Frank Craven
11 titles
Filmography
11 results
Penrod and Sam
(1937)In the third screen adaptation of his best-selling 1916 novel, acclaimed writer Booth Tarkington focuses on the mischievous Penrod (Billy Mauch) and his pal Sam (Harry Watson) in this junior league detective caper that pits the boys against dangerous murderers. Penrod and Sam spring into action after a member of their junior G-Men Club loses his mother in a bank shoot-out. Since the club is pledged to solve crimes and bring crooks to justice, the boys set out to capture the killers but are instead captured when the killers hide out in their clubhouse. After Penrod's rival, Rodney, is also captured, the three boys join forces to hatch a daring plot and outsmart their captors. This popular film inspired two sequels: Penrod and His Twin Brother and Penrod's Double Trouble, both of which starred Billy Mauch and his twin sibling, Bobby.

City for Conquest
(1940)A truck driver turned boxer risks his eyesight en route to the welterweight championship while taking a backseat to his girlfriend’s dancing career.

Son of Dracula
(1943)A Southern Belle with a fondness for the occult invites a Hungarian count into her plantation estate where he becomes intent on making her his bride.

Dreaming Out Loud
(1940)Lum and Abner work at a general store in Pineridge, Arkansas, where they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
You're Only Young Once
(1937)
Jack London
(1943)The life of Jack London as a thrill-seeking novelist, a hobo, a sailor and eventually a war reporter during the Russo-Japanese War.

In This Our Life
(1942)Spoiled heiress Stanley Timerlake seduces and steals her sister's husband, driving him to alcoholism and suicide. Returning home, she kills a mother and daughter in a hit-and-run, then blames the crime on an innocent servant while feeling no remorse.

Keeper of the Flame
(1943)Eager to eulogize a national hero after his death in a car accident, a reporter finds his investigation into the man's life blocked by his own widow.
State Fair
(1933)Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor star in this warm, timeless two-time Oscar® Nominee (1933, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay) based on Philip Strong’s novel. Hope and love are alive when the Frake family attends the annual state fair, where they enter into competitions for their various accomplishments – and where romance blooms for both son Wayne (Norman Foster) and daughter Margy (Gaynor)!

Our Town
(1940)Two families traverse love, loss, and time, encapsulating the shared path of human existence through simple yet profound moments of life.

Colonel Effingham's Raid
(1946)At the dawn of America's entry into World War II, a retired Army colonel rallies his small Southern town against renaming its Confederate Square.