Irene Franklin

Acting

Irene Franklin

Born 1885-06-13 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Acting credits

Finishing School poster
6.2

Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.

Finishing School

1934

Swingtime in the Movies poster
6.0

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Swingtime in the Movies

1938

Lazy River poster
7.0

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

Lazy River

1934

The President Vanishes poster
6.0

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

The President Vanishes

1934

Land Beyond the Law poster
8.5

A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.

Land Beyond the Law

1937

Ladies Crave Excitement poster
5.7

Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

Married Before Breakfast poster
7.0

A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.

Married Before Breakfast

1937

Whipsaw poster
6.4

Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.

Whipsaw

1935

Fixer Dugan poster
6.5

Charlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and Kansas.

Fixer Dugan

1939

Fast Workers poster
5.0

Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.

Fast Workers

1933

Fatal Lady poster
10.0

On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...

Fatal Lady

1936

Registered Nurse poster
4.8

In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.

Registered Nurse

1934

Change of Heart poster
6.3

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

Change of Heart

1934

Wanted: Jane Turner poster
6.0

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.

Wanted: Jane Turner

1936

Timothy's Quest poster
4.7

Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson, an old maid with a dislike for children. Timothy eventually wins her over, and also pushes along the romance for her niece, Martha (Eleanore Whitney), with David Masters (Tom Keene).

Timothy's Quest

1936

A Very Honorable Guy poster
6.0

Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.

A Very Honorable Guy

1934

Song and Dance Man poster
7.0

Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.

Song and Dance Man

1936

Strictly Dynamite poster
6.5

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

Strictly Dynamite

1934

Death Flies East poster
7.0

Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decides to fly to Sing-Sing and confront death row inmate who accused her of the deed in the first place. On board the airliner, Evelyn makes the acquaintance of John Robinson Gordon (Nagel), who is transporting a revolutionary munitions formula to Washington, D.C. Another passenger, Baker (Robert Allen), complains of having been poisoned and leaves the plane during a stopover in Dallas. Back in the air, Gordon's bodyguard, Lieutenant O'Brien (Fred Kelsey), suffers the same fate, but this time the poison proves fatal. The plane returns to Dallas, where Police Captain Barrie (William B. Davidson) accused poor Evelyn of the crime. Happily, Gordon can prove otherwise and the real culprit is unmasked.

Death Flies East

1935

No artwork available
10.0

Two young hoods from the city are sent to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the mountains to try to turn them away from the life of crime they're headed for.

Blazing Barriers

1937

Along Came Love poster
6.3

The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is a zealous medical student, soon to be a pediatrician, and is oblivious to Emmy's frantic attempts to gain his attention. O'Ryan is totally focused on babies. Undaunted, she 'borrows' a baby and a buggy, determined to catch O'Ryan.

Along Came Love

1936

Flirting with Fate poster
7.7

A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.

Flirting with Fate

1938

Rebellious Daughters poster
6.0

Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.

Rebellious Daughters

1938

Midnight Madonna poster
8.0

A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.

Midnight Madonna

1937