Frank Craven Movies

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there...

A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.

The author of a book on eugenics attempts to prove his theories by having his childless sister and her husband adopt the child of a “physically...

MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary Cooper and Harry Carey, a look at Rogers' fatal...

In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on...

A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted...

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He...

Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his...

A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.

Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children...

A small town drugstore owner considers selling one of his children for money.

Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.

The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical problems, meets up...

A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.

In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the...