Eleven days after Franchot's death—of lung cancer at the age of 63 on September 18, 1968—Shepard Traube wrote to the editor of The New Y...

On his way to the guillotine, a scientist recounts his discovery of a diamond lens and his overwhelming need to perfect the microscope for a...

Franchot Tone in his first film role in The Wiser Sex, 1932. Source: scan from my collection. In 1932 Franchot made his movie debut in the f...

Today We Live is Franchot's second film (the first being The Wiser Sex ) and his first film with Joan Crawford. With an all-star cast o...

Photo of Franchot that accompanied the article. In February 1950 Franchot traveled to Birmingham, Alabama to promote The Man on the Eiffel T...

Franchot's lecture was the highlight of the Mark Twain Festival that took place at Elmira College from October 12th to October 14th, 196...