Frank Craven
6 titles
Filmography
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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.

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.

Barbary Coast
(1935)After Mary Rutledge arrives in San Francisco to find that her fiancé is dead, she becomes determined to find another rich man to marry.
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.