The best Lester Dorr’s comedy movies

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

08/05/1893- 25/08/1980
Today we present the best Lester Dorr’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 Lester Dorr’s movies.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/10/1939
  • Character: Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh
7/10
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You
7.8/10
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/11/1942
  • Character: Reporter (uncredited)
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 01/03/1950
  • Character: Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.

Front Page Woman

Front Page Woman
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/07/1935
  • Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.

Smarty

Smarty
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/05/1934
  • Character: Court Recorder (uncredited)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.

Union Depot

Union Depot
7/10
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Dames

Dames
7/10
A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/09/1936
  • Character: Intern
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicRomance
  • Release: 25/09/1941
  • Character: Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/01/1933
  • Character: Ed - Photographer (uncredited)
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Expensive Husbands

Expensive Husbands
5/10
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/01/1940
  • Character: Slippy - a Fugitive
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.

Cafe Society

Cafe Society
6.4/10
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

Love Is News

Love Is News
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 26/02/1937
  • Character: Salesman (uncredited)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiance showing up. Can an heiress be a human being, and can a reporter get a scoop?

It Happened in Hollywood

It Happened in Hollywood
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/09/1937
  • Character: Reporter
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/09/1933
  • Character: Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?

Rodeo Dough

Rodeo Dough
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 09/11/1940
  • Character: Rodeo Official
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star filled rodeo.

The Day the Bookies Wept

The Day the Bookies Wept
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/09/1939
  • Character: Horse Seller to Colonel March
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer. Comedy.

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