Franklin Pangborn Movies

An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the...

A woman, affectionately called Blondie by her husband, hires a cook called Blondie by both her boyfriends. When all five end up in the house at the...

When the story begins, you learn that Torchy's boss has a problem with his blood pressure and the doctor recommends he take a rest. So, he plans on...

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

Song composer Howard Green is frustrated by disturbances his wife, in-laws, and landlord while writing his latest song.

A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.

In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.

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

A musical revue in which a golfer is knocked unconscious by a golf ball and dreams that the Country Club is loaded with beautiful girls.

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

A small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.

Edmund Breese, Ray Cooke's boss, is trying to buy a sausage factory. However, the cash hasn't come through, so he sends an insulting telegram to the...

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...

A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her.

Ray Cooke's employer needs to raise $100,000 to retain control of his company. He hopes to get them from his cousins. When the old ladies show up,...

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college...

In the eighth of the series of short sound comedies, Ray Cooke as the office boy 'Torchy' is thought to be a whiz at polo -- don't ask; in these...

Ray Cooke is Torchy the Office boy, told to deliver a letter; through a series of accidents, he winds up with the letter torn and can't explain it to...

When he bother can't take Dorothy Dix to a fancy dinner, office boy Ray Cooke escorts her. He also has a chance to win a contract for the business by...