Comedy Movies
W’ere on our way to Rio (1944)
Actually, Popeye and Bluto are already there. They visit a nightclub, where the featured singer/dancer is, of course, Olive Oyl.
Rosie the Riveter (1944)
In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on the up and up as the men and women…
Screwball Squirrel (1944)
A crazy squirrel provokes a dog into trying to catch him throughout the picture.
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day’s paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a…
The Heavenly Body (1944)
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer’s prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
Cover Girl (1944)
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
See Here Private Hargrove (1944)
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of…
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Up in Arms (1944)
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding…
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself mistakenly pressed into the…
It’s in the Bag (1944)
Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play.
The Punch Bowl (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
Going My Way (1944)
Youthful Father Chuck O’Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O’Malley’s worldly…
The Marry-Go-Round (1943)
Popeye wants to propose to Olive, but can’t work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.
Higher and Higher (1943)
A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss’s fortune by passing a scullery maid off as a high-society debutante.
Baby Puss (1943)
Tom is dressed up and treated like a baby by the little girl of the house.
The Gang’s All Here (1943)
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Rookies in Burma (1943)
In the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles, and Mike Strager, are still spending most of their time on KP duty. However they are captured by the Japanese…
The Heat’s On (1943)
Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.
What’s Buzzin’ Buzzard? (1943)
Two buzzards suffer from acute food shortage and make up for it by cooking each other, or at least trying to.
Girl Crazy (1943)
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there’s…
Her Honor the Mare (1943)
Popeye’s nephews happen by just as the glue factory is rejecting a sorry looking horse and decide to take it home. They want to treat it as a house pet,…
The Dancing Masters (1943)
The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum…
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people…
Claudia (1943)
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can’t stand living so far away from her mother. She’s also afraid her husband doesn’t find…
Swing Fever (1943)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Falling Hare (1943)
Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading “Victory Through Hare Power” and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc…
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
My Learned Friend (1943)
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop…
Princess O’Rourke (1943)
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot “Breezy” McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and…
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
When Dr. Von Altermann’s wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder. They also suspect the doctor is turning her into a zombie, to join the…
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel’s pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval…
Salute to the Marines (1943)
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a…
Romeo y Julieta (1943)
I Dood It (1943)
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine,…
Holy Matrimony (1943)
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.