Comedy Movies
Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)

Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)

Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1942)
IMDb: N/A
64

While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansionfrom his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
IMDb: N/A
91

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and…

Genre: Comedy
We Were Dancing (1942)

We Were Dancing (1942)

We Were Dancing (1942)
IMDb: N/A
95

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Donald’s Snow Fight (1942)

Donald’s Snow Fight (1942)

Donald’s Snow Fight (1942)
IMDb: N/A
7

It’s snowed, and Donald Duck is going sledding. Meanwhile, his nephews have built a snowman at the bottom of the hill. Donald aims his sled at their snowman and demolishes…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)

Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)

Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
IMDb: N/A
72

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the “Mexican Spitfire” comedy series.

Genre: Comedy
The Male Animal (1942)

The Male Animal (1942)

The Male Animal (1942)
IMDb: N/A
101

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Roxie Hart (1942)

Roxie Hart (1942)

Roxie Hart (1942)
IMDb: N/A
72

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Whims (1942)

Whims (1942)

Whims (1942)
IMDb: N/A
80

Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a distinguished society man camouflages himself as forger and swindler. This game…

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Genre: Comedy
The Lady Is Willing (1942)

The Lady Is Willing (1942)

The Lady Is Willing (1942)
IMDb: N/A
92

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Pardon My Stripes (1942)
IMDb: N/A
64

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of “Dope…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Playmates (1941)

Playmates (1941)

Playmates (1941)
IMDb: N/A
96

Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Kathleen (1941)

Kathleen (1941)

Kathleen (1941)
IMDb: N/A
88

Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Design for Scandal (1941)

Design for Scandal (1941)

Design for Scandal (1941)
IMDb: N/A
85

A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Mexican Spitfire’s Baby (1941)

The Mexican Spitfire’s Baby (1941)

The Mexican Spitfire’s Baby (1941)
IMDb: N/A
69

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.

Genre: Comedy
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
IMDb: N/A
97

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

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Unexpected Uncle (1941)

Unexpected Uncle (1941)

Unexpected Uncle (1941)
IMDb: N/A
67

An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman’s aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
You Belong to Me (1941)

You Belong to Me (1941)

You Belong to Me (1941)
IMDb: N/A
94

A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Honky Tonk (1941)

Honky Tonk (1941)

Honky Tonk (1941)
IMDb: N/A
105

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife’s alcoholic father tries to set things right.

We Go Fast (1941)

We Go Fast (1941)

We Go Fast (1941)
IMDb: N/A
64

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and…

Lady Be Good (1941)

Lady Be Good (1941)

Lady Be Good (1941)
IMDb: N/A
112

Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Smiling Ghost (1941)

The Smiling Ghost (1941)

The Smiling Ghost (1941)
IMDb: N/A
71

Elinor Bentley Fairchild’s previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But…

Reg’lar Fellers (1941)

Reg’lar Fellers (1941)

Reg’lar Fellers (1941)
IMDb: N/A
60

Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the “Reg’lar Fellers”, and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a…

Sport Chumpions (1941)

Sport Chumpions (1941)

Sport Chumpions (1941)
IMDb: N/A
7

A series of unrelated sports gags. Archery: The bullseyes make sense when we see where the archer is standing. Billiards: A trick shot: All the balls move together. Ping pong:…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
IMDb: N/A
92

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Meet John Doughboy (1941)
IMDb: N/A
7

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Murder by Invitation (1941)

Murder by Invitation (1941)

Murder by Invitation (1941)
IMDb: N/A
67

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings,…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Tom Dick and Harry (1941)

Tom Dick and Harry (1941)

Tom Dick and Harry (1941)
IMDb: N/A
87

Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. But Janie just…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Ghost Train (1941)

The Ghost Train (1941)

The Ghost Train (1941)
IMDb: N/A
85

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead…

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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
IMDb: N/A
84

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Sis Hopkins (1941)

Sis Hopkins (1941)

Sis Hopkins (1941)
IMDb: N/A
99

An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.

Genre: Comedy
Pot o’ Gold (1941)

Pot o’ Gold (1941)

Pot o’ Gold (1941)
IMDb: N/A
86

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)
IMDb: N/A
82

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost,…

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Genre: Comedy
Las Vegas Nights (1941)

Las Vegas Nights (1941)

Las Vegas Nights (1941)
IMDb: N/A
90

A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra’s first screen appearance.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Porky’s Bear Facts (1941)

Porky’s Bear Facts (1941)

Porky’s Bear Facts (1941)
IMDb: N/A
7

Porky Pig works hard on his farm all year. On a neighboring farm, a bear lazes around and allows his animals to be idle. The winter comes, and he has…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
The Bad Man (1941)

The Bad Man (1941)

The Bad Man (1941)
IMDb: N/A
70

Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil’s ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy…

Genre: Comedy, Western
Dead Men Tell (1941)

Dead Men Tell (1941)

Dead Men Tell (1941)
IMDb: N/A
61

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a…

Mr. District Attorney (1941)

Mr. District Attorney (1941)

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
IMDb: N/A
69

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Meet John Doe (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)
IMDb: N/A
122

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
IMDb: N/A
95

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love….

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Nice Girl? (1941)

Nice Girl? (1941)

Nice Girl? (1941)
IMDb: N/A
91

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music