The best Carole Lombard’s comedy movies

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

06/10/1908- 16/01/1942
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Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/05/1934
  • Character: Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Oscar Jaffe is a successful Broadway director, Lily Garland his biggest star. When she leaves his direction, his success goes with her. When he recognizes her aboard the Twentieth Century Limited, the train that both of them are riding, he tries to get her back for a new show. But accomplishing that feat isn't as simple as he had thought.

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be
8.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 05/03/1942
  • Character: Maria Tura
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
6.3/10
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/11/1937
  • Character: Hazel Flagg
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey
7.9/10
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table
6.9/10
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy
5.8/10
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other
6.3/10
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across
6.7/10
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.8/10
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

The Plastic Age

The Plastic Age
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/12/1925
  • Character: Co-ed (uncredited)
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.

The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/12/1934
  • Character: Mary Magiz
Mary wants to marriy a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast
6.2/10
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.

Pretty Ladies

Pretty Ladies
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 06/09/1925
  • Character: Showgirl (uncredited)
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.

We're Not Dressing

We're Not Dressing
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/04/1934
  • Character: Doris Worthington
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with the help of singing sailor Stephen Jones. Her friend Edith, Uncle Hubert, and Princes Michael and Alexander make it to the same island but all prove to be useless in the art of survival. The sailor is the only one with the practical knowhow to survive but Doris and the others snub his leadership offer. That is until he starts a clam bake and wafts the fumes in their starving faces. The group gradually gives into his leadership, the only question now is if Doris will give into his charms.

True Confession

True Confession
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/12/1937
  • Character: Helen Bartlett
Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest, and therefore unsuccessful lawyer. Helen starts a new job, and when her employer is found dead, all the circumstantial evidence points at her. She is put on trial for murder, and her husband defends her. He thinks she is lying again when she says she didn't do it, and insists she plead that she did, but in self defense. Charlie, a shady, odd character who may or may not know something about what really happened, hangs around the courtroom and jail making rude comments and noises. After Helen is acquitted, he tries to blackmail them.

Big News

Big News
5.4/10
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

Lady by Choice

Lady by Choice
6.5/10
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

Motorboat Mamas

Motorboat Mamas
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1928
  • Character: Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.

The Golden Age of Comedy

The Golden Age of Comedy
7.1/10
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

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