Acting
Joe Penner
Born November 11, 1904
Died January 10, 1941 · aged 36
No biography available.
Known For
New Faces of 1937 · 1937New Faces of 1937
★ 5.31937
MovieComedyMusic
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.
Millionaire Playboy · 1940Millionaire Playboy
★ 4.51940
MovieComedy
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
College Rhythm · 1934College Rhythm
★ 5.61934
MovieRomance
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.
Go Chase Yourself · 1938Go Chase Yourself
★ 5.71938
MovieComedyCrime
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
Collegiate · 1935Collegiate
★ 7.01935
MovieComedyMusic
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
The Life of the Party · 1937The Life of the Party
★ 6.21937
MovieComedyRomance
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
The Boys from Syracuse · 1940The Boys from Syracuse
★ 6.41940
MovieComedyMusic
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
The Day the Bookies Wept · 1939The Day the Bookies Wept
★ 7.51939
MovieComedy
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.

