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Comedy drama
Kathleen Davis is a 12-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids—but no mother. Her father, John Davis, spends most of his time at work, sparing little time to spend with his daughter. Kathleen dreams of a traditional family and tells her friends that she has such a family.
Comedy
A con man enters his steamboat in a winner-take-all steamboat race in the 1890s with a rival while attempting to find an eyewitness that will save his nephew, who has been wrongly convicted of murder, from the gallows. Doctor John Pearly, who sells Pocahontas patent medicine that is mostly pure alcohol, buys a broken down paddleboat steamer and intends to spend his sunset years leisurely cruising the Mississippi River with his nephew Duke as crewman. Duke shows up with a young uneducated girl, Fleety Belle, in tow, saying he has killed a man who forced his attentions on her.
Comedy drama, Drama, Science fiction
Comedy, Drama
The story centers on brothers 16 yr old Randy (Olsen) and 12 yr old Skeet (Sumpter) as they spend the summer surfing. Skeet receives his first surfboard from Randy for his 12th birthday, leading to adventures and parties. Randy's attention shifts to a new girl, Samantha, while their mother's new boyfriend, Jim (Harmon), creates tension, especially with Randy.
romance film, romantic comedy
Doug (Rhys Darby) lives in the perfect no worry world but his life shatters when long-term girlfriend Susan (Faye Smythe) dumps him. Doug discovers an injured paradise shelduck and starts to nurse it back to health. This new found motivation propels him into a new journey in his life which causes him to fall in love with veterinarian Holly (Sally Hawkins).
Comedy, silent film
Wally Saunders wants to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, but his uncle, Stephen Lee thinks that all chorines are gold diggers and refuses to give his approval. Violet's friend Jerry La Mar is not a gold digger, but she agrees to go after Lee so aggressively that Violet will look tame by comparison. Soon Lee and Jerry fall in love and get married, even after he learns the truth about her, and he gives permission for Wally and Violet to get hitched, too.
Comedy
Roger Thursby has just completed his barrister's examinations and has been called to the bar. He commences his pupillage in the London chambers of Kendall Grimes, but finds he learns more from Henry, his fellow pupil, and Alec, the chambers clerk. Although only supposed to 'shadow' Grimes, he finds himself on his feet before unsympathetic judges almost immediately.
Comedy, Drama
Priam Farll is a famous English painter and recluse who has been living in seclusion somewhere in the tropics for 25 years with solely his valet, Henry Leek, for company. In 1905, Farll reluctantly travels to London to be knighted. However, upon their arrival, Leek becomes very ill.
Comedy
In mid 1941, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Robert "Kit" Kittredge returns to the U.S. from his position as their Moscow correspondent. He is fired for his incompetency by his editor, Norman Mason, the minute he comes back, since he has neglected to report that Germany recently has invaded Russia.
musical film, Tragicomedy
A young mid-nineteenth century street entertainer, Sylvia, is separated from her pickpocket grandfather when given a home by a wealthy New York City widow. Her grandfather, The Professor, has wrangled an invitation for Sylvia and her young friends to entertain at a lavish mansion party. But when Sylvia discovers The Professor has stolen a cuckoo clock from the house, she returns it the next day.
Comedy
The Stooges are Click, Clack and Cluck, paparazzi-like photographers employed by Whack Magazine, a publication renowned for its sensationalist approach to imagery. After the trio fails in their assignd mission to capture a photograph of movie star Percival De Puyster and his newlywed spouse, their employer, Mr. Wilson, dismisses them from their positions.
Comedy
When their uncle dies without leaving a will, his farm passes to his nephew and two nieces, leaving nothing for his longtime housekeeper, Annie Yeo. While the nieces wish to sell the place, the nephew, Alfie Brewer, has ideas of setting up as a farmer. Facing the hostility of his family, and some of the locals, he attempts to improve the farm before its mortgage is called in.
Comedy
Southwestern United States, circa 1916. Two bumbling good ol' boys, Ben and Booger, are thrown off a train after failing to show their tickets. They wander into a saloon/brothel and unsuccessfully attempt to cheat their way into a fortune at the card table.
Comedy, comedy thriller, mystery film, spy film
The Stooges play janitors who work at a newspaper office, harboring aspirations of transitioning into the domain of journalism. Their entreaties to the managing editor for a chance to prove their mettle as reporters are met with conditional consideration, contingent upon a dinner engagement for deliberation. However, an unforeseen development transpires in the editor's absence, as Moe inadvertently intercepts a critical communication from one of the newspaper's reporters, Smitty, regarding the theft of classified documents by foreign operatives.
Comedy
The Stooges are phone repairmen working in the office of the esteemed psychiatrists, Drs. Z. Ziller, X.
Comedy
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills are chosen to explore the Australian continent from south to north and back again. Just before the expedition departs, Burke proposes to young actress Julia Matthews, who has trouble remembering who he is. John Macadam tries to sustain public interest by staging a musical play about the expedition.
Comedy, musical film
The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy (Bonnie Bonnell) then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue.
Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Detective
In France, U.S. State Department employee Donald Free is caught trying to steal French state papers. Free is released from his job and is deported.
Comedy
In a theatre, Guillaume recounts how his life developed as a youth. As a young effeminate boy, his mother casually dismisses his antics. When he asks to go and learn Spanish, his mother sends him to La Línea de la Concepción.
Biography, romantic comedy
Giacomo Casanova has to give up law studies because he sleeps with his teacher's daughters. He tries the priesthood but seduces a young widow. He feuds with an Austrian noble, Razetta, after stealing the latter's mistress.
Comedy
New England schoolteacher Nancy Willows leaves her school and fiancé David Parker to go to New York City for a career as a lyricist. Her neighbors across the hall are an easy going singer named Jerry Dennis and his hotheaded songwriter roommate Marty Adams who is incapable of writing acceptable lyrics for his songs.
Comedy
After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown and Slicker Smith return to the United States aboard a troop ship. Also on board is their old nemesis, Sgt. Collins.
Comedy, musical film
Radio station W.H.Y. owner Spud Miller, also functions as the station's only announcer while his comic partner Smiley Goodwin serves as the house singer, Lochinvar, The Great Lover, "the idol of millions of women." Both Spud and Smiley play the role of Lochinvar. Facing the prospect of bankruptcy, Spud welcomes the suggestions of George Burns and Gracie Allen, who attempt to sell an invention, The Radio Eye, invented by Gracie Allen's uncle, a television device which can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.
romantic comedy
In New York City, David (Donovan), a plumber who is unsuccessful with women, creates a new identity as David Coppolberg, a film director, as a way to meet women. Due to his good looks and unfamiliarity with film, which passes for inscrutability, he is considered an indie talent. Complicating the situation is the script stolen from Toni (Parker), who in turn uses his success to further her own ambitions.