The best Harry Davenport’s comedy movies

Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

19/01/1866- 09/08/1949
Today we present the best Harry Davenport’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 Harry Davenport’s movies.
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Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis
7.5/10
In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You
7.8/10
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 14/03/1941
  • Character: Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
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.

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/09/1947
  • Character: Judge Thaddeus Turner
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.

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners
6.5/10
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 24/04/1942
  • Character: Homer Bigelow
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home
7.3/10
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 17/11/1938
  • Character: Uncle Hannibal Smith
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other
6.3/10
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Riding High

Riding High
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/04/1950
  • Character: Johnson
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/06/1938
  • Character: Pop, Caretaker
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.

That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling
6.6/10
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

Adventure

Adventure
6.1/10
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1947
  • Character: Dr. Matthew Sulven
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/07/1941
  • Character: Pop Tolliver
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.

Government Girl

Government Girl
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/11/1943
  • Character: Senator MacVickers
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan
7.3/10
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/03/1938
  • Character: Uncle Dawson
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job

Too Many Husbands

Too Many Husbands
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/04/1940
  • Character: George
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/10/1943
  • Character: Supreme Court Judge
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

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