Exploring the Performances of Franchot Tone
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- DirectorSam WoodStarsLoretta YoungFranchot ToneLewis StoneAn ambitious barrister and his wife are targeted by blackmailers. In trying to save her husband, the wife becomes involved in a murder case her husband is trying. For his part, the husband's actions make him a suspect in a related murder.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCharles LaughtonClark GableFranchot ToneFirst mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsJanet GaynorRobert MontgomeryFranchot ToneA small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsAlfred HitchcockFranchot ToneSharon FarrellCliff's driving when a young woman flags him down and asks for a ride. He soon has trouble - both legal and automotive, when they're stopped by the police and she lies, and says he forced her. What's more, his car won't start, and it's towed to a repair shop. While he waits for the car, Cliff gets a room at the hotel, run by Rudolph Bitzner - a former vaudevillian, with a specialty act with his only employee, Rosie. She pleads with Cliff to help her escape from Rudolph, who plans to marry her as soon as she becomes 18. There's a lot about Rudolph, and the relationship between the two, which Cliff isn't aware of, but he should, because it'll soon be one of their last performances.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsFranchot ToneLiam SullivanCyril DelevantiAnnoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.
- DirectorBurgess MeredithIrving AllenCharles LaughtonStarsCharles LaughtonFranchot ToneBurgess MeredithFrench police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up the Eiffel Tower's girders.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLucille BallFranchot ToneEdward Everett HortonA scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDeanna DurbinFranchot TonePat O'BrienA young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsFranchot ToneAnn SothernRuth HusseyRare book dealers Joel and Garda take a summertime jaunt to the seashore where he becomes involved in a beauty pageant as investor and judge - much to her chagrin.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFranchot ToneEric BloreIn the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsJean HarlowFranchot ToneCary GrantBelieving that a German spy has killed her new husband (Franchot Tone), a struggling chorus girl (Jean Harlow) flees to Paris where she meets and marries a World War I pilot (Cary Grant), whose carefree ways bring unexpected results.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBette DavisFranchot ToneMargaret LindsayAn alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.
- DirectorJack ConwaySam WoodStarsJean HarlowFranchot ToneLionel BarrymoreChorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneAn attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsJean HarlowLee TracyFrank MorganA glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWalter HustonKaren MorleyFranchot ToneA political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHarry TylerLillian O'MalleySeries of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
- DirectorDon MedfordStarsFranchot ToneStephen ElliottBarbara JoyceAn inventor labors on a horn to directly communicate emotions in an all-powerful way, while he's building violins in a factory. A scientist begged the company owner to let the inventor use his factory. The shop foreman, a failed pianist, is jealous of the respect the owner feels for the inventor's dedication and idealism. The foreman connives to sabotage the inventor's masterwork.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsFranchot ToneAnn RichardsTom ConwayAfter an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend decides to take the children to find the woman's husband, an American serviceman who had returned to the USA. But the father, now a successful architect, claims not to remember ever having gotten married or having any children.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsLaraine DayFranchot ToneNatalie WoodParents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name of her imaginary childhood friend, Dad arranges for one of the boys from the office to escort her. It turns out that Al really does exist.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsJohn McIntireRobert HortonDenny MillerDuke comes across Malachi Hobart, a preacher dedicating his life to his fellow man, and is impressed with his charitable works. However, he begins to believe that the pastor is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungFranchot ToneRicardo CortezAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsFranchot ToneJanet BlairJanis CarterP.I. Stu is hired to investigate the past of a millionaire Johnson's wife who is missing. Stu finds that the wife had left her home town with an actor, went to college using a stolen identity and purloined $40,000 from a night club.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsRobert CummingsFranchot ToneEdward ArnoldThe jurors in a murder trial take their seats in a small, drab room to decide the defendant's fate. At first, all the men vote guilty bar one, who still has many questions not answered in court. Through theories and re-enactments, others change their minds, but one man is adamant that he'll never change his vote and won't listen to reason.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsGladys GeorgeFranchot ToneTed HealyA press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsMyrna LoyFranchot ToneRosalind RussellMimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with men. So Mimi decides to get a job as an illustrator at the New York Chronicle where her friend Jimmy works. When Alan and Liz return from their honeymoon, Alan wants to keep Mimi at his side, and Mimi has no objections - in the beginning.
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsAlice BradyMaureen O'SullivanFranchot ToneA vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother and pushes her daughter into becoming a Broadway star. The mother is a monster with a heart of gold, and after breaking up the daughter's love affair, finally sees the error of her ways.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsShirley TempleFranchot ToneGuy MadisonA prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJohn WayneKirk DouglasPatricia NealA Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordGene RaymondFranchot ToneA working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsFranchot ToneMaureen O'SullivanVirginia BruceA young surgeon loves a married nurse, then meets and falls for an heiress with appendicitis.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsDeanna DurbinFranchot ToneWalter BrennanA young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father's business partners.
- DirectorDon HartmanStarsCary GrantBetsy DrakeFranchot ToneA willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsMadeleine CarrollFranchot ToneReginald DennyRichard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperFranchot ToneRichard CromwellThree British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsVeronica LakeFranchot ToneJohn SuttonA beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
- DirectorJohn GoetzFranchot ToneStarsFranchot ToneClarence DerwentDolores DornA retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. For many years the brother (Uncle Vanya) has sent the farm's proceeds to the professor, while receiving only a small salary himself. Sonya, the professor's daughter, who is about the same age as his new wife, also lives on the estate. The professor is pompous, vain, and irritable. He calls the doctor (Astrov) to treat his gout, only to send him away without seeing him. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. The presence of Yelena introduces a bit of sexual tension into the household. Astrov and Uncle Vanya both fall in love with Yelena; she spurns them both. Meanwhile, Sonya is in love with Astrov, who fails even to notice her. Finally, when the professor announces he wants to sell the estate, Vanya, whose admiration for the man died with his sister, tries to kill him.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyAlexandra StewartHurd HatfieldAfter the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsSpencer TracyGladys GeorgeFranchot ToneA World War I veteran who married the girlfriend of his presumed-dead war buddy falls into the racketeering business.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneA runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.