The best Charles King’s comedy movies

Charles King

Charles King

21/02/1895- 07/05/1957
Today we present the best Charles King’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 Charles King’s movies.

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/10/1936
  • Character: Barker (uncredited)
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
6.7/10
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/11/1941
  • Character: Cadet (uncredited)
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
7.3/10
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

Perfectly Mismated

Perfectly Mismated
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/11/1934
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.

Three on a Ticket

Three on a Ticket
6.2/10
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
6.7/10
A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.

Flaming Fathers

Flaming Fathers
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/12/1927
  • Character: Picnicker at the Beach (uncredited)
Papa Gimplewart (Max Davidson) chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.

Billy the Kid in Texas

Billy the Kid in Texas
6.2/10
In the second of the "Billy the Kid" series from PRC that starred Bob Steele, Billy the Kid is being held on a trumped-up murder charge in a Mexico jail. He escapes and meets his pal, Fuzzy Jones, in Corral City, Texas, which is taking a holiday to allow the cowpunchers of the Lazy A Ranch their periodic spree. In the saloon, Billy is recognized by Dave Hendricks and Flash, two the Lazy A's bed men, as the rider who had held them up after they had robbed the express wagon a few hours earlier. Outside, Billy is ambushed and slightly wounded, and is taken to the express office by Jim Morgan where Mary Barton, the local agent, agrees to tend him until the doctor arrives. Billy turns over the loot he took from the outlaws and he is appointed sheriff, with Fuzzy as his deputy. The Lazy A gang brings in a noted gunfighter, Gil Cooper, who turns out to be Billy's brother. Billy, Gil and Fuzzy eventually rout the outlaw gang, and Gil remains behind with Mary as Billy and Fuzzy ride off.

Somewhere In Wrong

Somewhere In Wrong
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/01/1925
  • Character: A suitor
Stan plays a kind hearted tramp whose love goes un-requited in this sweet short film from 1925.

His Old Flame

His Old Flame
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/01/1935
Just as Charlie is running for mayor on a purity platform, an old flame threatens to show his torrid love letters to his wife if he does not withdraw from the campaign.

Hollywouldn't

Hollywouldn't
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/11/1925
A free-wheeling satire on the Hollywood industry at the height of the silent era. The film was noted for its stunts, which were claimed to be done by the stars of the film, Johnny Sinclair and Billy Jones. They did slug it out without any safeguards, on the roof of the thirteen-story Taft Building in Hollywood, where a crowd (allegedly of 20,000) watched them.

Lady by Choice

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

The Ol' Gray Hoss

The Ol' Gray Hoss
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/10/1928
  • Character: Passenger Who Gets Free Ride
This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps him company and his old horse. He runs a horse and buggy business, but he has new competition: an auto taxi. The gang helps him to maintain his job by sabotaging the other man's.

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