Movies tagged: Comedy
Africa Screams (1949)
Africa Screams is a 1949 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is notable for having…
Traffic Warden (2004)
Want a gentle smile? This is an 11 minute short film starring David Tennant of Doctor Who fame. It made…
Man who walked alone, The (1945)
A veteran finds his way to to his home town and meets a society girl who is fleeing her boyfriend.…
Freedom State (2007)
It’s about sanity. It’s about a quest. It’s about crazy love. When eight mental health home patients wake up to…
Dick Van Dyke – Never Name a Duck (1962)
Richey and Rob have an adventure with a couple of ducks and it becomes an important lesson for Richey.…
Anything Goes (1936)
Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman star in this 1936 musical comedy about a man who falls in love with an…
The Lucy Show-Lucy Goes To London (1962)
The Lucy Show was Lucille Ball’s follow up show to I Love Lucy. It began in 1962 and ran until…
Brideless Groom, The (1947)
In this Three Stooges short, the boys must marry off Curly Joe so that he can inherit a fortune.…
Thunder in the City (1939)
Edward G. Robinson and Nigel Bruce are in this movie about a salesman who goes to England to learn more…
Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, The (1936)
Cary Grant plays Earnest Bliss a rich socialite who makes a bet with his doctor that he can make a…
Lady Behave! (1937)
Lady Behave is a light hearted romantic comedy. Millionaire Neil Hamilton gets drunk at a stylish party and wakes up…
A Stranger in Town (1948)
This is a cute political comedy starring Frank Morgan of Wizard of Oz fame. It was directed by Roy Rowland…
Ozzie And Harriet – David and the Mermaid (1964)
Here’s an episode of Ozzie and Harriet from 1964. With June. I always liked Ozzie and Harriet better with June.…
Boys of the City (1940)
Boys of the City is a 1940 black-and-white comedy/thriller film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It is the second East…
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
The East Side Kids set out to fix up a house in the suburbs for Glimpy’s sister and her new…
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Spooks Run Wild is a 1941 film and the seventh film in the East Side Kids series, starring Bela Lugosi, Leo…
My Favorite Martian (1963-66)
Tim O’Hara, a newspaper reporter, takes in a telepathic, extraterrestrial and passes him off as his uncle Martin. The series…
Red Skelton Show – John Carradine Guests (1955)
This is the Red Skelton show with John Carradine as a guest. Red does a pantomime and a skit where…
Time of Your Life (1948)
Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick’s Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his…
Jack Benny Show – Guest Humphrey Bogart (1950)
In this episode Jack plays a cop who beats a confession and a Lucky Strike cigarette commercial out of Humphrey…
Dentist, The (1932)
W.C. Fields plays a dentist in this Max Sennett film. It’s the first of 4 short 20 minute films with…
Bees in Paradise (1944)
This musical comedy is set on a mysterious island where scantily clad warrior women hold all the power and men…
The Lucy Show-Lucy and The Fight Manager (1962)
The Lucy Show was Lucille Ball’s follow up show to I Love Lucy. It began in 1962 and ran until…
So this is Washington – Lum and Abner (1943)
Lum and Abner, an American radio comedy which aired as a network program from 1932 to 1954, became an American…
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton star in this movie about a middle aged couple who suspect foul play when the…
Beachcomber, The (1954)
Charles Laughton plays Edward C. Wilson Esq, who despite his title, is the town character. His drunken debauchery puts him…
Keystone Cops (1912-1917)
The Keystone cops were incompetent fictional policemen capable of extreme slapstick. Mac Sennett was responsible for changing comedy forever. By…
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 movie spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style. Starring Bob Hope and Dorothy…
Tick, The (2001)
The Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot. He is an…
Elvira – Mistress of the Dark
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1949) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror host persona “Elvira, Mistress…
Chasing Trouble (1940)
This time Buzzy O’Brien (Frankie Darro) is a florists delivery boy. He still thinks he’s a detective though and finds…
Mr. and Mrs. North – Shrinking Violet (1953)
Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple were featured in…
Gilligan’s Island (1964-67)
One of my all time favorites: Wrongway Feldman
The Skipper and Gilligan of the S. S. Minnow and five passengers…
Mr. and Mrs. North – House Behind The Wall (1953)
Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple were featured in…
The Lucy Show-Lucy Meets John Wayne (1962)
The Lucy Show was Lucille Ball’s follow up show to I Love Lucy. It began in 1962 and ran until…
I Love Lucy (1951-1957)
Lucy! You got some splainin to do… CBS posted these episodes of I Love Lucy, which details the adventures of…
Star Performance – The Magic Hat (1952)
A little girl named Jody has her heart set on a new hat to go to a party… but it’s…
Road to Bali (1952)
Road to Bali is a 1952 comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. It was released by…
Front Page, The (1931)
Here’s a 1931 Academy Award-nominated comedy starring Pat O’Brien. It was produced by Howard Hughes. A newspaper report tries to…
Dick Van Dyke – Hustling the Hustler (1962)
Buddy’s black sheep pool shark brother shows up, but Buddy wants nothing to do with him. Rob finds out he’s…
Danny Thomas Show – Trip to Wisconsin (1953)
Danny Thomas goes to his in-laws house in Wisconsin and has a bit of trouble with culture shock. The Danny…
Life of Riley, The – Riley’s Vacation Plans(1953)
Riley plans a pretty interesting vacation for his family and ends up in his usual pickle.…
Jack Benny Show – Jack Takes a Train Trip (1952)
In this episode of the The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, Jack Benny and Rochester take a train trip…
Death Kiss, The (1932)
David Manners plays a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames plays an actress, Bela Lugosi plays a studio manager, and Edward…
No Limit (1935)
A chimney sweep from Wigan dreams of winning the TT Races in the Isle of Man. With money ‘borrowed’ from…
I Thank You (1941)
The film is set in London during World War II at the time of the Blitz. The leads are a…
McLintock! (1963)
McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of…
Hell’s House (1932)
When orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder Matt Kelly,…
