Movies Comedy 1900-1949

An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

A young soldier arrives in NYC and, before heading overseas to WWII, visits Stage Door Canteen, where famous actresses and entertainers volunteer to entertain soldiers.

A traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.

A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.

An heiress discovers during her engagement that the man she is about to marry is a fortune-hunting fraud. She runs off, and during a street scuffle, she gets a blow to her head which leaves her with amnesia. She is taken in by Flatiron Stubbs (Wally Patch) and Mario Moroni (Julian Vedey), a pair of street vendors. The fraudulent Count turns up while searching for her, and convinces her to go to Paris with him. However, Flatiron and Mario follow and rescue her from the Count.

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.

A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.

Nick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation.

Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.