AFI 500 Funniest Movies Nominations I Haven't Seen
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- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBetty Ross ClarkeFred HuntleyMonte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeGeoffrey LewisAn idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardJohn BealWhen an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsWill RogersWilliam FarnumFrank AlbertsonA radio salesman finds himself transported back in time to King Arthur's court.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsTom MixAlan HaleKathleen MyersDick Turpin, an English highwayman who robs from the rich and gives to the poor, holds up the coach of Lord Churlton. Sometime later, in aiding a coach attacked by ruffians, Dick meets aristocratic Alice Brookfield, who is being forced by her family to marry Churlton. Dick offers to assist her to avoid the unwanted marriage, and they travel to London together, with Alice disguised as a boy. Churlton pursues them, and, after several narrow escapes, Dick is captured by the royal guards and sentenced to be hanged. On the scaffold, Dick is told by his friend, Tom King, who has taken the hangman's place, that the crowd is sympathetic; and Dick makes his escape, riding his horse to York. Dick finds the house where Alice is being held prisoner, kills Churlton, and escapes to France with Alice, whom he marries. Dick gives up his profession and settles down to family life.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsElliott DexterGloria SwansonLew CodyLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsColleen MooreLloyd HughesVera LewisElla Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.
- DirectorSidney DrewStarsSidney DrewEdith StoreyCharles KentA young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsRobert WarwickDoris KenyonJune ElvidgeA restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all." One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a Western near her home. She makes friends with the film's leading man, who encourages her to try her luck as an actress, so she leaves her small town and goes to the big city to break into the picture business. However, things don't turn out quite the way she planned.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMargaret SullavanHerbert MarshallFrank MorganA naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGracie AllenWarren WilliamEllen DrewThe zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help," the two eventually find the real killer.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAl JolsonMadge EvansFrank MorganA New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt
- DirectorHugh BennettStarsJimmy LydonCharles SmithJohn LitelHenry (James Lydon) gets into another jam when he becomes the editor of the Centerville Hish School newspaper. The Fire Chief suspects him when he covers fires.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDouglas FairbanksMarjorie DawFrank CampeauA man goes to Mexico and tangles with bandits. He's then called to a tiny European country where a revolution is going on. It turns out that he is heir to the throne and he manages to squelch the plotters and win the girl in short order.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsFred AllenJack BennyDon AmecheThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsAnn SothernRed SkeltonLeo GorceyVaudeville performer Maisie Ravier seeks new job, meets aspiring comedian Hap Hixby, joins his act despite his romantic entanglement with Elsie McIntyre. Challenges arise from Hap's abilities, business venture, and love triangle.
- DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsShirley BoothAnthony PerkinsShirley MacLaineThornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsGene TierneyJohn LundMiriam HopkinsEllen McNulty loses her hamburger joint and goes to see her son, who marries a socialite at the same time. Due to her modest background and a case of mistaken identity, Ellen poses as the newlyweds' cook.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLupe VelezLeon ErrolDonald WoodsNewlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsLenny BakerShelley WintersEllen GreeneThe ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsColleen MooreJack MulhallSam HardyA telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.
- DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineTab HunterEdith MasseyA suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordEugene O'BrienHelen Jerome EddyWith her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new friends and adjust to surroundings that are sometimes difficult. But she still finds time to think of numerous ways to help others in her new hometown.
- DirectorGeorge CukorCyril GardnerStarsIna ClaireFredric MarchMary BrianJulie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.