Frank Jenks’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Frank Jenks has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by His Girl Friday.
Recurring themes

The Talk of the Town
1942
Comedy · Drama

The Philadelphia Story
1940
Comedy · Romance

Adam's Rib
1949
Comedy · Romance

The Lady Eve
1941
Comedy · Romance

My Favorite Wife
1940
Comedy · Romance

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Comedy · Romance

A Foreign Affair
1948
Romance · Comedy

Woman of the Year
1942
Comedy · Romance

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
Dir. Peter Godfrey · With Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
Dir. Norman Foster · With Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith