The best Dan Dailey’s comedy movies

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

14/12/1913- 16/10/1978
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There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business
6.4/10
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

This Is the Army

This Is the Army
5.8/10
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather
7/10
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

Pepe

Pepe
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 21/12/1960
  • Character: Ted Holt
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas
6.1/10
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1942
  • Character: Dick Bulliard (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.

A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk
6.1/10
Comedy western about a cowboy who is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to dance hall girls to try to thwart the plan. But the railroad workers, led by a female sharpshooter and an ambitious salesman, prove tough customers. Featuring a brief early appearance by Marilyn Monroe.

You're My Everything

You're My Everything
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/06/1949
  • Character: Timothy O'Connor
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O'Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O'Connor family in silents and talkies. Includes good imitation "silents" with classic cameo by Buster Keaton.

What Price Glory

What Price Glory
6.1/10
Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1950
  • Character: William 'Bill' Kluggs
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/10/1940
  • Character: Bob Strong (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
A professional golfer who has become a businessman for his fiancee helps a vagrant get a job and ends up losing his own.

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Michael O'Hara the Fourth
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 26/03/1972
  • Character: Michael O'Hara III
Adventures of a young amateur detective.

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door
6.4/10
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 18/09/1941
  • Character: Bill Pattison (as Dan Dailey, Jr.)
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch
5.7/10
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.

Dulcy

Dulcy
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/10/1940
  • Character: Bill Ward
A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
7/10
A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnaps her to hold her for ransom--which the rancher can't pay.

The Wild Man of Borneo

The Wild Man of Borneo
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 24/01/1941
  • Character: Ed LeMotte (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

Susan and God

Susan and God
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/06/1940
  • Character: Homer (uncredited)
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Keeping Company

Keeping Company
5.9/10
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

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