The best Kay Francis’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Kay Francis’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Kay Francis.
Trouble in Paradise
7.9/10
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
The Cocoanuts
6.8/10
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
Paramount on Parade
5.7/10
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors (including Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Schertzinger and Edmund Goulding). The cast features Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Jean Arthur, William Powell, Maurice Chevalier, Kay Francis, Buddy Rogers, Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin and Nancy Carroll.
One Way Passage
7.5/10
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Things You Never See on the Screen
6/10
Collection of Warner's stars blundering through missed takes.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.8/10
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Man Wanted
6.5/10
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
Jewel Robbery
7.2/10
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
Little Men
5.6/10
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.
Let's Go Native
5.7/10
Dress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, not in New York. Her friend Wally Wendell, whose grandfather does not approve of his relationship with her, wants him to marry a girl he hasn't seen for some years named Constance Cook, whose grandfather is the owner of a ship traveling to Buenos Aires and Constance
Breakdowns of 1936
7/10
Time marches on.
Play Girl
6.3/10
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
Girls About Town
6.9/10
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
Four Jills in a Jeep
6.2/10
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
First Lady
6.2/10
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Between Us Girls
6.3/10
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter. Comedy.
It's a Date
6.4/10
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
The Keyhole
6.4/10
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Strangers in Love
6.7/10
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
The Man Who Lost Himself
6/10
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
