The best Dennis Morgan’s comedy movies

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

20/12/1908- 07/09/1994
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Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 27/07/1945
  • Character: Jefferson Jones
Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children, and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality, she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen
7/10
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/09/1950
  • Character: Sam Morley
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/07/1976
  • Character: Tour Guide
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/1949
  • Character: Dennis Morgan
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.

Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/05/1941
  • Character: 'Rickey' Mayberry
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.

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.

Always Together

Always Together
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1947
  • Character: The Bridegroom (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.

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/08/1936
  • Character: Chrystal Club Singer (uncredited)
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.

Mama Steps Out

Mama Steps Out
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/02/1937
  • Character: Chuck Thompson (as Stanley Morner)
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 25/09/1943
  • Character: Tommy Randolph
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

The Lady Takes a Sailor

The Lady Takes a Sailor
5.9/10
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/07/1946
  • Character: Prince Henry
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to MIlwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.

One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/05/1946
  • Character: Thomas Rufus 'Tom' Collier III
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine which opposes everything his family represents. As Tom and Christie's relationship deepens, love blooms and he proposes to her. Realizing that she could never fit in with Tom's social circle, Christie says no, a decision she later regrets. But Tom isn't left alone for long--scheming gold-digger Cecelia Henry wastes no time in catching Tom on the rebound and forcing him into a disastrous marriage. A remake of 1932's The Animal Kingdom.

The Time, The Place and The Girl

The Time, The Place and The Girl
5.9/10
The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub that's next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies' man, and Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music to the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead, they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But once again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.

Two Guys from Texas

Two Guys from Texas
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 27/08/1948
  • Character: Steve Carroll
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.

Three Cheers for the Irish

Three Cheers for the Irish
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/03/1940
  • Character: Angus Ferguson
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more unprepared for the romance that develops between his favorite daughter, Maureen, and the Scottish cop who takes over his beat.

Kisses for Breakfast

Kisses for Breakfast
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/07/1941
  • Character: Rodney Trask
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.

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