The best William Austin’s comedy movies

William Austin

William Austin

12/06/1884- 15/06/1975
Today we present the best William Austin’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 William Austin’s movies.
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The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/10/1934
  • Character: Cyril Glossop
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

It

It
7.2/10
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."

County Hospital

County Hospital
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/06/1932
  • Character: Ollie's Hospital Roommate
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII
7/10
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1937
  • Character: Bob's Butler (uncredited)
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.

Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 15/08/1930
  • Character: Basil Pistol
Dress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, not in New York. Her friend Wally Wendell, whose grandfather does not approve of his relationship with her, wants him to marry a girl he hasn't seen for some years named Constance Cook, whose grandfather is the owner of a ship traveling to Buenos Aires and Constance

Red Hair

Red Hair
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1928
  • Character: Dr. Eustace Gill
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted.

Duck Soup

Duck Soup
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/03/1927
  • Character: Lord Tarbotham
Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

What Happened to Jones

What Happened to Jones
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/02/1926
  • Character: Henry Fuller
On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies night, ending up disguised in drag and with difficult explanations to make.

Fig Leaves

Fig Leaves
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/08/1926
  • Character: Andre's Assistant
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. At the prompting of her neighbour, who has secret designs on Adam, Eve secretly becomes a fashion model by day, knowing that her husband would disapprove. This tale is book-ended by a sequence of the two principals in the Garden of Eden, having the same preoccupations amid the dinosaurs and boulders.

A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/03/1931
  • Character: Jellicott
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.

Sweetie

Sweetie
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/10/1929
  • Character: Percy (Pussy) Willow
Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.

Just Married

Just Married
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/08/1928
  • Character: Percy Jones
After many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.

Doctor Rhythm

Doctor Rhythm
5.9/10
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.

The Ghost Goes Wild

The Ghost Goes Wild
6.1/10
Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.

The Reckless Age

The Reckless Age
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/08/1924
  • Character: Lord Allan Harrowby
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.

Swingin' on a Rainbow

Swingin' on a Rainbow
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 01/09/1945
  • Character: Musician (uncredited)
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.

What a Night!

What a Night!
4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/12/1928
  • Character: Percy Penfield

The Night Club

The Night Club
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/04/1925
  • Character: Gerly - The Valet
After having been stood up at his own wedding, a young man vows that he will have nothing more to ever do with women. However, he soon discovers that he has been left a fortune--on condition that he gets married. Deciding that being rich and married would be preferable to being broke and single, he goes in search of a wife, but things don't turn out quite the way he planned.

$1000 a Minute

$1000 a Minute
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/10/1935
  • Character: Salesman
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Robert Pryor can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours. If you're asking "Why $720,000?", the answer is: because this Republic programmer is titled $1000 a Minute . Anyway, a couple of cops spot Pryor flashing a roll of bills, and deduce that he's the bank robber they're looking for. For the rest of the film, Pryor must race around to spend his money, while remaining two steps ahead of the Law. The supporting actors in $1000 a Minute are delightfully cast to type, from Edgar Kennedy as a detective to Sterling Holloway as a helpful cabbie.

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