The best Frank Puglia’s comedy movies

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

09/03/1892- 26/10/1975
Today we present the best Frank Puglia’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 Frank Puglia’s movies.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/10/1939
  • Character: Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Without Reservations

Without Reservations
6.5/10
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

The Caddy

The Caddy
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/08/1953
  • Character: Mr. Spezzato
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!
5.6/10
Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette
6.7/10
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 28/02/1936
  • Character: Havana Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.

Road to Rio

Road to Rio
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/12/1947
  • Character: Rodrigues
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

Down Argentine Way

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

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love
6.8/10
In 1939, American Tom Martin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta 'Gusto' Nash, for a scoop, aids him in an audacious escape. Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through the deepening chaos and catastrophe of the early days of World War II.

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/10/1943
  • Character: Greek Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

Tropic Holiday

Tropic Holiday
5.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 29/06/1938
  • Character: Co-Pilot (uncredited)
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone
6.7/10
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

Rascals

Rascals
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/05/1938
  • Character: Florist
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite (Hundson) who has amnesia. She works as a fortune teller and raises enough money for an operation to regain her memory.

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/09/1936
  • Character: 'Grandma'
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night
6.7/10
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.

The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red
6.3/10
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.

Together Again

Together Again
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/12/1944
  • Character: Leonardo (uncredited)
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama
7.1/10
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Maisie

Maisie
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/06/1939
  • Character: Ernie
Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.

Dream Girl

Dream Girl
5.5/10
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.

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