Comedy Movies
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Don’s Fountain of Youth (1953)
While traveling with his nephews, Donald is disgusted that they are only interested in comics. He stops at the “fountain of youth” and tricks the kids into thinking he is…
Stalag 17 (1953)
It’s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be…
Genevieve (1953)
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie…
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving…
Scared Stiff (1953)
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for…
Little Johnny Jet (1953)
A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after the war, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet. When he tries to compete with modern…
The Simple Things (1953)
Mickey and Pluto go fishing. Pluto has a run-in with a clam, who eventually lodges in Pluto’s mouth; Mickey thinks the clam is Pluto’s tongue and can’t understand why Pluto…
Mr. Pu (1953)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber…
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to…
Glen or Glenda (1953)
A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria,…
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Marjorie Winfield’s engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Call Me Madam (1953)
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
I Love Melvin (1953)
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do…
She’s Back on Broadway (1953)
When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being…
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching…
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member…
All Ashore (1953)
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
The Wild Oat (1953)
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
Road to Bali (1953)
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the…
There Was a Young Lady (1953)
A super-efficient secretary circumvents the schemes of smash-and grab gangsters.
I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
The film plays out, with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: “The Benefit”, “Breaking the Lease”, and “The Ballet”, with new footage included between episodes to help…
Off Limits (1952)
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn…
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with…
April in Paris (1952)
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Sky Full of Moon (1952)
A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from…
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as…
Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
Pluto comes bounding outside to help Mickey get a Christmas tree. Chip ‘n Dale see him and make fun of him, but the tree they take refuge in is the…
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find…
Miss Robin Hood (1952)
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to…
Made in Heaven (1952)
Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.