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Comedy
Henrietta Smith applies for a job as a social secretary for the wealthy Medford family and is mistaken for the spoiled daughter of the house by young plumber Fred Newcombe. Although Fred thinks that she is wealthy, he hires Henrietta as his secretary, believing that she needs to prove useful. Henrietta maintains the ruse, even allowing Fred to drive her to the wealthy section of town and then catching a bus to her real home.
Comedy drama
The snobbish Madame Pauline "Polly" Rochay operates an exclusive beauty parlor in New York City that specializes in weight reduction. When she learns that her sister, Marie Truffle, is destitute, Polly decides to take her, her husband Elmer and their three children, Vivian, Jerry and Marty, from South Bend, Indiana, into her home. Joyce, Polly's socialite daughter, objects to her mother's decision, insisting that the Truffles are too unrefined to live among the Rochays.
Comedy
Inez, the widowed Duchess of Rye, heads to Monte Carlo to escape her dull restrictive life. While there she meets Major Allan Chepstow, but later becomes engaged to a diplomat who her relatives are keen for her to marry. Impulsively Inez accepts an offer by Chepstow to join him at the seaside resort of Margate.
Comedy
Gabrielle is convinced her attorney husband Victor is seeing another woman because of his inattention to her amorous needs. She sets up a meeting with her husband at a shady hotel, and he is completely unaware that the woman he is going to meet will be his own wife.
Comedy
John and Maria are successful onstage but have marriage problems offstage. Their talent manager convinces them to consult married psychiatrists Dr. Matson and Dr.
romantic comedy, screwball comedy film
Comedy drama
Jasper's aunt plans to take Jasper to live with her, thinking that he's not being properly taken care of by his grandfather, Mr. King. King enrolls Jasper and the five Peppers in a private school, where they are teased by the other children.
Comedy
Comedy
Buckwheat finds his friend Big Shot Jones moping about the train yard: it seems that Big Shot's father has ordered him to get rid of his dog. Instead of taking the dog to the pound, Big Shot intends to have him stow away on a train to Alabama. Buckwheat instead talks Big Shot into letting the gang adopt the dog, whom they name "Smallpox" (opting for a more interesting name for the spotted dog than "Spot").
romantic comedy
Allgood Butts is a young promiscuous male hairdresser whose goal in life is to sleep with as many women as possible (already in the first scenes we are told he has slept with 389 women). His guardian angel (played by Diane Flacks) does not approve of his philandering and confronts him while he has sex with his 390th woman, telling him that if he sleeps with another woman, he'll die. Allgood's struggle with his temptation becomes even more difficult when two attractive women enter his life.
Comedy
Old horseman Ben brings his beloved thoroughbred Bluenight to New York from Kentucky in hopes of developing him into a championship racer. Because the old man is down on his luck, the East Side boys offer to provide a makeshift quarters for Bluenight, and Algy Wilkes persuades his father to put up the entrance fee for the horse. Muggs Maloney, an aspiring but untested jockey, rides Bluenight in the race, but loses his nerve on the track, causing Bluenight to trail in the field.
musical film, romantic comedy
A talented diva named Carlotta Manson steers clear of romantic relationships because she doesn't want to interfere with her career. Bela Lugosi has a relatively small role as her singing teacher, and in one of his only scenes, Carlotta makes a comical remark to him about one of her co-stars smelling like garlic (ironic in light of Lugosi's later involvement with "Dracula"). One night when she returns home, she is robbed by a thief named Barney McGann.
musical film, musical comedy
An engaged couple, Joey and Piper, travel to Paris where Joey has a gig performing.
independent film, Tragicomedy
A shy videographer (Arin) and an uninspired artist working as a waitress (Susan) meet on the Internet and spark a relationship. Fed up with the usual dating game, the two decide to not communicate verbally, only through artistic means to see if they can make it work.
Comedy
Returning home from his army service in the Pacific, Dodo Doubleday resumes his former job as a copy boy at a newspaper. Dodo's girlfriend Penny Blake is determined to have her father, the editor of the newspaper, promote Dodo to a job with a salary that will allow them to afford to marry. However, her father "Windy" Blake detests Dodo and wants Penny to marry someone of her own social standing.
romantic comedy
Lucky Cullen (Milton Berle) gets into trouble when his boss, bookie Tony Miller (Cesar Romero), finds out that Lucky has bet (and lost) $5000 under a false identity. Tony gives Lucky 24 hours to settle the debt. Lucky learns that he has inherited a Fifth Avenue art gallery from his uncle.
boxing film, Comedy
The East Side Kids are ejected from their clubhouse in a raid brought on by complaining neighbors, they have no place to train for an upcoming boxing tournament. The police commissioner is worried that his son Gilbert, who prefers ballet to boxing, is turning out to be a wimp, so he offers the gang a deal: he'll lay off them if they will take his son in their gang and toughen the boy up. Gang member Muggs McGinnis takes an instant dislike to Gilbert, and sets Gilbert up to get in a fight with Danny More, the gang's best boxer, but is impressed when he sees Gilbert use ballet moves to avoid getting hit, and instead knock out Danny.
Comedy
Comedy drama
It tells the story of two mothers who compete against each other to ensure success in the lives of their children, particularly in a scholarship competition. Omoni Oboli says she was inspired to write and direct the movie because of her own childhood experiences.
Comedy horror
Fern is a high school student with a problem: her ex-boyfriend Robert returned from the grave as a ghost. Their relationship wasn't entirely a happy one, since Robert was clingy and smothered her, which led to their breakup. Initially, Fern tried to make things work, but quickly determines that a relationship between a ghost and a living person would not be successful, especially as she has begun to spend time with Harlan, a football player.
musical film
Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects: "I Surrender Dear" (1931) "One More Chance" (1931) "Billboard Girl" (1931) "Dream House" (1932)
Comedy
In Washington Square, New York, two neighboring boardinghouse proprietors—Marie Jones and Polly Smith—live in constant proximity and rivalry. Marie, the widow of a gambler, is cautious and frugal, while Polly, the widow of a miser, is extravagant and impulsive. Despite their endless petty jealousies and bickering, the two women remain inseparable companions and reluctant partners in life.
musical film, musical comedy
Two New York brothers, Phil and Freddie Russo, work as songwriters for their publisher, Saunders. June Larkin invites them to perform at a benefit that her parents are hosting. Kitty, the brothers' secretary, is secretly in love with Phil, but Phil is in love with June.
Comedy
Carmelita Lindsay believes she's finally going away on a honeymoon trip, which she has been unable to arrange due to her husband Dennis's constant business deals. Dennis secretly intends to use this ocean voyage to sell advertising to the well-to-do Baldwins, with help from his Uncle Matt and Aunt Della. On the cruise, a quarrel with Carmelita results in Dennis being thrown out of his cabin and into another occupied by Parisian blonde Fifi Russell.