The best Edward Fielding’s comedy movies

Edward Fielding

Edward Fielding

19/03/1875- 10/01/1945
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Edward Fielding’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 Edward Fielding.

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/09/1942
  • Character: Oliver Slater Hill
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/07/1943
  • Character: Foster - Dorothy's Butler (uncredited)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

In the Navy

In the Navy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/05/1941
  • Character: Commander Giving Speech (uncredited)
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

Belle of the Yukon

Belle of the Yukon
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 27/12/1944
  • Character: C.V. Atterbury
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove
6.2/10
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.

Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous
5.8/10
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Our Wife

Our Wife
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/08/1941
  • Character: Dr. Mandel (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way
6.4/10
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.

Having Wonderful Crime

Having Wonderful Crime
6/10
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.

Guest Wife

Guest Wife
6.4/10
Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

What a Woman

What a Woman
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/12/1943
  • Character: Sen. Howard Ainsley
An author (Willard Parker) and a literary agent (Rosalind Russell) become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Beyond the Blue Horizon
6.1/10
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown woman, she is taken back to the United States to claim her inheritance. There are several people, with vested interests, who stand to gain something if she is shown not to be the missing heir.

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