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Comedy
Producer Ace Robbins (Walter Catlett) induces a group of rich Texans to finance his new play, but they demand that it open by December 29 (the day Texas was admitted as a state). To generate free publicity, Robbins plants a fake story about star Barbara Lee (Frances Langford) having an affair. She is furious, and threatens to quit if he does it again.
Comedy
Laramie Pilgrim is an American exchange factory worker who trades places with an upper class British girl. After much adjusting to English country life, and with the various attendant culture clashes, Miss Pilgrim comes to the rescue of her new village and its exploitation by a local land developer.
Comedy
Mary Blake insists that mild-mannered insurance salesman Henry Twinkle demand a raise if they intend to get married. Henry earns praise and a raise from his boss when he sells a valuable policy to a man named Gus Fender. Fender turns out to be a gangster with a huge reward for anyone who brings him in, dead or alive.
comedy television program, Western
Comedy
The Flying Scissors is a mockumentary about the world of competitive “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” The film delves into the lives and daily routines of a wide array of quirky characters who vie to be the best at this unorthodox sport. Each competitor must balance the nuances of their everyday life in hopes of becoming a champion. The film uses Rock Paper Scissors to satire the current state of professional sports and the modern success of poker.
Comedy
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men. The first man is Colbert, a Frenchman residing in England.
Comedy, Family Comedy
While playing baseball on a busy street in Greenpoint, Mickey is struck by a car. Though he fully recovers from his injuries, Mickey meets several other kids in the hospital who were not so lucky. Quickly developing a sense of civic responsibility, the Gang members establish the 1-2-3 Go Safety Society, dedicated to lowering the number of auto injuries in their community.
Comedy
Brooklynites Ethel and Joe Turp visit Washington, D.C. to petition the president to pardon their mailman Jim, who accidentally destroyed a registered letter.
Comedy
A village's amateur production of Macbeth is aided by the arrival of a Hollywood star. This provokes the fierce resistance of the village squire who hates films and anything modern.
Comedy
Thanks is a Thanksgiving comedy set over three Thanksgivings spent at a California beach. Three adult children respond to their father remarrying a much younger woman as America and the world respond to the tumultuous 2008 economic upheaval.
Comedy
While he is away serving in the United States Armed Forces, Steve Morgan's advertising agency is being run by his wife, who goes by her maiden name Pat Brown so clients won't just think of her as the boss's wife. Pat loses a big account and anxiously wants to sign up Smoothies cigarettes, owned by playboy Mark Townley. Steve returns home and wants Pat to quit work.
Action, Adventure, Crime Comedy
Comedy
Young married couple Andrew Hinklin and Clara Hinklin née Fields, were college sweethearts, but they have started to feel that their lives are unexciting and unmotivated. Their marriage is not helped by Clara's opinionated mother living with them in their small one-bedroom apartment. Clara wishes that their life would be a little more exciting as Andrew said on their honeymoon that their married life would be.
Comedy
Comedy
Comedy
George Morris constantly lies to his wife, Helen, to hide his escapades. As he is about to leave his wife, some guests arrives, including Paul Wilcox, who is in love with Helen. By the end of the party, however, George and Helen have reconciled yet again.
Comedy drama
Madeline Fane is a busy and successful actress who is fiercely devoted to her two-year-old son. One day, little Michael disappears from his crib. Miss Fane avoids speaking to the police at first, then calls upon both law enforcement and her legions of fans for help.
Comedy drama, silent film
Comedy
Comedy drama, Drama
Comedy
Four elderly jewel thieves, on the run from the law, disguise themselves as a local chapter of the "Odd Balls" in order to hide out at an African village.
Comedy
Rhoda Marley seeks refuge overnight from a tyrannical stepfather in the house of Gerald Popkiss. He is alone there, as his wife is away; fearing a scandal he attempts to conceal Rhoda's presence from nosy domestic staff and his in-laws, with the help of his cousin Clive. Eventually all is explained, Gerald and his wife are reconciled, and Clive pairs off with Rhoda.
Comedy drama
The film centres on Stephanie (Angie Milliken) and Julia (Victoria Longley), two close friends who collaborate on writing & illustrating graphic novels together. As the film begins, Stephanie arrives home to her Neutral Bay apartment in Sydney after a trip to Tokyo and tells Julia about a recent near-miss sexual experience with a man she hoped would impregnate her. Jack (Richard Roxburgh), a tradesman visiting the apartment to fix Stephanie's TV, eavesdrops on the conversation with great interest.
Comedy, Drama
Somewhere behind the Iron Curtain, mid 1950s. John Adams is a US embassy chargé d'affaires in a communist country in Eastern Europe. One day he has to deal with a very special case: in the front yard of the embassy, a baby has been laid down, as if it had "fallen from heaven"!