The best Francis McDonald’s comedy movies

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

22/08/1891- 18/09/1968
Today we present the best Francis McDonald’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 Francis McDonald’s movies.
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The Paleface

The Paleface
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 17/12/1948
  • Character: Lance (as Francis J. McDonald)
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port
6.6/10
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them?

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics
6.3/10
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.

Battling Butler

Battling Butler
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/09/1926
  • Character: Alfred 'Battling' Butler
Meek millionaire Alfred Butler goes on a camping excursion with his faithful servant. Once in the wilderness, Alfred ignores outdoor activities in favor of trying to woo a charming mountain girl, who wants nothing to do with her spoiled suitor. Trying to impress the girl, Alfred masquerades as boxing star "Battling" Butler.

Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 03/04/1936
  • Character: Malley (Uncredited)
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.

Going Up

Going Up
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1923
  • Character: Jules Gaillard
Going Up (1923)

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 04/07/1947
  • Character: Western Saloon Set Heavy
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take

The Gal Who Took the West

The Gal Who Took the West
6.2/10
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.

Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/01/1939
  • Character: Flight Captain
A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/12/1934
  • Character: Detroit gangster (uncredited)
Mary wants to marriy a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Bobbed Hair

Bobbed Hair
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/10/1925
  • Character: Pooch
Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
6.1/10
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers
5.3/10
Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.

Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/10/1936
  • Character: Rasheed Bey
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."

The Gang Buster

The Gang Buster
5.8/10
Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped by Slade and his gang, 'Cyclone' decides to save her and wanders straight into a gang war without even realizing it.

A Successful Failure

A Successful Failure
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/10/1934
  • Character: Radical Speaker
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.

The Kid from Kansas

The Kid from Kansas
4.8/10
Competition among fruit growers takes a nasty turn when the main buyer offers unrealistically low prices for their crops.

Prudence on Broadway

Prudence on Broadway
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/07/1919
  • Character: Grayson Mills
Prudence's ( Olive Thomas ) parents send her from their Pennsylvania Quaker colony to a fashionable girls seminary, hoping she can learn about the devil's tricks, instead she engages in girlish pranks, but uses her pure appearance to escape blame. Later, Prudence visits her New York aunt, a society matron, and soon attracts an array of male admirers. She falls in love with wealthy Grayson Mills, but John Melbourne, who lives off of his wife's wealth, plots to seduce her. After Melbourne loans Prudence $200 to pay a gambling debt, he forces her to go to a roadhouse by threatening to show her stern father her canceled check. At dinner, Prudence produces a love letter which Melbourne had earlier written to an actress, and says that if she is not back by midnight, her hotel clerk will show Melbourne's wife his nineteen other love letters. After Melbourne hurries her back, he discovers that she only had the one letter. Prudence now becomes engaged to Grayson.

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