The best Joan Valerie’s comedy movies

Joan Valerie

Joan Valerie

15/07/1911- 30/01/1983
We present our ranking of the best Joan Valerie’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 Joan Valerie.

Government Girl

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

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
6.6/10
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 06/03/1937
  • Character: Switchboard Operator
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

Around the World

Around the World
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/11/1943
  • Character: Countess Olga
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.

The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/05/1937
  • Character: Skinner's secretary (as Helen Valkis)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

Rio Rita

Rio Rita
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/03/1942
  • Character: Dotty
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/05/1938
  • Character: Toni Stewart (replaced by Iva Stewart)
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor (Prouty), is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York
6.9/10
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
7.1/10
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge. The museum also houses a statue of Charlie. Frustrated number-two son kicks statue in rear; oops, number-two son wrong in his assumption

The Great Profile

The Great Profile
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/08/1940
  • Character: Understudy
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.

Day-time Wife

Day-time Wife
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 24/11/1939
  • Character: Mrs. Dexter
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

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.

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/02/1940
  • Character: Bonnie Jones
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.

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