Frank McHugh
15 titles
Filmography
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I Love You Again
(1940)William Powell and Myrna Loy star in a screwball romantic comedy about a small town businessman who recovers from a years-old case of amnesia, remembers his former of life as a con man ... and realizes that his town--and his wife--are perfect marks for a swindle. Alone on a cruise, Larry Wilson (Powell--The Thin Man films) knocks his head. He returns home as his former self, George Carey, now ...
Fashions of 1934
(1934)Caught in Paris, a fashion thief and his helpers put on a show.

Going My Way
(1944)When young Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald) doesn't think much of the church's newest member.

Carnegie Hall
(1947)In this drama featuring performances by classical music icons, a mother's dreams become reality when her pianist son takes the stage at Carnegie Hall.

The Telegraph Trail
(1933)Army scouts assist the workers building the first transcontinental telegraph line.

Mighty Joe Young
(1949)A slick nightclub owner (King Kong veteran Robert Armstrong) discovers the giant ape frolicking in Africa as the beloved pet of a young girl (Terry Moore). He brings both to Hollywood as a floor-show sensation, until some no-goods ply Joe with booze and the blitzed behemoth goes bonkers. Highlights such as Armstrong's henchmen trying to lasso Joe cowpoke style, Joe playing tug-of-war with musclemen and plenty of Joe-to-the-rescue action make Mighty Joe Young mighty fine entertainment.

The Dawn Patrol
(1930)After deriding his superior officer, an ace fighter pilot is promoted to squadron commander and learns hard lessons about sending men to their deaths.
Moonlight Murder
(1936)
Footlight Parade
(1933)A Broadway director faces cutthroat competition and other complications as he transitions to producing musical numbers for the new talking pictures.

Dodge City
(1939)Because someone’s gotta do it, a Texas cattleman takes on the task of cleaning up the wild and lawless Dodge City while courting one of its women.
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Virginia City
(1940)After escaping from a Confederate prison during the Civil War, a Unionofficer vows to stop a $5,000,000 gold shipment from reaching the South.

The Fighting 69th
(1940)A braggart soldier learns the true meaning of heroism when he joins World War I's all-Irish unit.
Heat Lightning
(1934)The setting: a gas station in the middle of a sweltering, desiccated nowhere. The women: Olga (Aline MacMahon), a wary, weathered loner with a knack for fixing cars, and Myra (Ann Dvorak), her pretty kid sister who dishes up diner chow and dreams of romance. The film: Heat Lightning, an edgy, femme prenoir that turns incendiary when visitors arrive – two bejeweled divorcees and Olga's old love, a killer on the lam. Guiding a cast that also includes Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell, Ruth Donnelly, FrankMcHugh and Jane Darwell, Mervyn LeRoy (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang) ramps up pre-Code wisecracking and vise-like tension into an emotional wallop of an ending.

Corsair
(1931)Fed up with the treatment by his employer and employer's daughter, a young stockbroker sets out to become a pirate on the high seas.