The best Irene Ryan’s comedy movies

Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan

17/10/1902- 26/04/1973
We present our ranking of the best Irene Ryan’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 Irene Ryan.

Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly
6.6/10
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.

San Diego I Love You

San Diego I Love You
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/09/1944
  • Character: Sheila Jones
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.

That's the Spirit

That's the Spirit
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/06/1945
  • Character: Bilson
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/07/1948
  • Character: Opal Cheever
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.

Little Iodine

Little Iodine
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/10/1946
  • Character: Mrs. Tremble
Little Iodine does her best to break up the marriage of her parents, ruin a romance and cost her father his job.

Heading For Heaven

Heading For Heaven
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/12/1947
  • Character: Molly
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.

An Old-Fashioned Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/01/1949
  • Character: Mrs. Shaw
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.

Half Angel

Half Angel
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/05/1951
  • Character: Nurse Kay
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/06/1950
  • Character: Mrs. O'Rourke
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

Hot Rhythm

Hot Rhythm
6/10
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band.

Bonzo Goes to College

Bonzo Goes to College
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/09/1952
  • Character: Nancy
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.

That Night with You

That Night with You
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/09/1945
  • Character: Prudence
In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delighted and soon puts his daughter up on stage. The trouble begins when the girl's "mother" suddenly pays a call. For her own reasons, the woman decides to play along with the girl's ruse. Fortunately, by the story's end, the truth is revealed, all differences are reconciled and happiness ensues.

O, My Darling Clementine

O, My Darling Clementine
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 31/12/1943
  • Character: Irene (Princess Sheba)
"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the thumb of his sister Abigail Uppington. One look at "Pappy's" daughter Clementine, and Dan decides to stay in Harmony...Blue Laws or no.

The Sultan's Daughter

The Sultan's Daughter
5.3/10
A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.

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