The best Roland Young’s comedy movies

Roland Young

Roland Young

11/11/1887- 05/06/1953
Today we present the best Roland Young’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 Roland Young’s movies.
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The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/12/1940
  • Character: Uncle Willie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Topper

Topper
7.2/10
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan
7.3/10
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Madam Satan

Madam Satan
6.3/10
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Bob is an unfaithful husband. Angela has a plan to win back his affections.

Here Is My Heart

Here Is My Heart
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 28/12/1934
  • Character: Prince Nicholas / Nicki
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.

Topper Returns

Topper Returns
6.8/10
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Irene

Irene
6.3/10
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.

One Hour with You

One Hour with You
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/03/1932
  • Character: Professor Olivier
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.

Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/03/1935
  • Character: Earl of Burnstead
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles's life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidently becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/07/1938
  • Character: Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton
The Carletons make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet Miss Fortune, a very wealthy but lonely elderly lady. As a reward for saving her life after the train derails, Miss Fortune invites the Carletons to come live with her. The family hopes that by winning her affection, they can eventually be named sole beneficiaries in her will. But will a change of heart soften their mercenary feelings before that time comes?

Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip
6.5/10
Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs Parkhurst takes Mrs Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.

This Is the Night

This Is the Night
6.6/10
When Claire Mathewson's (Thelma Todd) husband Stephen (Cary Grant) comes back unexpectedly from the 1932 Summer Olympics, where he was supposed to compete in the javelin throw, he discovers the train tickets for a romantic Venice getaway she has planned with her lover Gerald (Roland Young). Gerald's friend Bunny (Charles Ruggles) lies and says that the tickets are actually for Gerald and his wife. With Stephen still suspicious, Gerald must find a fake wife to go to Venice with him. He tries to hire the actress Chou-Chou (Claire Dodd), but since her boyfriend is a jealous man, she gives the job to out-of-work Germaine (Lili Damita), who needs the 2000 franc fee to keep from starving. At first, Gerald thinks she is too demure, but she soon convinces him that she can pretend to be a glamorous wife.

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 31/12/1941
  • Character: Oscar 'O.O.' Miller
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Let's Dance

Let's Dance
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/11/1950
  • Character: Edmund Pohlwhistle
After the war, Donald Elwood meets his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil. Kitty, now the widow of Richard Everett, has a little boy named Richie; and she is trying to evade her husband's grandmother's control. Serena Everett controls the family money, and she wants Kitty and Richie to live according to the customs and class of the Everett family.

One Rainy Afternoon

One Rainy Afternoon
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/05/1936
  • Character: Maillot
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Ali Baba Goes to Town
6.3/10
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.

Pleasure Cruise

Pleasure Cruise
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/04/1933
  • Character: Andrew Poole
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker in the barber shop to keep an eye on her.

Star Dust

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

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/10/1948
  • Character: Ralph Tutwiler
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 23/07/1936
  • Character: George McWhirter Fotheringay
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

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