimp her innocent feminine...
7.2
1K votes
7.2
1K votes
Christmas in July
1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Dick Powell · Ellen Drew · Raymond Walburn · Alexander Carr
Synopsis An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a...
7.1
749 votes
7.1
749 votes
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Eddie Bracken · Ella Raines · Raymond Walburn · William Demarest
Synopsis Discharged from the Marines for a hay fever condition, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is too embarrassed to return home. Encouraged by some fellow soldiers to fabricate a story of being wounded in battle, Truesmith soon finds himself in...
7.1
323 votes
7.1
323 votes
Imitation of Life
1934 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction John M. Stahl
Cast Claudette Colbert · Warren William · Rochelle Hudson · Ned Sparks
Synopsis Bea Pullman and her daughter Jessie have had a hard time making ends meet since Bea's husband died. Help comes in the form of Delilah Johnson, who agrees to work as Bea's housekeeper in exchange for a room for herself...
7.1
642 votes
7.1
642 votes
A Star is Born
1937 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Fredric March · Janet Gaynor · Adolphe Menjou · May Robson
Synopsis Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a test, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamor...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
Holy Matrimony
1943 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction John M. Stahl
Cast Monty Woolley · Gracie Fields · Laird Cregar · Una O'Connor
Synopsis From Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive". An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press.
7.0
129 votes
7.0
129 votes
5th Avenue Girl (Fifth Avenue Girl)
1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Ginger Rogers · James Ellison · Walter Connolly · Tim Holt
6.8
508 votes
6.8
508 votes
The Half Naked Truth
1932 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Lupe Velez · Lee Tracy · Eugene Pallette · Frank Morgan
Synopsis A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
6.8
57 votes
6.8
57 votes
Bed of Roses
1933 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Constance Bennett · Joel McCrea · John Halliday · Pert Kelton
Synopsis Florry and Minnieare ex-hookers who leave prison, determined to find the good life with rich men. Along the way Florrie meets and falls in love with cotton barge owner Dan. She must choose between living on a barge with her...
6.5
149 votes
6.5
149 votes
The Great Moment
1944 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Joel McCrea · Betty Field · Harry Carey · William Demarest
6.4
107 votes
6.4
107 votes
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Ginger Rogers · James Stewart · James Ellison · Beulah Bondi
Synopsis Assistant biology professor Peter Morgan (James Stewart) falls in love with and marries nightclub singer Francey (Ginger Rogers) while he is in New York to fetch his wayward cousin home. On returning to the small town university run by his...
6.4
357 votes
6.4
357 votes
Carefree
1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Mark Sandrich
Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Ralph Bellamy · Luella Gear
Synopsis Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. When he tries to use hypnosis to...
6.3
381 votes
6.3
381 votes
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Harold Lloyd · Jimmy Conlin · Raymond Walburn · Rudy Vallee
Synopsis Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. But losing his job destroys that dream, and when he finds...
6.2
329 votes
6.2
329 votes
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Edward F. Cline
Cast W.C. Fields · Gloria Jean · Leon Errol · Billy Lenhart
Synopsis Fields wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beat up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. He becomes his niece's guardian when her mother is killed...
6.2
57 votes
6.2
57 votes