The best George Burns’s comedy movies

George Burns

George Burns

20/01/1896- 09/03/1996
Today we present the best George Burns’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 George Burns’s movies.
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Oh, God! Book II

Oh, God! Book II
5.3/10
God appears before 11-year-old Tracy Richards to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan 'Think God.' Naturaly, Tracy's divorced parents think Tracy's crazy, and plot to halt her 'heaven-sent' mission to spread God's word.

Oh, God!

Oh, God!
6.6/10
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.

Going in Style

Going in Style
7.1/10
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?

Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders
6.1/10
In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and a soon-to-be ex-husband who desperately wants her back. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead. It's up to her husband Roger, to find out whodunit as the police chase him through the halls of WBN.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/11/1975
  • Character: Al Lewis
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.

18 Again!

18 Again!
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 08/04/1988
  • Character: Jack Watson / David Watson
18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. This was one of a series of unrelated films, including Like Father, Like Son and Vice Versa, produced in the late 1980s involving a similar plotline.

A Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress
6.8/10
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.

The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Solid Gold Cadillac
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/08/1956
  • Character: Narrator (voice)
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.

Movie Movie

Movie Movie
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1978
  • Character: Himself (uncredited)
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

This Is Bob Hope...

This Is Bob Hope...
7.9/10
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.

Honolulu

Honolulu
6.5/10
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.

Oh, God! You Devil

Oh, God! You Devil
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/11/1984
  • Character: God / Harry O. Tophet
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul. Written by Steve Derby

College Humor

College Humor
5.9/10
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
7.2/10
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.

College Swing

College Swing
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 29/04/1938
  • Character: George Jonas
Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
7.9/10
The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/06/1934
  • Character: George Burns
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger daughter, beauty contest winner Florence, married before she can head to Hollywood and get into the movies.

Joys

Joys
6.6/10
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."

International House

International House
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/05/1933
  • Character: Doctor Burns
Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention ... television.

College Holiday

College Holiday
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/12/1936
  • Character: George Hymen
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.

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