1940s Comedy-drama Movies

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El baisano Jalil(1942)

1h 25min | Comedy, Drama

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughter of the Veradada wasteful. Being invited to the house of Don Guillermom, Jalil and his wife Suan and Selim are teased and contempt. Finally, the Lebanese family worker puts in place the family of Don Guillermo ridiculous.

Directed by Joaquín Pardavé, Roberto Gavaldón - With Sara García, Joaquín Pardavé, Emilio Tuero, Mimí Derba, Manolita Saval

The Great Mike(1944)

| 1h 12min | Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy

Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, together they have a paper route, on which they deliver papers to customers via a wagon pulled by Mike. Recently a horse track has been built in the area and attracts horse breeder and racer Colonel Whiteny. He takes out a subscription for delivery and meets Mike and Speck & Jimmy. Clever Jimmy talks both the Colonel and Speck into taking on the Colonel's pure bred race horses at the track with comedic results.

Directed by Wallace Fox

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Box of Dreams(1945)

1h 40min | Comedy, Drama

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Nicole tries to seduce a young man who lead a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.

Directed by Yves Allégret, Jean Choux - With Viviane Romance, Albert Rémy, Félix Oudart, Frank Villard, Gérard Philipe, Germaine Stainval, ...

Sophie's Misfortune(1946)

1h 35min | Comedy, Drama

2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her strict governess. Following her mother's death, she is entrusted to Mme de Fleurville, her aunt, who at the same time hires Mademoiselle to further Sophie's education. A few years later, the little girl has blossomed into a lovely young lady. She is now in love with Paul, her cousin, who, unlike her, used to be a model child. Unfortunately Mademoiselle will not hear of a union between them. Instead she wants Sophie to marry Armand, the conceited son of Prefect Hugon. To make matters worse, Paul, the good boy, unexpectedly turns into a revolutionary, who defends the Republic on the barricades against Louis Napoléon's coup. Not being one of the victors, Paul is forced into exile. Will Sophie finally yield and accept the established order or will she react in her usual rebellious way and follow the one she loves ?

Directed by Jacqueline Audry - With André Alerme, Colette Darfeuil, Jean Daurand, Jean Témerson, Liane Daydé, Lisette Jambel, ...

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All(1948)

1h 4min | Comedy, Drama

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

Directed by Reginald Le Borg - With Elyse Knox, Sheldon Leonard, Frank Jenks, Lyle Talbot, Eddie Gribbon, Ralph Sanford, ...

Down with Misery!(1945)

1h 30min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of Italy, cannot get any profit and his wife, an energetic and talkative Roman woman, can't help blaming him for his poor business skills. Returning from a trip to Naples, he brings home a little hungry orphan, Nello. At first Giovanni's wife doesn't want the boy, but then she begins to like him. The little boy does whatever he can to help the family. Nello's father, who everybody thought to have died during the war, finds his little son and, being a rich business man, he employs the good and generous Giovanni. Meanwhile the former friend Gaetano is caught by the police and convicted for his illegal trades.

Directed by Gennaro Righelli - With Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento, Marisa Vernati, Sandro Ruffini, Lauro Gazzolo, ...

Professor, My Son(1946)

1h 46min | Comedy, Drama

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.

Directed by Renato Castellani - With Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio De Lullo, Mario Pisu, Pinuccia Nava, Nando Bruno, Diego Calcagno, ...

El barchante Neguib(1946)

1h 30min | Drama, Comedy

3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jalil (1942).

Directed by Joaquín Pardavé - With Joaquín Pardavé

I Ring Doorbells(1946)

1h 4min | Mystery

Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown son is in danger of marrying a gold digger, the paper's publisher assigns his new reporter to expose her.

Directed by Frank R. Strayer - With Anne Gwynne

The Pavilion Burns(1941)

1h 30min | Drama

Denise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to Daniel, a simple underground worker. A betrayal has occurred that compromises the mine. An accident occurs and about fifteen workers, including Denise's fiancé, are buried under rubble in a collapsing shaft.

Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli - With Pierre Renoir, Jean Marais, Bernard Blier, Élina Labourdette, François Joux, Jean Carmet, ...

Los viejos somos así(1948)

1h 30min | Comedy

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Two card-sharps fall for the same woman.

Directed by Joaquín Pardavé

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