The best Arleen Whelan’s comedy movies

Arleen Whelan

Arleen Whelan

01/09/1914- 07/04/1993
We present our ranking of the best Arleen Whelan’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Arleen Whelan.

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 02/05/1953
  • Character: Lucy Lee Lake
John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen
6.2/10
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

Dear Wife

Dear Wife
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/11/1949
  • Character: Tommy Murphy
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in opposition to the local political machine. Unknown to Miriam, said machine nominates her father, Judge Wilkins. As support grows for Bill, the presence of rival candidates under one roof poses problems, especially for Ruth, wife to Bill and daughter of the judge

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC
5.9/10
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/08/1941
  • Character: Kitty Verdun
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

On Again-Off Again

On Again-Off Again
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/07/1937
  • Character: Bit
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs (Wheeler) and Claude Augustus Horton (Woolsey), who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!

Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring
6.4/10
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.

Boy Friend

Boy Friend
6/10
A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.

Thanks for Everything

Thanks for Everything
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/12/1938
  • Character: Madge Raines
Promoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions. All goes well until he falls in love with a girl who upsets things.

The Senator Was Indiscreet

The Senator Was Indiscreet
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/12/1947
  • Character: Valerie Shepherd
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.

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