The Life of the Party
Sep 03, 1937A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
Comedy
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The Day the Bookies Wept
Sep 13, 1939A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Comedy
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Oct 07, 1938A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.
Comedy
New Faces of 1937
Jul 02, 1937A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
Comedy
Go Chase Yourself
Apr 22, 1938When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
Comedy
Moving In
Jun 05, 1931A group of Joe Penner's relatives get together to fix up a house for a pair of newlyweds. Coordination and planning is not the order of the day, so they eventually end up completely wrecking the house.
Comedy
Service Stripes
Dec 09, 1930Joe Penner, in this Vitaphone short (Vitaphon production number 1124)features his stock speech impediment acts sprinkled with some left-over "doughboy" comedy from World War One. He also gets some flirting bits with dancer Joan Carter Waddell.
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Millionaire Playboy
Mar 14, 1940
College Rhythm
Nov 23, 1934The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.
Romance
The Boys from Syracuse
Jul 30, 1940The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
Comedy
Here, Prince
Oct 01, 1932
Collegiate
Jan 22, 1936A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
I'm from the City
Aug 05, 1938Pete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch. Pete is entered as a competitor in a wild-west cross-country obstacle race...and has to ride without being hypnotized.
Comedy
Service Stripes
Dec 09, 1930Joe Penner, in this Vitaphone short (Vitaphon production number 1124)features his stock speech impediment acts sprinkled with some left-over "doughboy" comedy from World War One. He also gets some flirting bits with dancer Joan Carter Waddell.
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