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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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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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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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 Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) more movies like this

directed by Alfred E. Green
featuring Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Jed Prouty

A longtime fan of comedians George Burns and Gracie Allen, "Philo Vance" creator S. S. Van Dyne wrote a tailor-made screenplay for the team, which emerged on-screen as The Gracie Allen Murder Case. The Paramount studio executives decided to dispense with the services of George Burns, leaving scatterbrained Gracie on her own to match wits (?) with ...

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