Franchot Tone
Mickey One (1965)
Mickey One is a 1965 American neo noir crime film starring Warren Beatty and directed by Arthur Penn from a script by Alan Surgal.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Reginald Denny•Madge Evans
Jigsaw (1949)
Jigsaw is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Fletcher Markle starring Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace and Marc Lawrence. The feature was produced by the Danziger Brothers, Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, from a screenplay by Vincent McConnor and Fletcher Markle, based on a story by John Roeburt.
Starring: Warren Beatty•May Robson
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. It is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Irvin...
Starring: Billie Burke•Warren Beatty
Without Honor (1949)
Without Honor is a 1949 film noir directed by Irving Pichel and starring Bruce Bennett, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, and Franchot Tone.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Gladys George•Edward Everett Horton
I Love Trouble (1948)
I Love Trouble is a 1948 American film noir crime film written by Roy Huggins from his first novel The Double Take, directed by S. Sylvan Simon, and starring Franchot Tone as Stuart Bailey. The character of Stuart Bailey was later portrayed by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in the television series 77 Sunset Strip.
Starring: Roland Young•Warren Beatty•Constance Bennett•Janet Gaynor•Joan Crawford
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
Her Husband's Affairs is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lucille Ball and Franchot Tone.
Starring: Tullio Carminati•Warren Beatty•Walter Brennan
Honeymoon (1947)
Honeymoon is a 1947 comedy film directed by William Keighley, starring Shirley Temple, Guy Madison and Franchot Tone.
Starring: Loretta Young•Warren Beatty•Walter Huston
Lost Honeymoon (1947)
Lost Honeymoon is a 1947 American screwball comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Franchot Tone, Ann Richards and Tom Conway. The working title of the film was Amy Comes Across.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Robert Montgomery
That Night with You (1945)
That Night With You is a 1945 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Susanna Foster, Franchot Tone and Louise Allbritton. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it featured Buster Keaton in a supporting role. At one stage the film used the working title Once Upon a Dream.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Miriam Hopkins
Dark Waters (1944)
Dark Waters is a 1944 American Gothic film noir based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by Andre de Toth and starred Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, and Thomas Mitchell.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Maureen O'Sullivan•Grace Moore
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
The Hour Before the Dawn is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Frank Tuttle starring Franchot Tone and Veronica Lake. It was based on the 1942 novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Spencer Tracy•Bette Davis
Phantom Lady (1944)
Phantom Lady is a 1944 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, and Alan Curtis. Based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich, it follows a young Manhattan secretary and her endeavors to prove that her boss did not murder his wife.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Karen Morley
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 war film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Set in World War II, it is one of a number of films based on Lajos Bíró's 1917 play Hotel Imperial: Színmű négy felvonásban, including the 1927 film Hotel Imperial. Erich von Stroheim portrays Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in a supporting perfo...
Starring: Warren Beatty•Beulah Bondi
His Butler's Sister (1943)
His Butler's Sister is a 1943 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Deanna Durbin. The supporting cast includes Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff, Evelyn Ankers and Hans Conried. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound Recording.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Ann Sothern
Pilot No. 5 (1943)
Pilot #5 is a 1943 black-and-white World War II propaganda film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by B.P. Fineman, directed by George Sidney, that stars Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, and Van Johnson. Pilot #5 marked Gene Kelly's dramatic film debut.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Guy Kibbee•Charles Laughton•Alison Skipworth
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace. The film stars Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay of The Wife Takes a Flyer was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The film's music score is by Werner R. Heymann.
Starring: Walter Connolly•Warren Beatty•Virginia Bruce
Nice Girl? (1941)
Nice Girl? is a 1941 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter, and starring Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, and Robert Benchley. Based on the play Nice Girl? by Phyllis Duganne, the film is about a young girl who finds herself attracted to one of her father's business partners who comes to town to give her fat...
Starring: Shirley Temple•Warren Beatty•Ann Sothern
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
She Knew All the Answers is a 1941 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The film tells a story about a chorus girl who wants to marry a rich playboy, but first has to prove herself to his financial advisor. The screenplay was written by Kenneth Earl, Curtis Keny...
Starring: Walter Connolly•Warren Beatty•Jean Muir
This Woman Is Mine (1941)
This Woman Is Mine is a 1941 American adventure film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Franchot Tone, John Carroll and Walter Brennan. Richard Hageman was nominated at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture.
Starring: Warren Beatty•Merle Oberon•Madeleine Carroll
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes is a 1940 75-minute black-and-white Western comedy directed by Allan Dwan, written by Harold Shumate, and featuring Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford and Andy Devine.
Starring: Robert Taylor•Warren Beatty•Joseph Calleia
Fast and Furious (1939)
Fast and Furious is a 1939 American mystery comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern as Joel and Garda Sloane, a crime-solving married couple who are also rare book dealers. It is the last of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer trilogy, along with Fast Company (1938) and Fast and Loose (1939). However, different actors...
Starring: Warren Beatty•James Stewart
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
The Girl Downstairs is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone and Walter Connolly. It is a remake of the 1936 Austrian film Catherine the Last directed by Henry Koster, which had been a major hit for Gaal.
Starring: Warren Beatty•nominee)•Deanna Durbin
Love Is a Headache (1938)
Love Is a Headache is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Marion Parsonnet, Harry Ruskin and William R. Lipman. The film stars Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Mickey Rooney, Frank Jenks and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on January 14, 1938, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Starring: Dane Clark•Thomas Mitchell•Warren Beatty
Three Comrades (1938)
Three Comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I, during the ...
Starring: Estelle Winwood•Warren Beatty•Franciska Gaal
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy is a 1938 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone. It is set in New York City.
Starring: Anne Baxter•Broderick Crawford•Warren Beatty
Between Two Women (1937)
Between Two Women is a 1937 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Frederick Stephani and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce, Leonard Penn and Cliff Edwards. The film was released on July 9, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Starring: Carol Bruce•Veronica Lake•Warren Beatty
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Billie Burke. It was based on the unproduced play The Bride from Trieste by Ferenc Molnár. In this "rags to riches" tale, Crawford plays a cabaret singer who poses as an aristocrat. This film is the last of the se...
Starring: Van Johnson•Gene Kelly•Warren Beatty
Quality Street (1937)
Quality Street is a 1937 period film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone. Joan Fontaine makes one of her early (uncredited) film appearances. The screenplay was by Allan Scott, Mortimer Offner, and Jack Townley...
Starring: Ella Raines•Warren Beatty•Adele Jergens
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir in its dark theme regarding the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to the American dream. The screenplay was written by C...
Starring: Dane Clark•Guy Madison•Warren Beatty
Exclusive Story (1936)
Exclusive Story is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin, Joseph Calleia, Robert Barrat and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on January 17, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Starring: Alexandra Stewart•Warren Beatty•Lionel Barrymore
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 American period film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Ainsworth Morgan, which was based on a 1934 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart.
Starring: Alison Skipworth•Gene Kelly•Edward Arnold•May Robson•Grace Moore•Warren Beatty•Franciska Gaal•Conrad Nagel•Roland Young•Constance Bennett
The King Steps Out (1936)
The King Steps Out is a 1936 American light comedy film directed by Josef von Sternberg based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi" or "Sissi", and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, after he was initially engaged to her older sister Duchess Helene in Bavaria. The film is set from 1852 to 1854.
Starring: Tullio Carminati•Gary Cooper•Warren Beatty
Love on the Run (1936)
Love on the Run is a 1936 American romantic comedy film, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Reginald Owen in a story about rival newspaper correspondents assigned to cover the marriage of a socialite. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin, Manuel Seff and Gladys Hurlbut...
Starring: Gene Kelly•Clark Gable•Warren Beatty
Suzy (1936)
Suzy is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone and Cary Grant. The film was partially written by Dorothy Parker, based on a novel by Herbert Gorman. The Academy Award-nominated theme for Suzy, "Did I Remember?", was sung by Virginia Verrill (uncredited).
Starring: Victor Jory•Walter Huston•Warren Beatty
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
The Unguarded Hour is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved.
Starring: Una Merkel•Miriam Hopkins•Warren Beatty
Dangerous (1935)
Dangerous is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis in her first Oscar-winning role. The screenplay by Laird Doyle is based on his story Hard Luck Dame.
Starring: Jean Harlow•Grace Moore•Warren Beatty
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah. The setting and title come from the 1930 autobiography of the British soldier Francis Yeats-Brown.
Starring: Richard Cromwell•Bette Davis•Warren Beatty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the 1932 Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.
Starring: Clark Gable•Billie Burke•Warren Beatty
One New York Night (1935)
One New York Night is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the West End play Sorry You've Been Troubled by Walter C. Hac...
Starring: Karen Morley•Beulah Bondi•Warren Beatty
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Franchot Tone, Jean Muir and Margaret Lindsay. The film's pre-release title was Just Out of College. A news item in Daily Variety notes that Warner Bros. was sued for $250,000 by Ronald Wagoner and James F. Wickizer who contended that the film was based on the...
Starring: Melvyn Douglas•Warren Beatty•Cary Grant
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
The Girl from Missouri is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.
Starring: Alison Skipworth•Victor Jory•Warren Beatty
Moulin Rouge (1934)
Moulin Rouge is an American pre-Code musical film released on January 19, 1934, by United Artists, starring Constance Bennett and Franchot Tone. It contained the songs "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night", and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. Lucille Ball appears in an uncredited role as a s...
Starring: Jean Muir•Madeleine Carroll•Warren Beatty
Sadie McKee (1934)
Sadie McKee is a 1934 American pre-Code, romantic-drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, and featuring Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, and Esther Ralston. The film is based on the 1933 short story "Pretty Sadie McKee", by Viña Delmar. Crawford plays the title character, from young working girl through poverty, a ...
Starring: Joseph Calleia•Gene Kelly•Warren Beatty
Straight Is the Way (1934)
Straight Is the Way is a 1934 American drama film directed by Paul Sloane, written by Bernard Schubert, and starring Franchot Tone, May Robson, Karen Morley, Gladys George, Nat Pendleton and Jack La Rue. It is based upon the stage play by Dana Burnet and George Abbott. It was released on August 10, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Starring: James Stewart•Warren Beatty
The World Moves On (1934)
The World Moves On is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone. It was the first Hollywood code approved film.
Starring: (•Warren Beatty•nominee)
Bombshell (1933)
Bombshell is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic screwball comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Forbes and Franchot Tone. It is based on the unproduced play of the same name by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane, and was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and Jules Furthman...
Starring: Lee Tracy•Victor Jory•Warren Beatty
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt U.S. President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifically the Archangel Gabriel and the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. Eventually he takes control of the government, solve...
Starring: Walter Huston•Miriam Hopkins•Warren Beatty
Midnight Mary (1933)
Midnight Mary is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone.
Starring: Miriam Hopkins•Warren Beatty
The Stranger's Return (1933)
The Stranger's Return is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Miriam Hopkins was loaned out to MGM for the picture while under contract to Paramount.
Starring: Karen Morley•Warren Beatty