The best Frank Fenton’s comedy movies

Frank Fenton

Frank Fenton

09/04/1906- 24/07/1957
We present our ranking of the best Frank Fenton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Frank Fenton.

Magic Town

Magic Town
6.4/10
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.

Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque
6.3/10
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

The Big Noise

The Big Noise
6.3/10
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 27/11/1945
  • Character: Winters (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.

Claudia

Claudia
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/11/1943
  • Character: Hartley
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.

Hold That Blonde!

Hold That Blonde!
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/11/1945
  • Character: Mr. Phillips
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.

Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/12/1948
  • Character: Gus Adamson
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 06/03/1949
  • Character: Detective
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.

Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter
6.4/10
In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on the up and up as the men and women work different shifts and they are only making due because there is a housing shortage. Unfortunately, they soon begin to fight about who gets the house during certain hours. Romance ensues.

Hazard

Hazard
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 28/05/1948
  • Character: Sheriff
As part of a bet, a compulsive gambler agrees to marry the winner, a professional gambler. Before he can "collect," she skips town. The gambler hires a private detective to track her down so he can collect his "winnings."

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