Comedy Movies
Happy Go Ducky (1958)
The Easter bunny brings an egg for Tom and Jerry that hatches into the little duckling. He keeps getting into water he shouldn’t: the aquarium, water cooler, bathtub, sink, as…
Davy (1958)
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family…
Jamalaye Jibanta Manush (1958)
I Only Arsked (1958)
A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at…
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Totò Vittorio and the Doctor (1957)
Up In Smoke (1957)
In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.
Barnacle Bill (1957)
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as ‘All at Sea’
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building “vacation” in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with…
The Naked Truth (1957)
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit)…
Danger Stalks Near (1957)
Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957)
With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty’s prison, the St Trinian’s girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a…
April Love (1957)
A teenager, recently in trouble with the police, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle on their Kentucky farm in order to rediscover life’s values.
Lazzarella (1957)
Don’t Go Near the Water (1957)
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
The Mischief Makers (1957)
Show Biz Bugs (1957)
Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.
Pal Joey (1957)
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
The Invisible Boy (1957)
A supercomputer plans world domination with the help of Robby the Robot and a 10 year old boy, who is the son of the computer’s inventor.
My Man Godfrey (1957)
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the…
Les Girls (1957)
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe “Barry Nichols and Les Girls”, Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style…
The Truth About Women (1957)
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.
Temptation (1957)
Lucky Jim (1957)
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse,…
A King in New York (1957)
A recently-deposed “Estrovian” monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he’s wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in…
Mucho Mouse (1957)
A Spanish cat is more interested in playing flamenco guitar than trying to catch the mouse El Magnifico (Jerry). Tom arrives from the States with world champion mouse-catching credentials to…
The Pajama Game (1957)
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory’s boss to help oppose the workers’ demand for a pay raise.
Miracles of Thursday (1957)
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious…
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
Desk Set (1957)
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network’s research staff.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Silk Stockings (1957)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve…
Scat Cats (1957)
Spike’s owner is going out of town and leaves Spike and Tyke in charge.
The Happy Road (1957)
Spree Lunch (1957)
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things…