Comedy Movies
Spinach Packin’ Popeye (1944)
Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her,…
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
The Great Moment (1944)
The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and…
Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1944)
A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he’s given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends,…
Bathing Beauty (1944)
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women’s college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
Meet the People (1944)
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Gildersleeve’s Ghost (1944)
Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.
3 Men in White (1944)
Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it’s another diagnosis competition. Lee’s assignment is a small girl…
The Anvil Chorus Girl (1944)
Popeye and Bluto pass by Olive’s blacksmith shop and are smitten. Olive needs help, and of course both of the boys offer, and demonstrate their prowess at blacksmithing.
On Approval (1944)
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see…
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Show Business (1944)
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.
Jamboree (1944)
A trio of competing bands vie for a spot on a rural radio program.
Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble (1944)
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees…
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Now she’s leaving home to go into…
Batty Baseball (1944)
A series of visual gags about baseball. One running gag has an angry fan screaming “Kill the ump!” Be careful what you wish for…..
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
The Marry-Go-Round (1943)
Popeye wants to propose to Olive, but can’t work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.
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.
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,…