Joe Penner

Joe Penner

Born: November 11, 1904
Died: January 10, 1941

Movies for Joe Penner...

The Boys from Syracuse
Title: The Boys from Syracuse
Character: Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Released: July 30, 1940
Type: Movie
The 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
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Millionaire Playboy
Title: Millionaire Playboy
Character: Joe Zany, aka Mr. Joe Potter
Released: March 14, 1940
Type: Movie
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
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The Day the Bookies Wept
Title: The Day the Bookies Wept
Character: Ernest Ambrose
Released: September 13, 1939
Type: Movie
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Title: Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Character: Jimmie "Doodle" Bugs
Released: October 7, 1938
Type: Movie
A 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.
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I'm from the City
Title: I'm from the City
Character: Peter 'Pete' Pepper
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Pete 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.
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Go Chase Yourself
Title: Go Chase Yourself
Character: Wilbur Meeley
Released: April 22, 1938
Type: Movie
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
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The Life of the Party
Title: The Life of the Party
Character: Joe Penner
Released: September 3, 1937
Type: Movie
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
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New Faces of 1937
Title: New Faces of 1937
Character: Seymore Seymore
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
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Collegiate
Title: Collegiate
Character: Joe
Released: January 22, 1936
Type: Movie
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
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College Rhythm
Title: College Rhythm
Character: Joe
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
The 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.
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Here, Prince
Title: Here, Prince
Character: Crown Prince Michael of Deleria
Released: October 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Joe Penner as a incompetent crown prince in the middle of a revolution.
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Moving In
Title: Moving In
Character: Joe
Released: June 5, 1931
Type: Movie
A 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.
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Service Stripes
Title: Service Stripes
Released: December 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Joe 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.