01 A darkly comic bicycle-safety film shows children the gruesome consequences of careless riding.
6 Best Franklin Pangborn Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 11, 2026
Franklin Pangborn was one of Hollywood’s most beloved fussy comic character actors, appearing as flustered clerks and managers in nearly two hundred films throughout the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. In Exit Smiling (1926): A wardrobe lady for a struggling traveling theatre company dreams of finally stepping into the melodramatic leading role. Don’t overlook Wild Poses (1933): Little Spanky’s reluctant visit to get his portrait taken turns into a chaotic showdown with a prissy photographer.
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02 A beautiful adventuress in old New Orleans juggles the competing attentions of a wealthy banker and a dashing sea captain.
03 A ditzy woman must find a way to graduate from college in order to claim a hefty inheritance.
04 A pregnant, unmarried woman gives up her newborn son for adoption, insisting his new family never learn who his mother really is.
05 Little Spanky's reluctant visit to get his portrait taken turns into a chaotic showdown with a prissy photographer.
06 A wardrobe lady for a struggling traveling theatre company dreams of finally stepping into the melodramatic leading role.
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