The best George O'Hanlon’s comedy movies

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

23/11/1912- 11/02/1989
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
6.2/10
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.

Jetsons: The Movie

Jetsons: The Movie
5.5/10
George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.

The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 30/06/1971
  • Character: Parking Attendant
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.

The Hucksters

The Hucksters
6.7/10
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel
6.4/10
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star Mona Marshall to a movie premiere. But this lady doesn't want to go, so the bosses decide to use for Mona a double, Virginia. When Mona finds out next morning that happened, she insisted to fire her double and Ronny. Ronny finds work as singing waiter in a drive in, and is spotted by a director of the same studio, who wants him to lend his voice for an leading actor in a musical.

So You Want to Wear the Pants

So You Want to Wear the Pants
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/11/1952
  • Character: Corporal Joe McDoakes
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.

June Bride

June Bride
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1948
  • Character: Scott Davis
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...

So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be a Detective
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 26/06/1948
  • Character: Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

Brother Rat

Brother Rat
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1938
  • Character: Orderly
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

Charley and the Angel

Charley and the Angel
6/10
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.

Spring Parade

Spring Parade
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/09/1940
  • Character: Peasant (uncredited)
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

All by Myself

All by Myself
6.6/10
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.

Rockin' with Judy Jetson

Rockin' with Judy Jetson
6.2/10
There's intergalactic trouble when the lyrics Judy Jetson wrote for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are swapped with a secret message from a music-hating witch. Now it's up to Judy, her family, and friends to save rock-and-roll.

So You Want an Apartment

So You Want an Apartment
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/01/1948
  • Character: Joe McDoakes
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

So Your Wife Wants to Work

So Your Wife Wants to Work
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/07/1956
  • Character: Joe McDoakes
Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his office. How will this work out?

The Vanishing Duck

The Vanishing Duck
6.9/10
George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck but his plans are thwarted when the duck (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing cream and uses it to well, vanish, and get even with Tom (for a while, at least).

So You Never Tell a Lie

So You Never Tell a Lie
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/08/1952
  • Character: Joe McDoakes
When a watch intended for a contest winner at the office gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/10/1946
  • Character: Joe McDoakes
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.

Heading For Heaven

Heading For Heaven
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/12/1947
  • Character: Alvin Ponacress
A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.

So You Want to Build a House

So You Want to Build a House
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/05/1948
  • Character: Joe McDoakes
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.

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