The best Dorothea Wolbert’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Dorothea Wolbert’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Dorothea Wolbert.
The Front Page
6.7/10
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
Borrowed Wives
5.3/10
Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".
The Medicine Man
4.8/10
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Exit Smiling
7.1/10
Silent comedy about the travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company.
The Battle of the Century
7.1/10
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
The Marathon
6.1/10
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
The Expert
6/10
An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.
Too Many Cooks
5.4/10
A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
A Woman of the World
6.8/10
A European countess, after being betrayed by her lover, goes to live in small town Middle America with her cousins and causes havoc among the rather puritanical community members.
A Sailor's Sweetheart
5.5/10
Cynthia Botts is the headmistress of a girls' school who has left a fortune on the condition that no scandal could ever be associated with her name. But scandal, in the form of Sandy McTavish, a romantic sailor and Charlotte Ralston is just around the corner.
Autobuyography
Leon trades in his old car for an expensive new car, which promptly begins to fall apart.
Paris in Spring
5.5/10
Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de Lille (Tullio Carminati). Paul heads to the top of The Eiffel Tower with thoughts of suicide. In another part of Paris and also afraid of marriage, Mignon (Ida Lupino) breaks it off from her young lover (James Blakely). Despairing, Mignon also climbs to the top of the The Eiffel Tower intending to leap to her death. There she meets Paul and the two compare stories. After discussion, Paul dissuades her from leaping and the two conspire to make their respective partners jealous by pretending to have an affair with each other.
Hustling for Health
5/10
Stan Laurel is picked up at the train depot and brought back by the husband to the family home where the wife is having a suffragette meeting. None too pleased they cause mayhem and then the neighbours are brought into it as Stan cleans up the backyard by throwing all the rubbish into their award winning garden.
Fireman Save My Child
5.6/10
In this popular two reeler where Harold Lloyd runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
Bashful
6.4/10
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Pink Tights
5.6/10
When a circus troupe comes to a small, extremely conservative New England town, the residents go to their minister to have him protest the scandalous fact that the female tightrope walker wears a pair of pink tights. When she has an accident and is forced to recuperate at the minister's house, he has to hide her in order to avoid even more of a scandal. Mazie Darton, a high-wire performer with a traveling circus, longs for a peaceful country life. Forced to stay in a small town while laid up with an injury, Darton is spurned by the conservative townspeople. Rev. Jonathon Meek, the local parson, befriends the circus troupe, especially Darton. But he, too, opens himself to criticism from his flock, who protest his closeness with the show people. Eventually, Darton's boyfriend arrives and the pair become closer. The parson fades from the scene as a possible mate for Darton, who ends up winning the hearts of the townspeople.
Young Mr. Jazz
6.4/10
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
By the Sad Sea Waves
6/10
Our hero saves a man from drowning, only to find that it is the wrong man.
Look Pleasant, Please
6.4/10
A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.
