The best Fred Kelsey’s comedy movies

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

20/08/1884- 02/09/1961
We present our ranking of the best Fred Kelsey’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 Fred Kelsey.
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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.

The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/04/1948
  • Character: Cop (uncredited)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/11/1942
  • Character: Sutro (uncredited)
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

The Inspector General

The Inspector General
6.7/10
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

My Six Convicts

My Six Convicts
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/03/1952
  • Character: Store Detective
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

High Tension

High Tension
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/07/1936
  • Character: Desk Sergeant
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1942
  • Character: Detective (uncredited)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance
5.8/10
A girl (Trevor) escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man (Whalen) in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.

Goodbye, My Fancy

Goodbye, My Fancy
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 19/05/1951
  • Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.

Horses' Collars

Horses' Collars
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/01/1935
  • Character: Detective Hyden Zeke
The stooges are private detectives in the old west trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villains wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.

Soft Cushions

Soft Cushions
4.8/10
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.

Wrong Again

Wrong Again
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/02/1929
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."

Souls for Sale

Souls for Sale
7/10
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 16/08/1940
  • Character: Cop
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Side Show

Side Show
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/09/1931
  • Character: Sheriff Hornsby
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/11/1946
  • Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 8-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.

She Had to Eat

She Had to Eat
6.6/10
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.

Josette

Josette
6/10
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Wide Open

Wide Open
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1930
  • Character: Detective
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/10/1925
  • Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.

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