The best Franklyn Farnum’s comedy movies

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

05/06/1878- 04/07/1961
Today we present the best Franklyn Farnum’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 Franklyn Farnum’s movies.
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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
8.2/10
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Funny Face

Funny Face
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 13/02/1957
  • Character: Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

White Christmas

White Christmas
7.6/10
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

High Society

High Society
6.9/10
Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her playboy father's exploits if not allowed to cover the wedding.

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 07/10/1959
  • Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 26/09/1947
  • Character: Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch
7.1/10
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe
7.6/10
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Over 21

Over 21
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/08/1945
  • Character: Graduation Ceremony Spectator (uncredited)
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/09/1947
  • Character: Faculty Member (uncredited)
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex
6.1/10
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

Going My Way

Going My Way
7/10
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

Love Nest

Love Nest
6.2/10
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/09/1950
  • Character: Subway Commuter (uncredited)
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

Slightly French

Slightly French
6.3/10
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery

In Society

In Society
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/08/1944
  • Character: Proprietor of Diner Stand (uncredited)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly

Buck Privates

Buck Privates
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 31/01/1941
  • Character: Officer (uncredited)
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 15/03/1935
  • Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/05/1938
  • Character: 2nd Train Conductor
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

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