The best Janis Carter’s comedy movies

Janis Carter

Janis Carter

10/10/1913- 30/07/1994
Today we present the best Janis Carter’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 Janis Carter’s movies.

Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque
6.3/10
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

Slightly French

Slightly French
6.3/10
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery

A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights
6/10
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/10/1949
  • Character: Peggy Donato
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

A Woman of Distinction

A Woman of Distinction
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/03/1950
  • Character: Teddy Evans
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.

Cadet Girl

Cadet Girl
7.6/10
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

That Other Woman

That Other Woman
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/11/1942
  • Character: Constance Powell
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.

The Ghost That Walks Alone

The Ghost That Walks Alone
4.8/10
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.

I Married an Angel

I Married an Angel
5.7/10
A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.

One Way to Love

One Way to Love
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/01/1946
  • Character: Josie Hart
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.

Swing Out the Blues

Swing Out the Blues
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 23/12/1943
  • Character: Dena Marshall
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Who Is Hope Schuyler?
5.5/10
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.

The Girl in the Case

The Girl in the Case
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 20/04/1944
  • Character: Myra Warner
William Warner (Edmund Lowe, Dillinger) is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving spies, the police and lots of picked locks! Also starring Janis Carter (Flying Leathernecks), GIRL IN THE CASE is an entertaining comedy-adventure.

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