Movies by Joe Penner

The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party

A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

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.

New Faces of 1937

New Faces of 1937

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.

The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

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

The Day the Bookies Wept

A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.

Go Chase Yourself

Go Chase Yourself

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.

I'm from the City

I'm from the City

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.

Service Stripes

Service Stripes

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.

Here, Prince

Here, Prince

Joe Penner as a incompetent crown prince in the middle of a revolution.

Millionaire Playboy

Millionaire Playboy

A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.

College Rhythm

College Rhythm

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.