The best Will Stanton’s comedy movies

Will Stanton

Will Stanton

18/09/1885- 18/12/1969
We present our ranking of the best Will Stanton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Will Stanton.
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Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib
7.4/10
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

The Little Princess

The Little Princess
7.1/10
The classic Shirley Temple film in which a little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1944
  • Character: Plain Native in Café (uncredited)
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1943
  • Character: Drunk (uncredited)
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.

Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal
6.6/10
Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.

Baby Face Harrington

Baby Face Harrington
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 12/04/1935
  • Character: Drunken Prisoner
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.

Sailor's Luck

Sailor's Luck
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/03/1933
  • Character: J. Felix Hemingway
U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.

Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/11/1927
  • Character: Killer's pal
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.

Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 27/07/1934
  • Character: Drunk (uncredited)
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.

Any Old Port!

Any Old Port!
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/03/1932
  • Character: Drunk
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord (Long). They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.

Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious
6.1/10
Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.

Slightly French

Slightly French
6.3/10
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery

Cross Country Cruise

Cross Country Cruise
6.3/10
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.

Straight, Place and Show

Straight, Place and Show
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 30/09/1938
  • Character: Syd Robins - Horse Truck Driver
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/08/1941
  • Character: Messenger
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

Atlantic Adventure

Atlantic Adventure
5.4/10
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.

The Cock-Eyed World

The Cock-Eyed World
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 19/10/1929
  • Character: Bit Part
Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.

The Undie-World

The Undie-World
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/04/1934
  • Character: Maxie - the Chief's Henchman
Big Boy Williams is a gangster who is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend Grady Sutton he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.

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