Frank McHugh Movies

Carnegie Hall

65/100

A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall but, when grown, the son prefers to play with Vaughan Monroe's ... See full summary »

Wings of the Navy

61/100

Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at ... See full summary »

Stage Struck

56/100

Broadway dance director George Randall (Dick Powell) is stuck with staging a Broadway show starring Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell), a wealthy but untalented performer who is starring only ... See full summary »

Happiness Ahead

67/100

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Tomorrow at Seven

56/100

People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."

Valley of the Giants

62/100

A lumberman (Wayne Morris) and a gambling-house lady (Claire Trevor) thwart Easterners eyeing the California Redwoods.

On Your Toes

57/100

A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.

Grand Slam

57/100

Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.

Submarine D-1

58/100

Navy officers fall for Ann. She has her own plans. USS Pensacola is struck during a last dive drill, there is an attempt to rescue. The USS Dolphin (D-1) and her crew depart from ... See full summary »

He Couldn't Say No

58/100

An office clerk is harassed by his girlfriend's mother.

Son of a Sailor

59/100

A smooth-talking sailor looking for a quick date meets the granddaughter of an admiral and finds himself in a house full of top Navy officers, along with a couple of spies interested in plans for a new robot-controlled flight system.

Top Speed

61/100

An order clerk poses as a millionaire.

Moonlight Murder

60/100

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

55/100

A small town electrician becomes a hit singer in New York and gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, an opera singer and the woman he loves.

It Happens Every Thursday

64/100

A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.

Marry the Girl

47/100

The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway...

Little Miss Thoroughbred

63/100

A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.

Freshman Love

52/100

Frank McHugh is a college rowing coach, in a desperate attempt to acquire top rowers for his team, he enlists the assistance of pretty blonde Patricia Ellis to woo young hopefuls away from ... See full summary »

The Runaround

71/100

Maverick private eyes Kildane and Quayle leave a large agency to work on their own. Their first assignment (pirated from the old firm): retrieve eloping heiress Penelope Hampton...in ... See full summary »

Return of the Terror

62/100

Maybe It's Love

61/100

Little Miss Big

62/100

Mary Jane Baxter (Fay Holden), a wealthy woman has named her cocker spaniel as her heir, in order to thwart scheming relatives...

College Lovers

Romance on college campus.

Hold Me Tight