Joe Penner on Film

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Joe Penner on Film

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The Feature Films (1934-40)

Joe Penner starred in ten feature films for three studios: Paramount, RKO and Universal. Each feature is listed below, by release date.

If the title of a feature is also a link, click on it for an in-depth essay on that film. If there's no link, there's no essay...yet.

College Rhythm (1934)

Collegiate (1936)

New Faces of 1937 (1937)

The Life of the Party (1937)

Go Chase Yourself (1938)

I'm From the City (1938)

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Millionaire Playboy (1940)

The Boys From Syracuse (1940)

The Short Films (1930-32)

Penner also appeared in several two-reel shorts for Warner Bros. Vitaphone from 1930-32. They were:

Seeing Off Service

Service Stripes

Making Good

Sax Appeal

The Toreador

Moving In

Stepping Out

Stuttering Romance

Gangway

Where Men Are Men

Rough Sailing

The Season's Greetings

Here, Prince (Retitled You Nasty Man)

The Animated Joe Penner

In addition to his work in features and shorts, Penner was also caricatured in several cartoons of his day. Most animation historians also believe he was an original inspiration for Egghead, the Warner Bros. character who predated (and may have morphed into) Elmer Fudd.

For more about Joe's animated appearances, click HERE.

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