The best George Tobias’s comedy movies

George Tobias

George Tobias

14/07/1901- 27/02/1980
We present our ranking of the best George Tobias’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 George Tobias.
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Ninotchka

Ninotchka
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1939
  • Character: Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

This Is the Army

This Is the Army
5.8/10
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 28/06/1957
  • Character: Vassili Markovitch, Commisar of Art
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer.

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde
7.2/10
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.

The Glass Bottom Boat

The Glass Bottom Boat
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/06/1966
  • Character: Norman Fenimore
Bruce (Rod Taylor), the owner of a aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer (Doris Day) and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affections. Is she actually a Russian spy trying to obtain aerospace secrets?

Torrid Zone

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

A New Kind of Love

A New Kind of Love
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/10/1963
  • Character: Joe Bergner
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) is a high-priced call girl, who is to be interviewed by Steve Sherman (Paul Newman), a journalist looking for insights on the profession.

Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours
5.7/10
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy
5.8/10
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Ten Tall Men

Ten Tall Men
6/10
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.

The Phynx

The Phynx
4.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/03/1970
  • Character: Markevitch
A rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by communist enemies of the USA.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/07/1941
  • Character: Peewee Defoe
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

The Seven Little Foys

The Seven Little Foys
6.7/10
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 25/09/1943
  • Character: Himself
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/09/1942
  • Character: Appopolous
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/10/1949
  • Character: Rossi
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.

Maisie

Maisie
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 22/06/1939
  • Character: Rico
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.

The Tanks Are Coming

The Tanks Are Coming
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/10/1941
  • Character: Malowski
Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tankist training in the American Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/12/1947
  • Character: Mike
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

Make Your Own Bed

Make Your Own Bed
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/06/1944
  • Character: Boris Fenilise
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.

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