Comedy

<p>Those roughneck rascals are running wild again! The East Side Kids tangle with former boxing star Maxie Rosenbloom in this comedy drama about Danny (Bobby Jordan) winning a 200 -dollar reward for helping to nab a wanted criminal. The boys get upset when he...

<p>Untamed maidens capture their mates! Savage in battle... primitive in love... prehistoric beauties live by the code of the jungle! This schlock epic from Jaywall Productions (Naked Africa) is about a tribe of beautiful women on the tropical island of Wongo. They discover that...

<p>Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids team up in this crazy comedy from Monogram Pictures. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sunshine Sammy Morrison and the rest of the gang find themselves at a spooky mansion owned by the mysterious Nardo (Lugosi). Things get weird...

<p>Rival newspapermen see their feud go too far in this zany film from the Producers Releasing Company (PRC), a group known for quickie, low budget movies that entertained audiences throughout the war years. Starring J. Edward Bromberg, Isabel Randolph, and Frank Jenks, this laugher...

<p>In his only turn as Tarzan, 1936 Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris cavorts in the jungle with another Olympian, swimming star Eleanor Holm. Neither athlete pursued a movie career, so this film is a rarity in that we see them together! Also of note...

<p>Don Defore can't give Betty Hutton anything but love...Barry Fitzgerald can't give her anything but millions! They'll give you the time of your life at New York's capital of Glamour, Gaiety, Love, Laughter and Music! It's all about a hat check girl (Hutton) at...

<p>Producer Hal Roach, who had found immense success with his Our Gang series, tried to make lightning strike twice when he assembled a new group of adventurous kids called "Curly and his Gang." In this tale, Curley and his pals find themselves testifying in...

<p>This murder mystery will give you as many chuckles as chills! Horror icon Bela Lugosi stars along with Jack Haley (The Wizard of Oz) and Jean Parker (Little Women) in a tale of missing bodies, insurance schemes, and creepy mansions. It's all presented by...

<p>You may think you've seen everything, but you never saw The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies! Riled by the attack on Pearl Harbor, the boys (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and the rest) discover a real group of Japanese spies...

<p>In the film that many consider the best of the series, The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a murdered man. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real...

<p>Director Norman Z McLeod was best known for wild comedies starring the likes of Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers, but he showed his more serious side with Little Men, Louisa May Alcott's sequel to Little Women. Jo (Kay Francis) is grown and married,...

<p>Buster Keaton stars in this comic romp about a shy fellow who pretends to be a ladies man. Jeffrey Haywood (Reginald Denny) wants to marry Virginia (Sally Eilers), but Virginia won't get married unless her sister (Dorothy Christy) is married off first. Hence, Jeff...

<p>This hilarious wild and sexy ride from prolific soft-core director Chuck Vincent follows a group of rowdy teenagers as they pack their van full of beer and hit the road in search of sexual adventures. Campy and breezy, "Blue Summer" is a naughty romp...

<p>While her husband is serving in the military during World War II, a young wife starts her own advertising business. She's a success, but a hitch develops when her husband returns and expects her to become a housewife again. Director Albert Rogell(In Old Oklahoma,...

<p>The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his "Allen's Alley" resident-character heard on Fred Allen's radio program. Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made...

<p>Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.</p>

<p>Typical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party. All the regular characters are here (or mentioned), including the...

<p>Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio...

<p>Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart Jose. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she...

<p>Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.</p>

<p>Rosalind Russell stars as a divorced socialite who joins the Army to be near her boyfriend, only to learn that military life isn't for everybody. From renowned director Norman Z. McLeod (Horse Feathers, Monkey Business), this riotous comedy also features Paul Douglas and Regis...

<p>Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes have as much action and adventure than they can handle in this wild, wild western from the glory days of Republic Pictures. Director Joseph Kane (Flame of Barbary Coast; Dakota) whips up a feisty cast that includes Jack La...

<p>The film that made Charles Laughton a star tells the story of King Henry VIII and his stormy personal life. Loughton received an Academy Award for his portrayal of the controversial king, while director Alexander Korda saw his film nominated for Best Picture. With...

<p>Famed cult director Edgar G. Ulmer (Detour, The Man From Planet X) tried something different with this interesting comedy about con men who dress as clerics to pull off a job. With a cast that includes Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, and former child star...

<p>Meet the two hilarious wizards! In Dreaming Out Loud, beloved radio characters Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) make the leap to the silver screen. Helmed by The Scartlet Pimpernel director Harold Young, this slapstick comedy finds our wildly popular characters engaged in...

<p>This cross-dressing farce sees Jack Mitchell disguise himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to a major court case. The scam works for a while, until he attracts the romantic attention of two old geezers and a Broadway showgirl. If you...

<p>Robert Armstrong and Carol Lombard star in this early talkie about a reporter who is dealing with alcoholism and a crumbling marriage, not to mention being accused of a murder he didn't commit! Directed by two-time Oscar nominee Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey,...

<p>Joan Caulfield stars as Dorinda Hatch, author of a book advising women on how to resist the charms of men! But when a dashing photographer from LIFE magazine arrives to do a feature story on her, Dorinda begins to question her own advice. David...

<p>The entire gang is here! Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes, and Trigger are all involved in a murder mystery involving the death of a wealthy ranch owner. Songs include 'I Wish I Was A Kid Again' and 'Cowboy Ham and Eggs'.</p>

<p>Bud Duncan plays comic strip character Snuffy Smith in this hysterical wartime comedy. Edgar Kennedy, master of the slow burn, is on hand as the long suffering Sgt. Homer Gatling, while Cliff Nazaro plays the affable Barney Google. This feature is all about Nazis...

<p>Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, and Smiley Burnette team up to protect the ranchers of Cherokee City from the false charges of illegal cattle trafficking. It may seem like the odds are against Roy, but just watch as he changes the course of the law...

<p>This PRC comedy stars Stuart Erwin (Oscar nominated for his role in Pigskin Parade) as realtor Henry Elkins, a well-meaning fellow sitting on some old property that will either become a dump or an airport. Convinced he doesn't have long to live, poor Henry...

<p>It's nothing but action and thrills when an Easterner inherits a cattle ranch and discovers that thousands of cattle have been stolen. Secretly, he signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to uncover the thief. Once he realizes what's going on,...

<p>Beautiful nightclub singer Nellie Hill has many male admirers, ranging from ex-cons to piano players to newspaper reporters. But when one of them is killed, all the others are suspects! This vintage offering is a great showcase for some of the top black entertainers...

<p>One of the definitive classics of the American silent film era, The Garden of Eden is a decadent, sumptuous romance adapted from Avery Hopwood's stage production, featuring a typically magnetic performance from silent film siren Corrine Griffith (The Divine Lady) as beautiful Viennese signer...

<p>While Tonart Studios is filming a gangster movie, one of the actors is killed in a shooting accident. After several other incidents occur, police begin to think of sabotage. Their list of suspects includes the studio chief (Alexander Carr), his manager (Bela Lugosi), the...

<p>At some point in his life every male swears he'll run away from home. Well, here's the hilarious adventure of one who actually did it! Frank Albertson, Jed Pouty and Lorna Gray star in this Monogram comedy from director Jean Yarbrough. It's all about...

<p>Bing Crosby fans will be intrigued by this selection of scenes from early Crosby shorts woven together to create a fictional biography of one Hollywood's biggest stars. Director Bud Pollard appears as the narrator, while the king of the crooners sings such songs as...

<p>The East Side Kids are at it again! The fifth installment of the beloved East Side Kids franchise from Monogram Pictures Corporation is another laugh-a-minute slapstick adventure that checks in with gang members Skinny, Danny Graham, Peewee, Algy Reynolds, and Scruno as they work...

<p>Poor Bulldog Drummond. All he wants to do is marry sweetheart, but when a London bank is robbed by hoodlums, he's called into action again! John Howard stars as the gallant Capt. Drummond, while Heather Angel, H.B. Warner and Reginald Denny round out the...

<p>Comedy! Crime! Mystery! Romance! Thrills! All in one movie! Rival newspaper reporters (Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot) join forces to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building in this early talkie from M.H. Hoffman Inc., a low budget production company...

<p>A small-town matchmaker takes on the local snobs in this zany farce from Hal Roach Studios. Two great comic performers, ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville, headline this forgotten laugher about a town where there hasn't been a marriage in two years. Director Fred Guiol...

<p>Rhythm-Packed and Star-Studded! Compiled for theatrical release from made-for-television short films, this curiosity from the early days of rock 'n' roll features more jazz than you might expect, but it's still an exciting time capsule of sound! Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, Dinah Washington,...

<p>Hello Broadway! Goodbye Blues! This fanciful farce from Hal Roach Studios concerns Hollywood actress April Tremaine (Marjorie Woodworth) and her cross country railroad trip on the Broadway Limited. The plot includes a publicity stunt involving an adopted baby that creates trouble for everyone involved,...

<p>Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, and Burgess Meredith star in this classic comedy from three time Oscar nominee Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka, To Be Or Not To Be). Oberon plays a woman who visits a psychoanalyst to cure her hiccups. From there, in a manner that...

<p>The story of a famous nightclub is told in this rousing musical tale from director William Nigh. Featuring such performers as Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan and Sheldon Leonard, this Runyonesque romp is also a showcase for songs including "The Music Goes Round...

<p>Mary Eaton stars in this rollicking feature about the rise of a showgirl. This early talkie includes cameos by many of the top names of the day, including Rudy Vallee, Eddie Cantor, Irving Berlin, and Ring Lardner, and culminates with a Ziegfeld Follies dance...

<p>Featuring Frank Loesser's Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn't Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars...

<p>Loretta Young and David Niven headline the cast of this comic look at the whimsies of love. Young plays Anita, a woman who breaks off her engagement to go on tour as a magician's assistant. Her decision is exciting as first, but she learns...

<p>Your favorite East Side Kids are at it again in this riotous film, including Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan. In this one, Mugs (Gorcey) enlists the rest of the gang to pretend to be his siblings. This is to impress a visiting...