The best Leslie Howard’s comedy movies

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

03/04/1893- 01/06/1943
Today we present the best Leslie Howard’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 Leslie Howard’s movies.

Pygmalion

Pygmalion
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 03/03/1939
  • Character: Henry Higgins
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

Stand-In

Stand-In
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/10/1937
  • Character: Atterbury Dodd
An east coast efficiency expert who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

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.

The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom
6.3/10
Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them. Remade in 1946 as One More Tomorrow.

It's Love I'm After

It's Love I'm After
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/10/1937
  • Character: Basil Underwood
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

Devotion

Devotion
6.2/10
A young Londoner (Ann Harding) disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister (Leslie Howard) she loves.

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 23/05/1943
  • Character: Narrator (Voice)
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/01/2013
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn and more. They're not so perfect after all when these flubbed moments are caught on film!

Breakdowns of 1936

Breakdowns of 1936
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/12/1936
  • Character: Himself
Time marches on.

Bookworms

Bookworms
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1920
  • Character: Richard
A suitor dons a disguise to woo a chaperoned girl.

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