Franchot Tone Movies

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager,...

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins...

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married...

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit.

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her...

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she...

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice...

In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the...

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which...

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow.

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid...

Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he...

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater,...