Rarely-Seen But Greatly Entertaining Films
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- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardEdward ArnoldA stockbroker's new partner bets $10,000 that he can only tell the truth for twenty-four hours.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsJack BennyEllen DrewEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJack BennyAlexis SmithDolores MoranA trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeSigne HassoWilliam BendixThe American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonGloria JeanTwo zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeJane RussellRobert ArmstrongCalamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsBob HopeJane RussellRoy RogersJunior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.
- DirectorDavid ButlerSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeVirginia MayoWalter BrennanA cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStan LaurelStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMargo WoodeBumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJack BennyAnn SheridanCharles CoburnWhen Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopeJoan CaulfieldPatric KnowlesA bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeHedy LamarrFrancis L. SullivanA burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeMadeleine CarrollGale SondergaardKaren Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeRhonda FlemingWendell CoreyOutlaw T.J. "Jesse" James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth, who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsGinger RogersRay MillandRita JohnsonA frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloCharles LaughtonRocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsMartha RayeBob HopeAndy DevineA wealthy hypochondriac and an heiress are both experiencing romantic complications, prompting them to marry each other.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenGeorge BarbierAlarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauRon RichA crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauPaula PrentissDuring a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsWalter MatthauGeorge BurnsRichard BenjaminA vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonWalter MatthauSusan SarandonA ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBob HopeDorothy LamourLynne OvermanA movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopeLucille BallBruce CabotAn American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVivian BlaineThe boys team up with a likable con man to help a pretty singer's mother who's been taken in by swindlers.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsPreston FosterGail PatrickLee WildeStephanie and Terry are identical twins who have been separated since their parents divorced seven years before. Each envies the life style of the other so they decide, without telling Jeff or Mary, to switch families for a day or two. They soon find that it is harder than just looking like someone to be able to do what that person is expected to do. After they find that their charade may bring their parents back together they agree to continue it. A major complication starts when Jeff's girlfriend and co-worker Alice finds out the real story.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyMary CarlisleTwo out-of-work magicians help lovelorn Jerry adopt little Spanky. When Jerry makes up and elopes, the duo are stuck with the brat. Then Spanky inherits a fortune, so they all head to Kentucky and get caught between two feuding clans.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJack OakieW.C. FieldsAndy ClydeA small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyRuth EttingTwo salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyMarjorie WhiteBarbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop on an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace Conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the world's toughest person in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace Conference, which turns out to be a battlefield.
- DirectorFrancis MartinStarsW.C. FieldsAlison SkipworthBaby LeRoyTillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.