Ted and Lulu Hackett are vaudeville’s The Hacketts, a fairly successful song-and-dance team. Read More »
Tag Archives: Frank Morgan
Keeping Company (1940) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton
A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage. Read More »
The Great Morgan (1946) Nat Perrin, Frank Morgan, Leon Ames, Carlos Ramírez, Comedy, Musical
The film is considered one of the more unusual in the MGM canon in that it is a compilation film built around a slight plot line, with a running time of less than 60 minutes. Read More »
Honky Tonk (1941) Jack Conway, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Crime, Drama
“Candy” Johnson, a excellent crook of the Wild West, decides to locate a city where he could grow to be a huge boss. Read More »
I Live My Life (1935) W.S. Van Dyke, Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama
Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece-where she meets, Terry, an archaeologist. Read More »
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Gregory La Cava, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama, History
The Affairs of Cellini is based on Edwin Justus Mayer’s popular stage play The Firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of Renaissance artist/political reactionary Benvenuto Cellini. Read More »
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. Read More »
Rosalie (1937) W.S. Van Dyke, Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan, Drama, Musical
West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom. Read More »
Piccadilly Jim (1936) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Comedy, Romance
Jim’s father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. Read More »
The Perfect Gentleman (1935) Tim Whelan, Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge, Heather Angel, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father’s naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) James Whale, Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Mystery
When a lawyer defending his best friend for murdering his unfaithful wife discovers how the accused discovered his wife was in love with another man Read More »
A Stranger in Town (1943) Roy Rowland, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Drama, Romance
In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. Read More »
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Fantasy, Comedy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
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Casanova Brown (1944) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Comedy
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel’s parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.
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The Stratton Story (1949) Sam Wood, James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Biography, Drama, Romance
The movie is about Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (Jimmy Stewart), who in the 1930s, compiled a 37-19 won-loss record in three seasons. After he became the winningest right-hander in the American League, his major league career ended prematurely when a hunting accident in 1938 forced doctors to amputate his right leg. With a wooden leg and his wife Ethel’s (June Allyson) help, Stratton made a successful minor league comeback in 1946, continuing to pitch in minor leagues throughout the rest of the 1940s and into the 1950s.
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