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- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsEddie CantorEthel ShuttaPaul GregoryWestern sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordReginald DennyJoseph CawthornKiki, a French chorus girl is desperate to get into and be someone in show business, come what may.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableRobert CummingsSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahonA wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyRuth EttingTwo salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.
- DirectorRay EnrightBusby BerkeleyStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellRuby KeelerA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGene KellyLee BowmanRusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsJack HaleyHarriet NelsonMary Beth HughesA rancher puts on a show to raise money so he can save his dude ranch from bankruptcy.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsBilly GilbertShemp HowardMaxie RosenbloomTwo vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.
- DirectorLemuel AyersRoy Del RuthRobert LewisStarsWilliam PowellJudy GarlandLucille BallThe late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJoan DavisJack HaleyPhillip TerryThis Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister Clarabelle Evans, who is against their relationship. The romance between wealthy British Jill Martin and Tom McGrath, the assistant to impresario George White Brodway is a love/hate relationship. Gene Krupa and his band, with virtuoso organist Ethel Smith, keep both couples dancing continuously.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsJane FrazeeWilliam MarshallGail PatrickA songwriter finds out that his beautiful girlfriend is going to be an artist's model.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsPeter LawfordRicardo MontalbanWhile shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsAdele JergensMarilyn MonroeRand BrooksA chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mother's fears about the reaction of his family.
- DirectorArthur DreifussStarsGloria JeanRoss FordPatricia BarryGloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old firehouse, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend in a beauty contest with a $25,000 first prize, and after some iffy maneuvering, her friend wins the contest and the money goes to preserving the youth center.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEsther WilliamsRed SkeltonRicardo MontalbanA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.
- DirectorCharles WaltersJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsEsther WilliamsFernando LamasJack CarsonWith her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJack
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseOscar LevantA pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenAlbert ZugsmithStarsPhil SilversRose MarieDanny SchollA filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsMarlon BrandoJean SimmonsFrank SinatraIn New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFred AstaireCyd CharisseJanis PaigeA Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsLeslie ParrishStubby KayePeter PalmerAs Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li'l Abner by catching him in the traditional race.
- StarsBenny HillHenry McGeeJackie WrightA skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.
- DirectorJohn RobinsStarsBenny HillPatricia HayesEira HeathA collection of sketches and musical numbers from his long running comedy/variety series, culled from shows produced and originally aired between 1969 and 1972; this film's production is more along the lines of Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973) than of Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971).
- DirectorRod KinnearRichard McCarthyStarsBenny HillAlton HarveyMarilyn NattyA one-off special starring Benny Hill, filmed entirely in Australia. Among the highlights: "Hold Back the Wind," yet another of his Tennessee Williams parodies; "Archie's Angels," a takeoff on "Charlie's Angels"; a sketch of two men who tended to Lady Godiva's horse; and, in a concession to his filming location, the saga of Benny Kelly, son of outlaw Ned Kelly.
- DirectorDennis KirklandKeith BeckettStarsBenny HillHenry McGeeBob ToddAnother collection of sketches and dance routines from Benny Hill's long-running comedy-variety series. Among the highlights: "Murder on the Oregon Express," in which he impersonates Hercule Poirot, Cannon, McCloud and Ironside; a look inside the Hotel Sordide; a court jester who winds up in deep trouble after insulting the King; a takeoff on "The South Bank Show"; his take on the Robin Hood legend; and "Butch Cafferty and the Fundance Kid," another of his many film parodies.
- DirectorDennis KirklandStarsBenny HillHenry McGeeBob ToddA collection of sketches from Benny Hill's 1986 series of specials.
- DirectorDavid SpenserStarsBenny HillMickey RooneyBurt ReynoldsDocumentary about Benny Hill's career.
- DirectorDennis KirklandStarsCamilla BlairAnne EastonBella EmbergArmed with his naughty, nubile Hill's Angels and the adorable The Hill's Little Angels, Benny sails into new stratospheres of hilarity.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsAnn-MargretAnthony FranciosaCarol LynleyThree American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.
- DirectorRobert AltonStarsEsther WilliamsHoward KeelMinna GombellA man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneAn attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsEddie CantorRuth EttingGloria StuartA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
- DirectorLillian HuntStarsGay DawnMary AndesSylvia 'Sugar' KaneA typical burlesque offering, complete with harem dances, bumps & grinds, nudist jokes, and skits and sketches. Lots of musical comedy with cartwheels and handstands galore.
- DirectorColin HigginsStarsBurt ReynoldsDolly PartonDom DeLuiseA town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
- DirectorAnthony NewleyRichard WilliamsStarsAnthony NewleyJoan CollinsAlexander NewleyHeironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsYves MontandMathilda MayPatrick FierryA pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his past and remembering the old days.
- DirectorAnthony NewleyRichard WilliamsStarsAnthony NewleyJoan CollinsAlexander NewleyHeironymus Merkin (Anthony Newley) screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth, and moral decay.
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsYves MontandMathilda MayPatrick FierryA pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his past and remembering the old days.
- DirectorJean LoubignacStarsRobert DhéryColette BrossetRaymond BussièresA small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.