The best Barbara Bates’s comedy movies

Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates

06/08/1925- 18/03/1969
Today we present the best Barbara Bates’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 Barbara Bates’s movies.
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The Inspector General

The Inspector General
6.7/10
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas
7/10
Doris Day, in her film debut, plays Georgia Garrett, a singer sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

The Caddy

The Caddy
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/08/1953
  • Character: Lisa Anthony
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train
6.7/10
While on a train, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder as they pass a building. When she tells the police, they think she's crazy since she can't tell exactly where the crime happened. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help with her sleuthing.

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen
7/10
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.

A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris
6.6/10
A smooth-talking French thief (George Sanders) wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

All Ashore

All Ashore
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/03/1953
  • Character: Jane Stanton
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.

Belles on Their Toes

Belles on Their Toes
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/05/1952
  • Character: Ernestine Gilbreth
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.

Let's Make It Legal

Let's Make It Legal
6.1/10
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.

Always Together

Always Together
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1947
  • Character: Ticket Seller (uncredited)
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.

June Bride

June Bride
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1948
  • Character: Jeanne Brinker
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...

One Last Fling

One Last Fling
4.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1949
  • Character: June Payton
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.

The Fabulous Joe

The Fabulous Joe
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/08/1947
  • Character: Debbie Terkel
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!

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