Cast: Franklin Pangborn

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Franklin Pangborn. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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

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

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

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