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1940s Comedy Movies

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¡A volar, joven!(1947)

1h 53min | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 47 votes)

Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado - With Cantinflas, Ángel Garasa, Andrés Soler, Miroslava Stern, Roberto Cañedo, Joaquín Cordero, ...

Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Crime
3.8/5 (with 385 votes)

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Directed by Frank Capra - With Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Lane Sisters, ...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 78 votes)

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Directed by H. C. Potter - With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Ian Wolfe, Lurene Tuttle, ...

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(1947)

1h 50min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 50 votes)

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod - With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Fay Bainter, Thurston Hall, Ann Rutherford, Florence Bates, ...
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The Major and the Minor(1942)

1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 53 votes)

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn, Will Wright, ...

The Reluctant Dragon(1941)

1h 14min | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 63 votes)

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

Directed by Hamilton Luske, Alfred L. Werker, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe Jr., Erwin Verity, Jasper Blystone, ... - With Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Clarence Nash, Florence Gill, Henry Hall, ...

Sullivan's Travels(1941)

1h 31min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 185 votes)

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Directed by Preston Sturges - With Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Jimmy Conlin, Robert Warwick, ...

El gendarme desconocido(1941)

1h 48min | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 27 votes)

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado - With Cantinflas, Mapy Cortés, Chino Herrera, Gloria Marín, Julio Villarreal, Agustín Isunza, ...

Remember the Night(1940)

1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 38 votes)

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen - With Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Charles Arnt, Charles Waldron, Elizabeth Patterson, ...

Hellzapoppin'(1941)

1h 24min | Comedy, Music
3.6/5 (with 36 votes)

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Directed by H. C. Potter - With Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook Jr., Hugh Herbert, ...

The Punch Bowl(1944)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 61 votes)

Die Feuerzangenbowle from Director Helmut Weiss is based on the novel by the same name from Heinrich Spoerl and Hans Reimann that has turned into a cult German film. The film tells the story of a writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled.

Directed by Helmut Weiss - With Heinz Rühmann, Erich Ponto, Karin Himboldt, Paul Henckels, Hans Leibelt, Hilde Sessak, ...
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Heaven Can Wait(1943)

1h 52min | Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 90 votes)

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - With Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Louis Calhern, Spring Byington, Marjorie Main, ...
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The Thin Man Goes Home(1944)

1h 41min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 34 votes)

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport, ...
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A Night in Casablanca(1946)

1h 25min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 51 votes)

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Directed by Archie Mayo - With Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Sig Ruman, Dan Seymour, ...

Ornamental Hairpin(1941)

1h 11min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Emi Ota and her friend Okiku stay briefly at a mountain inn and then return to Tokyo. Later, Nanmura, a soldier on leave, steps on an ornamental hairpin in the public bath at the inn. Emi writes to the inn saying she has lost a hairpin and, when she discovers that it injured Nanmura, returns to apologize. The longer term visitors at the inn meet together to discuss the hairpin incident. These include a grumpy Professor, a young couple Mr and Mrs Hiroyasu, and an old man staying with his two grandsons. They hope to see a romance blossom between Nanmura and Emi, after Nanmura declares that there is something almost poetic in finding a hairpin in the bath.

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu - With Kinuyo Tanaka

The Man Who Came to Dinner(1942)

1h 52min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

Directed by William Keighley - With Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke, Reginald Gardiner, ...

The Ghost Breakers(1940)

1h 25min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.

Directed by George Marshall - With Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Noble Johnson, Anthony Quinn, ...

The Invisible Woman(1940)

1h 12min | Romance / Love, Science Fiction, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 25 votes)

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland - With Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles, Oskar Homolka, Edward Brophy, ...

Topper Returns(1941)

1h 28min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth - With Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, ...

Mr. Duck Steps Out(1940)

8min | Animation
3.2/5 (with 28 votes)

Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donald soon notices her tailfeathers taking the form of a hand and signaling for him to come closer. But their time alone is soon interrupted by Huey, Dewey and Louie who have followed their uncle and clearly compete with him for the attention of Daisy. Uncle and nephews take turns dancing the jitterbug with her while trying to get rid of each other. In their final effort the three younger Ducks feed their uncle maize in the process of becoming popcorn. The process is completed within Donald himself who continues to move wildly around the house while maintaining the appearance of dancing. The short ends with an impressed Daisy showering her new lover with kisses.

Directed by Jack King

Shadow of the Thin Man(1941)

1h 37min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 39 votes)

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke - With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Henry O'Neill, ...
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The Murderer Lives at Number 21(1942)

1h 24min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 62 votes)

A serial killer by the name of Monsieur Durand stalks the streets of Paris. When Inspector Wens learns that the killer stays at a Paris boarding house, he gets a room there to keep watch.

Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot - With Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey, Jean Tissier, Albert Malbert, ...

The Little Whirlwind(1941)

8min | Animation, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

Mickey wants some of the cake Minnie has just baked, so he offers to clean up her yard. As he's working, a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind of its own comes along and causes trouble. After Mickey finally chases the little twister off, it gets its big brother, which makes a grand mess of the yard. Most of the cartoon, except for the opening and closing, has no dialogue.

Directed by Riley Thomson

Brewster's Millions(1945)

1h 19min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.

Directed by Allan Dwan - With Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, June Havoc, Eddie Anderson, Gail Patrick, Joe Sawyer, ...

The Three Garcia(1947)

1h 48min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 30 votes)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Directed by Ismael Rodríguez - With Pedro Infante, Sara García, Marga López, Abel Salazar

Once Upon a Honeymoon(1942)

1h 57min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

Directed by Leo McCarey - With Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros, ...

A Canterbury Tale(1944)

2h 4min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger - With Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Kim Hunter, Freda Jackson, ...

Go West(1940)

1h 20min | Comedy, Western
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.

Directed by Edward Buzzell - With Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Robert Barrat, ...
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Life with Father(1947)

1h 58min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 23 votes)

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

Directed by Michael Curtiz - With William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, ZaSu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon, ...

The Night Before Christmas(1941)

9min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 27 votes)

It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.

Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
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