The best Al Ritz’s comedy movies

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Today we present the best Al Ritz’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Al Ritz’s movies.
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Ali Baba Goes to Town

Ali Baba Goes to Town
6.3/10
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.

The Gorilla

The Gorilla
4.8/10
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.

On the Avenue

On the Avenue
6.7/10
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
5.9/10
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Life Begins in College

Life Begins in College
5.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/10/1937
  • Character: Al Ritz
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 24/10/1939
  • Character: Al Ritz - The Ritz Brothers
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 02/08/1937
  • Character: Al Ritz - One of The Ritz Brothers
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 19/11/1943
  • Character: The Three Funny Bunnies
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

Argentine Nights

Argentine Nights
6.6/10
An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.

Straight, Place and Show

Straight, Place and Show
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 30/09/1938
  • Character: Al Ritz
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 04/12/1942
  • Character: Al Jester
The story takes place at a summer theater in the Berkshire Mountains, where heroine Joan Barry (Carol Bruce) is staging a Broadway-bound musical comedy. Only one problem: two guest stars are shot and killed on two successive evenings, right in front of the audience. Hoping to solve the mystery, detective William Demarest demands that everyone -- actors and theatergoers alike -- return the following weekend to restage the show. But with no major performer willing to assume the fatal guest-star slot, Joan is forced to hire the Three Jolly Jesters (Al, Harry and Jimmy Ritz), Manhattan washroom attendants with showbiz aspirations.

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