The best Maurice Chevalier’s comedy movies

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

12/09/1888- 01/01/1972
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Gigi

Gigi
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/04/1958
  • Character: Honoré Lachaille
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon
7.1/10
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.

Pepe

Pepe
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 21/12/1960
  • Character: Maurice Chevalier
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Monkey Business

Monkey Business
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 19/09/1931
  • Character: Himself (voice)
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

A New Kind of Love

A New Kind of Love
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/10/1963
  • Character: Maurice Chevalier
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) is a high-priced call girl, who is to be interviewed by Steve Sherman (Paul Newman), a journalist looking for insights on the profession.

Make Me a Star

Make Me a Star
6.5/10
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

Jessica

Jessica
5.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 19/04/1962
  • Character: Father Antonio
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica (Angie Dickinson), angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husbands. As the local priest (Maurice Chevalier) tries to encourage procreation, Jessica falls for a tricky recluse (Gabriele Ferzetti). An adaptation of a Flora Sandstrom novel, this charming comedy also features Noel-Noel as a matchmaking old-timer.

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/04/1931
  • Character: Maurice Chevalier
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow
7.2/10
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

One Hour with You

One Hour with You
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/03/1932
  • Character: Dr. Andre Bertier
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 18/08/1932
  • Character: Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.

100 Years of Love

100 Years of Love
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/03/1954
  • Character: Massimo
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.

A Breath of Scandal

A Breath of Scandal
5.5/10
A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

I'd Rather Be Rich

I'd Rather Be Rich
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/08/1964
  • Character: Philip Dulaine
An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his place. When the grandfather suddenly (and secretly) recovers, he uses the situation to his advantage - playing matchmaker in an attempt to ensure his granddaughter's happiness.

A Bedtime Story

A Bedtime Story
6.5/10
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.

Just Me

Just Me
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 15/11/1950
  • Character: Maurice Vallier dit 'Ma Pomme'

The Smiling Lieutenant

The Smiling Lieutenant
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/1931
  • Character: Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn for girlfriend, Franzi, is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting Princess Anna. As a result, the soldier has no choice but to marry the royal lady and move with her to the neighboring kingdom of Flausenthurm. His girlfriend follows to continue the romance and, subversively, give Princess Anna tips on how to keep her husband satisfied.

The Love Parade

The Love Parade
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 18/01/1930
  • Character: Count Alfred Renard
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 22/04/1930
  • Character: Apache
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.

Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings
5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1959
  • Character: Duc de St. Cloud
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.

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