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Oh, God!

Oh, God! (1977) more movies like this

directed by Carl Reiner
featuring George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy

Adapted by Larry Gelbart from the novel by Avery Corman, the film stars John Denver as Jerry Landers, the assistant manager of a grocery store who is chosen by God (George Burns) to spread the Word to the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, Jerry is soon labelled a basket case: even his loving wife Bobbie (Teri Garr) doubts her husband's sanity. ...

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A Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress (1937) more movies like this

directed by George Stevens
featuring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine, Reginald Gardiner

Fred Astaire's first RKO musical without his longtime partner Ginger Rogers is one of his best from any period -- even though it's obvious that leading lady Joan Fontaine can't dance a step. Written by P. G. Wodehouse, Damsel in Distress casts Astaire as Jerry, an American entertainer appearing in London. Poor Jerry gets sucked into a wager ...

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18 Again!

18 Again! (1988) more movies like this

directed by Paul Flaherty
featuring George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, Miriam Flynn

On his 81st birthday, grandpa George Burns, bemoans the fact that he's wasted his life, and wishes he had it to do all over again. He gets his wish when he and his 18-year-old grandson Charles Schlatter are involved in an auto accident. When he awakens, Burns' personality has been transferred to Schlatter's body, and vice versa! Hal Erickson, ...

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Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders (1994) more movies like this

directed by Mel Smith
featuring Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns, Scott Michael Campbell

A blend of screwball farce and whodunit murder mystery, this madcap period piece was the brainchild of executive producer George Lucas. In 1939, Penny Henderson (Mary Stuart Masterson) is the harried general secretary and de facto manager of a new fourth radio network, WBN. On the night that the Chicago station goes live on the air, a mysterious ...

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College Swing

College Swing (1938) more movies like this

directed by Raoul Walsh
featuring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton

It's hard to go wrong with such stars as Bob Hope, Burns & Allen, Martha Raye and Edward Everett Horton, and College Swing doesn't-go wrong, that is. The film begins in 1738, when a pact is drawn up between the Alden family and a highly respected Colonial college: If any female member of the family can pass her college exams within a 200-year ...

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The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys (1975) more movies like this

directed by Herbert Ross
featuring Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur

In this 1975 adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, director Herbert Ross presents the story of two old-time Vaudvillians played by Walter Matthau and George Burns in his first starring role since 1939's Honolulu. After decades apart, the cantankerous duo is persuaded to reunite for a television special despite the fact that they hate each other. ...

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Going in Style

Going in Style (1979) more movies like this

directed by Martin Brest
featuring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan

Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest ...

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George Burns in Concert

George Burns in Concert (1982) more movies like this

directed by Jerome Shaw
featuring George Burns

"I'm happy to be here. At my age I'm happy to be anywhere." Thus did octogenarian George Burns launch virtually every one of his personal appearances of the 1970s and 1980s. While many of Burns' jokes concern his age, the fact that the man was literally a product of another century never intrudes upon the proceedings. Good humor never really dates ...

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Oh, God! You Devil

Oh, God! You Devil (1984) more movies like this

directed by Paul Bogart
featuring George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart, Eugene Roche

In the third and final film in the Oh, God! franchise, Bobby Shelton (Ted Wass) is a struggling musician who can't get a break, which bothers him all the more now that his wife, Wendy (Roxanne Hart), is about to have a baby. Desperate and depressed, Bobby announces that he'd sell his soul to get ahead. Suddenly, Harry O. Tophat (George Burns), ...

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Oh, God! Book II

Oh, God! Book II (1980) more movies like this

directed by Gilbert Cates
featuring George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne, John Louie

In this mild sequel to the 1977 appearance of George Burns as God, the Heavenly Father shows up again, this time to talk to Tracy (Louanne), a young girl whose earthly father (David Birney) is in the advertising business. God's intention is to promote himself among the children first. Tracy comes up with a way to further awareness of the Supreme ...

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Six of a Kind

Six of a Kind (1934) more movies like this

directed by Leo McCarey
featuring Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns, W.C. Fields, Gracie Allen

The "six" are Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns, Gracie Allen, W.C. Fields, and Alison Skipworth, who star in this cross-country comedy. Planning a motor vacation to California, J. Pinkham Whinney (Ruggles) and Flora Whinney (Boland) advertise for a couple to help drive and share expenses. That couple turns out to be George Edwards (Burns ...

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International House

International House (1933) more movies like this

directed by Edward Sutherland
featuring Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Stuart Erwin, Sara Maritza, George Burns, Rudy Vallee

Hollywood responded to the exigencies of the Depression with such glorious nonsense as International House. The plot is motivated by a revolutionary television device called the Radioscope, which its Chinese inventor (Edmund Breese) is offering to the highest bidder. All interested parties are obliged to converge at International House, an ultra ...

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George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom (1988) more movies like this

directed by Mort Fallick
featuring George Burns

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Here Comes Cookie (1935) more movies like this

directed by Norman Z. McLeod
featuring George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness, Andrew Tombes

The classic comedians Burns and Allen are featured in this fast-paced farce that includes an assortment of corny vaudeville acts. The story centers around Gracie, the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo, who is attempting to seduce his other daughter, from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money, temporarily, to ...

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Love in Bloom (1935) more movies like this

directed by Elliott Nugent
featuring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Dixie Lee, Joe Morrison, J.C. Nugent

Love in Bloom ostensibly stars George Burns and Gracie Allen,but the team is actually comedy relief for the romantic leads, Joe Morrison and Dixie Lee. Burns and Allen are travelling carnival performers working in a rundown tent show for Lee's father. Lee tires of her nomad life and heads to New York, where she meets would-be songwriter Morrison. ...

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We're Not Dressing (1934) more movies like this

directed by Norman Taurog
featuring Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman

We're Not Dressing is a bouncy musical-comedy variation of J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton -- complete with a happier ending, as befitting its jaunty star Bing Crosby. Der Bingle is cast as Stephen Jones, a lowly crew member on yacht owned by wealthy Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard). During one memorable voyage, Doris' inebriated Uncle ...

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Many Happy Returns (1934) more movies like this

directed by Norman Z. McLeod
featuring Guy Lombardo, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Joan Marsh, George Barbier

Department-store owner Horatio Allen's (George Barbier) biggest mistake is to name his scatterbrained daughter Gracie (Gracie Allen) as his sole heir. Suddenly Gracie becomes obsessed with the notion of converting her dad's store into a bird sanctuary. Psychologist Dr. Otto von Strudel (Egon Brecher) suggests that the best way to dissuade Gracie ...

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The Lucy Show: Lucy and George Burns (1966) more movies like this

directed by Maury Thompson
featuring George Burns, Jack Benny, Joan Carey, Sid Gould

Season Five of The Lucy Show begins, typically enough, with a guest star--in this instance the ageless George Burns. While doing business with banker Mooney (Gale Gordon), Burns confides that he is working up a new nightclub act: All he needs is a "kooky" female partner. Enter Mooney's secretary Lucy (Lucille Ball), who proceeds to amaze Burns ...

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