The best Norman Leavitt’s comedy movies

Norman Leavitt

Norman Leavitt

01/12/1913- 10/12/2005
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Harvey

Harvey
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 04/12/1950
  • Character: Henry - 1st Cabbie
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls
7/10
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

The Family Jewels

The Family Jewels
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/07/1965
  • Character: Gas Station Attendant
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.

Summer Magic

Summer Magic
6.9/10
Disney musical about Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow and her three children who move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, a Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up

The Swinger

The Swinger
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/11/1966
  • Character: Vendor (uncredited)
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

The Inspector General

The Inspector General
6.7/10
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Period of Adjustment

Period of Adjustment
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1962
  • Character: Christmas Caroler
George Haverstick, a Korean war veteran, hastily marries Isabel, whom he met in hospital while he was recovering from a nervous condition. To Isabel's horror, they drive to Florida on their honeymoon in an old hearse. They spend much of the time quarreling, and then, on Christmas eve, they visit George's war buddy, Ralph Baltz. However Ralph's wife Dorothea has just walked out on him, taking their child. Each couple then observes the marital difficulties of the other couple

Off Limits

Off Limits
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/12/1952
  • Character: Chowhound
Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.

The Luck of the Irish

The Luck of the Irish
6.6/10
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/07/1951
  • Character: Noah
Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 08/06/1966
  • Character: Titus Zeale
The divine Didi, a European actress known more for her bubble bath scenes than for her acting, decides she has had enough with bubble baths and wants to be taken seriously as an actress. So much so that she runs away during the middle of a scene while filming in Hollywood and winds up in Oregon. While she is staying in a hotel, the operator accidentally connects her with a real estate agent named Tom Meade. She asks Tom to bring her some food and when he does he suggests that she go to his cabin in the woods. She also asks him not to tell anyone where she is because she doesn't want to go back to Hollywood. Now Tom must keep the secret, especially from his wife and from his suspicious housekeeper Lily.

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 06/06/1946
  • Character: Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.

The Rookie

The Rookie
3.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1959
  • Character: Maj. Evert
A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the only new recruit at basic training camp. Military comedy.

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Billy Rose's Jumbo
6.1/10
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/08/1971
  • Character: Mr. Van Meter
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

Music Man

Music Man
6.9/10
Bickering brothers unwittingly wind up working together on the same musical production.

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/08/1951
  • Character: Pharmacist
Posing as a man over 70, a lecturer (Clifton Webb) enters an old-folks home to prove age is a state of mind.

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