The best Sylvia Sidney’s comedy movies

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

09/08/1910- 01/07/1999
Today we present the best Sylvia Sidney’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 Sylvia Sidney’s movies.
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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice
7.5/10
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!
6.4/10
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell
6.9/10
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Used People

Used People
6.1/10
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...

Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/11/1941
  • Character: Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blooper out-takes from Torrid Zone, Four Mothers, The Wagons Roll at Night, The Sea Wolf, No Time for Comedy, The Bride Came C.O.D., and Affectionately Yours, among other Warner Brother productions of 1940 and 1941.

Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 18/05/1934
  • Character: Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.

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.

Having It All

Having It All
5.2/10
Thera Baylin is a fashion designer with a husband in New York and another one in California.

Accent on Youth

Accent on Youth
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/08/1935
  • Character: Linda Brown
A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.

Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again
7.1/10
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

Come Along with Me

Come Along with Me
6.1/10
Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town. There she rents a room in a boarding house and holds a seance with the other tenants, with comical results.

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
6.4/10
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.

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