The best William Wright’s comedy movies

William Wright

William Wright

06/01/1911- 20/01/1949
We present our ranking of the best William Wright’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 William Wright.

Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly
6.6/10
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.

The Daring Young Man

The Daring Young Man
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/10/1942
  • Character: Sam Long
Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a secret ring of Nazi spies.

Glamour Boy

Glamour Boy
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1941
  • Character: Hank Landon
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember
6.6/10
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.

Eadie Was a Lady

Eadie Was a Lady
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 24/01/1945
  • Character: Tommy Foley
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art

Dancing in Manhattan

Dancing in Manhattan
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/12/1944
  • Character: Steve Crawford
In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not know that the money represents the spoils of a blackmailer's scheme.

Lucky Legs

Lucky Legs
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/10/1942
  • Character: 'Pinkie' Connors
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.

Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/05/1942
  • Character: Winkie Rogers (Uncredited)
A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work; trying to impress family, stay on budget, and remain as diplomatic towards each other as possible.

True to the Army

True to the Army
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 21/03/1942
  • Character: Lt. Danvers
A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

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