Comedy Movies
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the…
Sara Learns Manners (1937)
Porky’s Railroad (1937)
Porky is the engineer on the most pathetic train in the fleet. After some routine episodes (using pepper to get the engine to sneeze itself up a hill, chasing a…
Artists & Models (1937)
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
You Can’t Have Everything (1937)
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play “North Winds” just…
Keep Fit (1937)
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Saratoga (1937)
A horse breeder’s granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The Toast of New York (1937)
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his…
Easy Living (1937)
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife’s just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on…
Topper (1937)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president,…
Super-Sleuth (1937)
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
New Faces of 1937 (1937)
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
A Day at the Races (1937)
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy’s farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic…
Pick a Star (1937)
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
Woman Chases Man (1937)
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
Shall We Dance (1937)
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he’s fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner…
Café Metropole (1937)
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
Nobody’s Baby (1937)
Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each…
Thunder in the City (1937)
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Call It a Day (1937)
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
Way Out West (1937)
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter’s evil guardian is determined to have the…
Porky’s Romance (1937)
The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky’s courtship with her. Once he’s won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn’t seem very…
Quality Street (1937)
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a…
Personal Property (1937)
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without…
A Family Affair (1937)
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have…
Swing High Swing Low (1937)
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub…
Feather Your Nest (1937)
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Ready Willing and Able (1937)
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Love Is News (1937)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly…
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Dick Tracy (1937)
Dick Tracy’s foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using…
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
On the Avenue (1937)
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon…
When You’re in Love (1937)
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings “Minnie the Moocher” in one scene.
Guest House Paradise (1937)
Porky’s Road Race (1937)
It’s race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky’s little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and…
Magician Mickey (1937)
Donald continually heckles Mickey’s magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them…
That’s That! (1937)
The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That’s That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have…