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Franchot married the lovely blonde actress Jean Wallace in October 1941. Born Jean Walasek in Chicago, Jean was barely eighteen years old and beginning to get her feet wet in Hollywood when she married Franchot. During their marriage, Jean and Franchot produced two sons and, according to newspaper r read more

Franchot Tone and Deanna Durbin paired up for their first film Nice Girl? in 1941. At the time, Deanna Durbin was an innocent operatic ingenue just turning 20 years old while Franchot Tone, at 36, was marrying for the second time to young actress Jean Wallace. In Nice Girl?, Franchot's character dee read more

In a 1964 interview with Ward Morehouse, Franchot said that of all his films, the films that he liked best were The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935 adventure/drama), Mutiny on the Bounty (another 1935 adventure/drama), and The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949 mystery/thriller). Having watched all three read more

Star-Spangled Rhythm is one of those WWII-era movies that serves more as a collection of individual performances by popular entertainers of the time. Franchot Tone is in a card-playing scene. read more

I was able to add around 40 more screen captures to a Fast and Furious post I did back in April. It feels much more complete now! Please click here to revisit that post to see some stills of Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern in action as Joel and Garda Sloane. read more

I pin photos related to Franchot on Pinterest. I have created boards on his family, love affairs, career, and other good stuff.  I will be regularly adding new items, so if you are a Pinterest aficionado,  please do check me out! Visit Franchot's profile on Pinterest. read more

Every Girl Should Be Married is a 1948 comedy starring Cary Grant. Although Franchot Tone gets billing above Betsy Drake, the star's true lead, Franchot's role is secondary. The film revolves around Anabel (Betsy Drake), the over-eager and a bit stalker-ish protagonist who sets her sights on Dr read more

"If I ever had an image, it was the playboy, the white tie and tails, the elegant fellow with the good tailor. That was my image for the mass movie audience. But not for the theater audience. They saw me as an actor. Now my television image is the character actor. And then they see my old movies on read more

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Based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque and with the screenwriting credit of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the 1939 film Three Comrades won a National Board of Review award. Although there are light moments, the story is often somber and at times, downright melodramatic. I've noticed that many viewers call read more

Memorial Day weekend! I am working on upcoming posts, but have not finished them yet. I have a busy schedule this weekend, but will return on Monday. Enjoy your weekend and try to squeeze in a little Franchot film if you can! read more

Franchot was born to Frank Jerome Tone and Gertrude Franchot Tone. Some research has been compiled on Frank Tone, a prominent Niagara Falls resident and president of the Carborundum Company. One article that I came across references a collection of sweet and meaningful love letters sent from Frank t read more

Three years after Midnight Mary, Franchot Tone teamed up again with Loretta Young for The Unguarded Hour. As I mentioned in my Midnight Mary post, I love these two actors together and wish they'd collaborated on more projects in the 30s. Franchot and Loretta play blissfully happy married c read more

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In 1934, Franchot stars with Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, and Edward Arnold in the romantic drama Sadie McKee. Sadie (Joan Crawford) has known Michael (Franchot Tone) her entire life. Sadie's mother works as a cook and servant for Michael's wealthy family on their estate.  Sadie and Michael gre read more

Franchot waiting for his cue during a 1942 recording of the War Production Board radio show Three Thirds of the Nation. Image Source: Wiki Commons read more

Some of my favorite screenshots I've been able to capture of Franchot! As Robert Stevens in Frank Lloyd's 1941 film This Woman is Mine, Franchot Tone gets the chance to display a bit of stubble and throw a few punches. The sea-based action film is slightly reminiscent of Mutiny on the Bounty as Fr read more

I’ve never had any setbacks. I’ve always lived in the style to which I’m accustomed. I’ve never been out of work. Most important to me, I have never had to take an acting job that I didn’t want to do.” -Franchot Tone    Source: "Who Has Ever Had a Be read more

One of Franchot's earliest films is Bombshell (1933) and he looks so youthful in it! The film stars Jean Harlow as Lola Burns, a popular movie star with an infamous reputation. She is seeking to clean up her image, but none of her plans seem to work. Lola is also trying to distance herself from Spac read more

Joan Crawford on why her marriage to Franchot did not last. (To be fair though, Joan is taking quite a bit of the blame, when both Franchot and she contributed to the deterioration of their marriage.) "Franchot loved the theater and despised Hollywood, and I wasn't as nice to him, or as read more