Franklin Pangborn Movies

  • 1931
    Torchy Passes the Buck

    Torchy Passes the Buck

    Torchy Passes the Buck

    01931HD

    Torchy (Ray Cooke) is an office boy....sort of like a secretary that does a variety of tasks for the boss. Well, when the boss is out one day, a...

    Torchy Passes the Buck
  • 1933
    Trying Out Torchy

    Trying Out Torchy

    Trying Out Torchy

    01933HD

    The final entry in the Torchy short series starring Ray Cooke as things go wrong at a gathering.

    Trying Out Torchy
  • 1927
    Finger Prints

    Finger Prints

    Finger Prints

    01927HD

    A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.

    Finger Prints
  • 1932
    Torchy's Night Cap

    Torchy's Night Cap

    Torchy's Night Cap

    01932HD

    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...

    Torchy's Night Cap
  • 1937
    Love on Toast

    Love on Toast

    Love on Toast

    5.51937HD

    The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr....

    Love on Toast
  • 1932
    Lighthouse Love

    Lighthouse Love

    Lighthouse Love

    01932HD

    Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

    Lighthouse Love
  • 1933
    Dream Stuff

    Dream Stuff

    Dream Stuff

    5.51933HD

    Walter Catlett is the cousin to some squeaky voiced Dagwood Bumstead type who can't get a girl. Can he browbeat his cousin into swiping pretty girl...

    Dream Stuff
  • 1932
    Jimmy's New Yacht

    Jimmy's New Yacht

    Jimmy's New Yacht

    11932HD

    A young lady is wooed by two men

    Jimmy's New Yacht
  • 1935
    The Captain Hits the Ceiling

    The Captain Hits the Ceiling

    The Captain Hits the Ceiling

    01935HD

    Franklin gets into a disagreement with a tough sea captain. However, he doesn't find out until later that the captain is his fiance's father.

    The Captain Hits the Ceiling
  • 1932
    Over the Counter

    Over the Counter

    Over the Counter

    4.71932HD

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

    Over the Counter
  • 1930
    Breakfast in Bed

    Breakfast in Bed

    Breakfast in Bed

    01930HD

    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...

    Breakfast in Bed
  • 1930
    The Chumps

    The Chumps

    The Chumps

    11930HD

    When the story begins, a newly married couple (Franklin Pangborn and Marjorie Beebe) board a train for their honeymoon. Soon they make friends with...

    The Chumps
  • 1932
    Torchy Raises the Auntie

    Torchy Raises the Auntie

    Torchy Raises the Auntie

    01932HD

    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,...

    Torchy Raises the Auntie
  • 1931
    Torchy

    Torchy

    Torchy

    01931HD

    Fired from his job as office boy, Torchy gets involved with a phony gold mine promoter.

    Torchy
  • 1931
    Blue of the Night

    Blue of the Night

    Blue of the Night

    5.71931HD

    Starring Bing Crosby as himself in a short comedy/romance telling a tale of mistaken identity. Two-reeler; directed by Mack Sennett

    Blue of the Night
  • 1930
    Reno or Bust

    Reno or Bust

    Reno or Bust

    01930HD

    A scrapping married couple, Franklin Pangborn and Bernice Elliott, are going to Reno to get a divorce. They have a scheme in order to obtain cruelty...

    Reno or Bust
  • 1932
    Tee for Two

    Tee for Two

    Tee for Two

    01932HD

    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.

    Tee for Two
  • 1937
    Bad Housekeeping

    Bad Housekeeping

    Bad Housekeeping

    01937HD

    Edgar Kennedy's wife decides he should do the housework for the day, the same day the piano tuner Franklin Pangborn comes by.

    Bad Housekeeping
  • 1932
    Torchy Rolls His Own

    Torchy Rolls His Own

    Torchy Rolls His Own

    01932HD

    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...

    Torchy Rolls His Own
  • 1933
    Art in the Raw

    Art in the Raw

    Art in the Raw

    11933HD

    Aspiring artist Edgar, with family in tow, relocates to Greenwich Village - according to his wife, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law the right...

    Art in the Raw