Comedy Movies
Café Metropole (1937)
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
Nobody’s Baby (1937)
Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each…
Thunder in the City (1937)
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Call It a Day (1937)
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937)
Inexperienced duck hunter Porky Pig is taunted by a mischievous duck (Daffy, making his screen debut).
Way Out West (1937)
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter’s evil guardian is determined to have the…
Porky’s Romance (1937)
The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky’s courtship with her. Once he’s won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn’t seem very…
Quality Street (1937)
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a…
Personal Property (1937)
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without…
Feather Your Nest (1937)
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Swing High Swing Low (1937)
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub…
A Family Affair (1937)
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have…
Ready Willing and Able (1937)
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Love Is News (1937)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly…
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Dick Tracy (1937)
Dick Tracy’s foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using…
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
When You’re in Love (1937)
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings “Minnie the Moocher” in one scene.
On the Avenue (1937)
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon…
Guest House Paradise (1937)
Porky’s Road Race (1937)
It’s race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky’s little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and…
Magician Mickey (1937)
Donald continually heckles Mickey’s magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them…
That’s That! (1937)
The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That’s That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have…
O.H.M.S. (1937)
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the…
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company….
After the Thin Man (1936)
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora’s cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer…
General Spanky (1936)
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are…
Banjo on My Knee (1936)
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
The Village Smithy (1936)
The narrator sets the scene for a warped version of the classic poem, and the hijinks when assistant Porky gives the blacksmith a rubber horseshoe, then a hot horseshoe on…
Every Sunday (1936)
Edna’s grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials want to cancel these concerts….
Born to Dance (1936)
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also…
My Father Was Right (1936)
Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to…
Go West Young Man (1936)
Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from one such appearance, Arden’s car…
Laburnum Grove (1936)
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has…