The best Donald Briggs’s comedy movies

Donald Briggs

Donald Briggs

28/01/1911- 03/02/1986
Today we present the best Donald Briggs’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 Donald Briggs’s movies.
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Made for Each Other

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

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man
7.6/10
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/11/1963
  • Character: Len Flink (as Don Briggs)
Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but ...

The Beloved Brat

The Beloved Brat
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 30/04/1938
  • Character: Williams
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.

Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/03/1936
  • Character: Stuart Farnum (uncredited)
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.

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools
5.3/10
The romantic hills and valleys of advertising agency secretary Linda Lawrence (Priscilla Lane) provide the basis of this comedy drama. Unlike her soon-to-be-married roommate Nancy (Penny Singleton), Linda is determined to remain single and forge a strong career. She does have a suitor, Jimmy Hall (Wayne Morris), but he is not ambitious enough for her and she keeps her distance. The girl gets her chance to climb the corporate ladder after she invents a sure-fire cure for hangovers. Sure enough she begins her ascent. Meanwhile, her suitor continues to plead with her to leave her job and become his bride. But the secretary has fallen for ambitious adman Harry Galleon (Humphrey Bogart) who is already engaged. At this point, the stage is set for considerable romantic confusion .

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Cowboy from Brooklyn
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 09/07/1938
  • Character: Star Reporter
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Love, Honor and Behave

Love, Honor and Behave
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/03/1938
  • Character: Tennis Coach
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.

The Hardys Ride High

The Hardys Ride High
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/04/1939
  • Character: Caleb Bowen
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy.

Unexpected Father

Unexpected Father
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/06/1939
  • Character: Allen Rand - theatre manager
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.

Fit for a King

Fit for a King
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/09/1937
  • Character: Prince Michael
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" (Brown) is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport). Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton (Helen Mack) who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.

Dreaming Out Loud

Dreaming Out Loud
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1940
  • Character: Will Danielson
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.

The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/03/1938
  • Character: William Regan
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job

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