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1. Brain Donors (1992)
PG | 80 min | Comedy
Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand
Votes: 4,668 | Gross: $0.92M
2. The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy, Documentary
This salute to the famous comedy team of the Marx Brothers shows clips from many of their best-known films, including Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Animal Crackers. Also shown are rare ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Patterson | Stars: Gene Kelly, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Votes: 126
3.
Hollywood Greats (1977– )
Episode:
Groucho Marx
(1979)
Documentary, History
Director: Sue Mallinson | Stars: Barry Norman, Groucho Marx, Edward Buzzell, Dick Cavett
Votes: 86
4. Hollywood Greats (1977– )
40 min | Documentary, History
Documentary series profiling various Hollywood stars of yesteryear and more recent times.
Stars: Barry Norman, Jonathan Ross, David Thomson, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 178
5. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,432 | Gross: $6.54M
6. Of Thee I Sing (1972 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Musical
CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
Directors: Roger Beatty, Dick Hall, Dave Powers | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Cloris Leachman, Jack Gilford, Michele Lee
Votes: 41
7. My Man Godfrey (1957)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,118
8.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Penny Serenade
(1955)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: Earl Eby | Stars: Paul Birch, Olive Blakeney, Ken Carpenter, Lauren Chapin
9.
Musical Comedy Time (1950–1951)
Episode:
Louisiana Purchase
(1951)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
Stars: Irène Bordoni, Betty Brewster, Sandra Deel, Kem Dibbs
10. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 152
11. Musical Comedy Time (1950–1951)
60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Live adaptations of operettas and Broadway musical comedies.
Stars: Lynne Forrester, Billy Gilbert, Erik Rhodes, Melville Cooper
Votes: 28
12. Heartbeat (1946)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Melville Cooper
Votes: 822
13. Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Fantasy, Musical
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver, Gene Sheldon
Votes: 301
14. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 631
15. The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Comedy
A compassionate lawyer pretends to be heartless in order to boost his clientele, but it jeopardizes his romantic life.
Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Jack Benny, Priscilla Lane, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 349
16. Claudia (1943)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid that her husband doesn't find her ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 464
17. Penny Serenade (1941)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 8,051
18. Louisiana Purchase (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irène Bordoni
Votes: 529
19. His Girl Friday (1940)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 63,081 | Gross: $0.30M
20. Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Feeling unwanted by his wife and children, a wealthy industrialist hires an unemployed young woman to pose as his mistress.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, James Ellison
Votes: 1,771
21. Man About Town (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 192
22. Room Service (1938)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Lucille Ball
Votes: 5,537
23. There's Always a Woman (1938)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An investigator for the district attorney and his amateur-sleuth wife compete to solve a murder mystery.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Frances Drake
Votes: 962
24. Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Bored New York office girl Teddy Shaw goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin, Lucille Ball
Votes: 998
25. Stage Door (1937)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick
Votes: 8,997
26. Top of the Town (1937)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Music
Diana Borden (Doris Nolan, a bleeding-heart rich-girl, returns from a trip to Russia filled with sympathy for the "little" people of the slums and wants to do "something" artistic and ... See full summary »
Directors: Ralph Murphy, Walter Lang | Stars: Doris Nolan, George Murphy, Ella Logan, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 83
27. My Man Godfrey (1936)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick
Votes: 26,420
28. Ceiling Zero (1936)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 785
29. The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Jane Wyatt, Louis Hayward, Nat Pendleton, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 23
30. A Night at the Opera (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 34,733 | Gross: $2.54M
31. Palmy Days (1931)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Barbara Weeks, Spencer Charters
Votes: 645 | Gross: $3.49M
32. Animal Crackers (1930)
G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, The Marx Brothers
Votes: 15,260 | Gross: $0.91M
33. The Cocoanuts (1929)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
Directors: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 8,190 | Gross: $3.92M
34. The Charleston (1926)
Documentary
The Charleston in six lessons by the man who taught the Prince of Wales.
Directors: Arthur Murray, J.W. Schleiff | Star: Arthur Murray