Frank McHugh — Actor (52)
City for Conquest (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
City for Conquest
other title: La città del peccato / Im Taumel der Weltstadt
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Boy Meets Girl (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Boy Meets Girl
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: James Cagney / Pat O'Brien
other title: Der kleine Star / Le Vantard
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Virginia City (1940) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Virginia City
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Errol Flynn / Miriam Hopkins
other title: Carovana d'eroi / Uma Cidade Que Surge
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
Career (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Career
other title: Il prezzo del successo / O Calvário da Glória
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, backroom show-business-success saga, Anthony Franciosa plays Sam, a struggling young actor who will forsake his family and take any type of menial job in order to become a Broadway star. Dean Martin is on hand as Maury, an aspiring director also trying to claw his way up the ladder of success. When Maury gets his big break, Sam wants a part in his show, but when Maury, who is unwilling to cast Sam in the production, turns down Sam's request, Sam seduces and marries Maury's girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine). In spite of everything, Maury wants his girl back, and Sam agrees to a divorce on the stipulation that Maury cast him as the star in his next show. Once again, Maury reneges and, before Sam can exact his revenge, Uncle Sam comes to the rescue and he is drafted into the army.
Professional Sweetheart (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Professional Sweetheart
other title: Novia profesional
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. When the strain of representing "purity" brings her to rebellion, the sponsor and his nutty henchmen pick her a public-relations "sweetheart" from fan mail, who turns out to be a hayseed.
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dust Be My Destiny
director: Lewis Seiler actor: John Garfield / Priscilla Lane
other title: Weg aus dem Nichts / Defiendo mi vida
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
The Front Page (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Front Page
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Adolphe Menjou / Pat O'Brien
other title: Un gran reportaje
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
High Pressure (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
High Pressure
director: Mervyn LeRoy actor: William Powell / Evelyn Brent
other title: Ein ausgefuchster Gauner
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
Life Begins (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Life Begins
director: James Flood actor: Loretta Young / Eric Linden
other title: La vida empieza / La vie commence
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
Snowed Under (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snowed Under
director: Ray Enright actor: George Brent / Genevieve Tobin
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!
Millie (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Millie
director: John Francis Dillon actor: Helen Twelvetrees / Lilyan Tashman
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
Lilly Turner (1933) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Lilly Turner
director: William A. Wellman actor: Ruth Chatterton / George Brent
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.