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Comedy
Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and making things out of bones, for which he boils a neighbor's dead dog. He is visited by an old friend who is dying of ailments and thus commits suicide, leaving a million dollars in a suitcase. A woman claiming to be interested in Algernon's Egyptologist great-grandfather pretends to be in love with Algernon, and he almost falls for it.
Comedy
Comedy
Eddie York and Chuck Gibson are two ex-soldiers leaving the service to become mink farmers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. As they leave New York City to travel to their new home, they stop at a tailor to get new suits. While at the tailor, Eddie is mistaken for a wealthy playboy, Francis Pemberton, by a local thug.
Comedy drama, Drama
Agent Saxby (John Litel), the head of the Secret Service in the U.S. Treasury Department, assigns agent Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) to impersonate deceased spy Steve Swenko. Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy, Jr.), Brass's assistant, finds a letter in the dead spy's shoe, addressed to Joe Garvey (James Stephenson), the leader of a group being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Comedy
The film skips through 35 years in the life of Max Youngman (Poulson), following him through his courtship and marriage to Lyla (Weixler), who is also the object of affection for his best friend Sal (Offerman). Never seeming to age, Max and the adult characters closest to him stumble in and out of comically misguided relationships and happenstances that are seamlessly woven together by animated vignettes provided by Bob Sabiston (A Scanner Darkly).
Comedy, musical film
Crime Comedy
Good Humor delivery driver Biff Jones is in trouble with the law after being falsely connected with a $300,000 robbery of the cash safe at work and an apparent murder. He is in love with neighborhood gal Margie Bellew, who lives with her younger brother Johnny. Biff and Margie, with the help of Johnny and all of the neighborhood kids, absolve Biff by fighting and capturing the gangsters who committed the crimes.
Comedy
Gar Evans agrees to promote Ginsburg's product, artificial rubber created from sewage, only after his friend Mike Donahey assures him it is not a scam. Gar is superstitious; he believes he will only succeed if his long-suffering girlfriend Francine Dale joins them on the venture. She, however, has given up on him, especially since he left her five days before to pick up something, and never came back.
Comedy
Richard and Sarah Moore, a long-married couple whose relationship has become unfulfilling, agree to take separate vacations in order to explore whether they want to stay together or break up and see other people.
Comedy, romance film, romantic comedy, Romantic drama
boxing film, Comedy
After a difficult climb to the top, Wally Hogan has things finally going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted.
Comedy
Remarkable Power is the name of a self-help book which plays a central role in the film about a late night talk show host who goes through all lengths to bring his canceled show back on the air.[3]
Comedy, musical film
Vaudevillian sisters Norma, Mildred, and Patsy, along with Patsy's husband, Stu, come to Las Vegas to turn an old building they inherited into a trendy nightclub. At a casino, the sisters win a tidy sum to fund their venture, but Stu loses it just as quickly. While taking out loans, they get mixed up with a scheming lawyer who wants their property for himself and they must fend him off to keep their new club running.
Comedy, Erotic Film
At the Collin Sport School for Girls, Miss Anton catches Christina sleeping with her classmate Meg. As a result, Christina is sent to the Dunwich School for Girls to share a room with a student named Maria. Together they make friends with two more students, Jilly and Sandra.
Captain James Fraser, and his young wife, Eliza Fraser, sail from Sydney on the Stirling Castle. Captain Rory McBryde, the most notorious rake in New South Wales, manages to get on board and tries to seduce Eliza. Captain Fraser stops off at the penal colony of Moreton Bay which is run by Captain Fyans, who tries to seduce convict Bracefell.
Comedy, Horror, Teen Horror Film
On a small island, a man is chased and decapitated by his pursuer. Meanwhile, a group of teenage college students, named Emily, Johnny, Ricky, Tim, Maddy, Q and Sylvia, are chosen to go on a field trip to the island. The group, along with their teacher Mr.
Comedy, Romantic drama
The Danish wine seller Christian receives the divorce papers of his wife Anna, who works in Argentina as a sports agent. Since their 16-year-old son Oscar is supposed to visit Anna, Christian decides to fly along to convince his wife not to divorce him. However, she already has a relationship with the Argentinian football star Juan Diaz, who is about to play the most important Argentinian football game, the Superclásico.
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Michael Lanyard, the "Lone Wolf," is kidnapped off a Washington, D.C. street and taken to a man whose face is hidden in darkness. The mystery man offers Lanyard a job: breaking into a safe.
Comedy
Law school student David Maldon is hired by a prominent law firm. At a birthday party for the senior partner, his erratic behavior causes Belney's beautiful daughter Mary to accuse David of being drunk, but he is not. David suffers from a rare malady called "liquor recoil" that causes him to become intoxicated at the mere taste of alcohol.
Comedy
A young woman frames two hitchhikers for her crimes. Feeling guilty, she tries to break them out.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Charlie Chan is engaged by an heir to solve a mystery on a boat. Miss Nodbury seeks a pirate treasure on Cocos Island, and her ship has recently hosted a museum of pirate lore. For safety, she has split her map into four pieces, which she gave to some of the passengers whom she has invited, but tells no one who they are.
Comedy horror
Frank Norris, his wife, and daughter, Vena, arrive at a dilapidated carnival, where they are hired as employees. They are shown around the amusement park by Mr. Blood, a manager who is unaware that the Norrises are actually covertly attempting to locate their missing son, Johnny, who worked at the carnival.
Heist
When Gilbert Barrows disobeys his boss and tries to refit an old Liberty Ship for cargo use instead of scrapping it, he inadvertently puts it into the hands of a colorful group of crooks led by good-hearted screw-up Bugsy G. Fogelmeyer and brainy sociopath George M. Wilson.
Comedy
Don Bolton, a vain movie star who fears being drafted into the military, suffers an aversion to loud noises—even fake gunshots on the set. He therefore doubts he would last a day in training. On one occasion, Col.