The best Mary Beth Hughes’s comedy movies

Mary Beth Hughes

Mary Beth Hughes

13/11/1919- 27/08/1995
Today we present the best Mary Beth Hughes’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 Mary Beth Hughes’s movies.
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Riders in the Sky

Riders in the Sky
6.5/10
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.

The Women

The Women
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1939
  • Character: Miss Trimmerback
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Star Dust

Star Dust
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 06/04/1940
  • Character: June Lawrence
When the studios reject her because she"s too young, a young actress sets out to build a career on her own.

Design for Scandal

Design for Scandal
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/12/1941
  • Character: Adele Blair
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/09/1948
  • Character: Millie
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas
5.2/10
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 19/11/1943
  • Character: Flo Parker
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

Charlie Chan in Rio

Charlie Chan in Rio
6.9/10
A pair of murders in Rio de Janeiro leads the local police to call the famed detective. Charlie is puzzled, at first, when it appears that one of the murderers is killed by the first victim's widow.

The Great Profile

The Great Profile
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/08/1940
  • Character: Sylvia Manners
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.

Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 15/01/1942
  • Character: Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.

Dig That Uranium

Dig That Uranium
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/12/1955
  • Character: Jeanette
The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthless. However, the local badmen are distrustful of these new strangers, and when they mistakenly get the impression that the mine is loaded with uranium, they hatch a scheme to get rid of the boys and take over the mine.

These Glamour Girls

These Glamour Girls
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/08/1939
  • Character: Ann
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite
5.6/10
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.

Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious
6.1/10
Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.

Rockin' in the Rockies

Rockin' in the Rockies
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 17/04/1945
  • Character: June McGuire
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run a ranch, however -- he wants to prospect for gold, but he has no money. He recruits a pair of partners in the guise of two runaway vagrants and a pair of backers in two stranded singers. But then Rusty shows up, and his four somewhat bumbling hired hands manage to compound Larry and Curly's deep ineptitude, and Rusty wants them all out of his hair.

Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/05/1943
  • Character: Mira Bryon
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.

Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/09/1939
  • Character: "Toddy" Tobin
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman (Thurston Hall) and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star. To ensure they get a good winner, the men plant a real dancer, Patty Marlow (Lana Turner), at the college, having secretary Eve (Ann Rutherford) take the entrance exams for her. On campus, Patty gets involved with newspaper editor Pug Braddock (Richard Carlson) to investigate the contest's legitimacy.

The Night Before the Divorce

The Night Before the Divorce
5.8/10
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.

The Working Girls

The Working Girls
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/10/1974
  • Character: Mrs. Borden
A groupie, an escort, and a strip club dancer get thrown into danger by the illegal activities of the men they love.

Follow the Band

Follow the Band
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 01/04/1943
  • Character: Dolly O'Brien
A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

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