The best Nigel Bruce’s comedy movies

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

04/02/1895- 08/10/1953
Today we present the best Nigel Bruce’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 Nigel Bruce’s movies.
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Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 08/08/1948
  • Character: Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook
Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when their daughter he has raised invites her mother to her wedding, with the disapproval of William's mother.

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird
6.2/10
An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.

Crazy House

Crazy House
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 08/10/1943
  • Character: Dr. Watson
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 20/02/1942
  • Character: E. Clay Benham
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

The Midshipmaid

The Midshipmaid
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/12/1932
  • Character: Maj. Spink
The Midshipmaid is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Jessie Matthews, Frederick Kerr, Basil Sydney and Nigel Bruce.

Play Girl

Play Girl
6.3/10
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/02/1937
  • Character: Lord Willie Winton
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.

The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler
6.5/10
A Butler (Powell) gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 10/08/1936
  • Character: Henri Forrester
An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.

Springtime for Henry

Springtime for Henry
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/08/1934
  • Character: Johnny Jewlliwell
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. The rake is tempted, but then decides he prefers the married woman, which is fine with her husband who has an eye for the secretary.

Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!
5.4/10
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
6.4/10
A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him to honor the tradition of returning to the tables.

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City
6.1/10
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

Susan and God

Susan and God
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/06/1940
  • Character: 'Hutchie'
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Free and Easy

Free and Easy
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/02/1941
  • Character: Florian Clemington
This brief (56-minute) MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian Clemington (Robert Cummings and Nigel Bruce), pretend to be members of the landed gentry. Max romances the much-older Lady Joan Culver (Judith Anderson) before finding true love in the form of pretty heiress Martha Gray (Ruth Hussey).

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