The best Vince Barnett’s comedy movies

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

04/07/1902- 10/08/1977
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Crazy Mama

Crazy Mama
5.5/10
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners
6.5/10
Beautiful chanteuse 'Bijou' (Marlene Dietrich) cascades through Malaysia's ports of call eventually landing in a handsome lieutenant's lap. As Bijou 'drifts through the standards', the fleet's Admiral reckons the US Navy "already has enough destroyers". A Marlene classic with songs by Frederick Hollander and a young and promising John Wayne.

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers
7.5/10
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

The Family Jewels

The Family Jewels
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/07/1965
  • Character: Automobile Owner at Gas Station
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.

The Rookie

The Rookie
3.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1959
  • Character: Pentagon janitor
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.

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance
6.5/10
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini
6/10
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

Dancing Feet

Dancing Feet
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 20/01/1936
  • Character: Willoughby
Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails.

Streamline Express

Streamline Express
5.3/10
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.

Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 18/05/1934
  • Character: Count Nicholeus
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.

Don't Bet on Blondes

Don't Bet on Blondes
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1935
  • Character: Chuck aka 'Brains'
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.

Boys of the City

Boys of the City
5.6/10
Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

Kansas City Princess

Kansas City Princess
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/09/1934
  • Character: Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.

I Live My Life

I Live My Life
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/10/1935
  • Character: Clerk
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

The Spy in the Green Hat

The Spy in the Green Hat
5.7/10
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is caught by the woman's grandmother (Penny Santon), who is forcing Solo to marry the young woman. He successfully escapes, but is hunted by a legion of stereotyped Italian gangsters. Now that's comedy.

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/06/1942
  • Character: Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).

Six Pack Annie

Six Pack Annie
4.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/12/1975
  • Character: Bartender
A buxom, beer-guzzling and naive country gal travels from her small town to Miami to find a 'sugar daddy' to save the family restaurant.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

The Prizefighter and the Lady
6.3/10
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Wide Open

Wide Open
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1930
  • Character: Dvorak
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

She Loves Me Not

She Loves Me Not
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 31/08/1934
  • Character: Baldy Schultz
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.

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