Comedy Movies
Love Crazy (1941)
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Major Barbara (1941)
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually…
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is…
The Ghost Train (1941)
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…
The Black Cat (1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Porky’s Preview (1941)
The audience enters Porky’s movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken…
Sis Hopkins (1941)
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Crime Control (1941)
A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders that have recently been brought in….
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley’s Department Store. There is labor…
Pot o’ Gold (1941)
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…
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)
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,…
The Bad Man (1941)
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…
Porky’s Bear Facts (1941)
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…
Dead Men Tell (1941)
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…
Las Vegas Nights (1941)
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.
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Topper Returns (1941)
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it’s Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim….
Meet John Doe (1941)
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…
A Man Betrayed (1941)
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of…
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
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….
Nice Girl? (1941)
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…
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary (1941)
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam — in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge…
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have…
Tobacco Road (1941)
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank’s plans to take…
The Little Whirlwind (1941)
Mickey wants some of the cake Minnie has just baked, so he offers to clean up her yard. As he’s working, a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind…
Golden Hoofs (1941)
A teenage horse trainer fears she’ll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
So Long Mr. Chumps (1941)
The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her?…
Come Live with Me (1941)
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Buck Privates (1941)
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and…
Play Girl (1941)
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
Spring Meeting (1941)
Tiny Fox-Collier and her son, Tony, are broke. A cheery and handsome young man about town, Tony knows he can rely on his mother for a brainwave to save them…
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family’s new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to…
Second Chorus (1941)
Danny O’Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row….
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge…
The Timid Toreador (1940)
The bull makes short work of the matador, and then turns on Porky, a tamale vendor who wanders into the ring accidentally. But then he makes the mistake of actually…