The best Evelyn Ankers’s comedy movies

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

17/08/1918- 29/08/1985
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Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 08/08/1941
  • Character: Norma Lind
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

Crazy House

Crazy House
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 08/10/1943
  • Character: Cameo Appearance
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys
5.8/10
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.

His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister
7/10
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

Keep 'em Slugging

Keep 'em Slugging
6.2/10
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.

All by Myself

All by Myself
6.5/10
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.

Bachelor Daddy

Bachelor Daddy
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/06/1941
  • Character: Beth Chase
The lives of three bachelors is disrupted when one of them is left with a baby.

Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/11/1944
  • Character: Bonnie LaTour
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.

Pardon My Rhythm

Pardon My Rhythm
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 01/05/1944
  • Character: Julia Munson
A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.

Over the Moon

Over the Moon
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/10/1939
  • Character: Sanitarium Patient (uncredited)
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the money and what it can buy, and Jane sets off alone on a spree pursued by two ardent suitors. Jarvis finds he has gained notoriety for turning down such a catch and his plans for ernest research are soon compromised.

Hit the Road

Hit the Road
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 27/06/1941
  • Character: Patience Ryan
Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
6/10
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to keep him.

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