The best Miki Morita’s comedy movies

Miki Morita

Miki Morita

01/10/1896- 03/12/1985
Today we present the best Miki Morita’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 Miki Morita’s movies.

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 20/10/1937
  • Character: Armand's Japanese Servant (uncredited)
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/09/1933
  • Character: Dave the Dude's Butler (uncredited)
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.

Turnabout

Turnabout
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/05/1940
  • Character: Ito
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.

Front Page Woman

Front Page Woman
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/07/1935
  • Character: Stone's Servant Fuji
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.

It Happened in Hollywood

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

The Singing Marine

The Singing Marine
5.8/10
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.

Girl Missing

Girl Missing
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeMystery
  • Release: 04/03/1933
  • Character: Raymond's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June decide to look for her to claim the reward.

Next Time I Marry

Next Time I Marry
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 09/12/1938
  • Character: Joe - Nancy's Houseboy
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.

Easy to Love

Easy to Love
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/01/1934
  • Character: Miki - Eric's Servant (uncredited)
Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.

I Live for Love

I Live for Love
4.7/10
A failed actor finds success as a radio singer.

I'll Name the Murderer

I'll Name the Murderer
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 26/01/1936
  • Character: Tato
Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer when it comes to coaxing out a murderer.

The Dark Hour

The Dark Hour
5.4/10
A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.

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