Film Index
American cinema: Comedy
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Thornton Freeland
During a stay in Miama, bandleader Roger Bond falls for the beautiful Belinha whilst performing at an exclusive hotel. Roger's amorous intentions are thwarted by Belinha's chaperone, who has the band dismissed for improper conduct...
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Thornton Freeland
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Mark Sandrich
When his dancing partner, Sherry Martin, declines to marry him, Bake Baker decides to join the navy. Bake soon grows disillusioned with the life of a sailor and, as soon as his ship docks at San Francisco, he heads straight for the nearest nightclub...
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Mark Sandrich
Footlight Fever (1941)
Irving Reis
Don Avery and Geoff Crandall are in a fix. They are desperate to mount their next theatrical production but so far their efforts to find a financial backer have been doomed to failure...
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Irving Reis
The Freshman (1925)
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold Lamb can hardly wait to begin his first term as a student at Tate University, one of America's leading educational establishments which prides itself on being a football stadium with a college attached...
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Fred C. Newmeyer
The Freshman (1990)
Andrew Bergman
Clark Kellogg leaves his home in Vermont to study film at New York University. His first week in the city gets off to a promising start when everything he possesses is stolen by crooked taxi driver Victor Ray...
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Andrew Bergman
Funny Face (1957)
Stanley Donen
Fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott is convinced that the next glamour look will combine beauty with intellect. Dissatisfied with her leading model, she arranges a photo-shoot in a Greenwich Village bookshop with her faithful photographer Dick Avery... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott is convinced that the next glamour look will combine beauty with intellect. Dissatisfied with her leading model, she arranges a photo-shoot in a Greenwich Village bookshop with her faithful photographer Dick Avery... [More...]
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Mark Sandrich
After a brief stay in Paris, the celebrated American dancer Guy Holden travels to England with his friend, Egbert Fitzgerald, a lawyer who has agreed to temporarily take the reins at his father's London law firm... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
After a brief stay in Paris, the celebrated American dancer Guy Holden travels to England with his friend, Egbert Fitzgerald, a lawyer who has agreed to temporarily take the reins at his father's London law firm... [More...]
The General (1927)
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Howard Hawks
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw are showgirls who think of nothing but catching the man of their dreams. Lorelei believes she has already landed her man, a wealthy heir named Gus Esmond who can't help showering her with expensive presents... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw are showgirls who think of nothing but catching the man of their dreams. Lorelei believes she has already landed her man, a wealthy heir named Gus Esmond who can't help showering her with expensive presents... [More...]
Gigi (1958)
Vincente Minnelli
Paris, 1900. The wealthy man of leisure, Gaston Lachaille, is bored with society women - unlike his ageing uncle Honoré, who has lost none of his enthusiasm for playing the field... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
Paris, 1900. The wealthy man of leisure, Gaston Lachaille, is bored with society women - unlike his ageing uncle Honoré, who has lost none of his enthusiasm for playing the field... [More...]
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Stanley Donen
Broadway producer Felix Jordan has a crisis on his hands when his temperamental lead actress walks out of his latest show Give a Girl a Break... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Broadway producer Felix Jordan has a crisis on his hands when his temperamental lead actress walks out of his latest show Give a Girl a Break... [More...]
Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
Charley Rogers
It is on the evidence supplied by two upstanding American citizens that the thuggish criminal Butch Long is finally put behind bars... [More...]
Charley Rogers
It is on the evidence supplied by two upstanding American citizens that the thuggish criminal Butch Long is finally put behind bars... [More...]
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Mervyn LeRoy
America, during the Great Depression. Life is hard for chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie, who find themselves out of a job when the show they had been rehearsing is cancelled... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
America, during the Great Depression. Life is hard for chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie, who find themselves out of a job when the show they had been rehearsing is cancelled... [More...]
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Busby Berkeley
The staff at the Wentworth Plaza, a high class hotel at Lake Waxapahachie, are used to handsome tips from their well-heeled clients... [More...]
Busby Berkeley
The staff at the Wentworth Plaza, a high class hotel at Lake Waxapahachie, are used to handsome tips from their well-heeled clients... [More...]
The Gold Rush (1925)
Charles Chaplin
An anonymous tramp makes the journey to Alaska, hoping to make his fortune in the gold rush. Caught in a snow storm, he takes refuge in a log cabin in which he confronts an escaped convict, Black Larsen, and another prospector, Big Jim McKay... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
An anonymous tramp makes the journey to Alaska, hoping to make his fortune in the gold rush. Caught in a snow storm, he takes refuge in a log cabin in which he confronts an escaped convict, Black Larsen, and another prospector, Big Jim McKay... [More...]
Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
England, 1932. Sir William McCordle, a wealthy industrialist, welcomes an assorted gathering at his stately country mansion, Gosford Park, for a hunting party... [More...]
Robert Altman
England, 1932. Sir William McCordle, a wealthy industrialist, welcomes an assorted gathering at his stately country mansion, Gosford Park, for a hunting party... [More...]
Grandma's Boy (1922)
Fred C. Newmeyer
In the sleepy rural town Blossom Bend, a grandmother lives with her beloved grandson, whom she has nurtured and taught since he was a baby... [More...]
Fred C. Newmeyer
In the sleepy rural town Blossom Bend, a grandmother lives with her beloved grandson, whom she has nurtured and taught since he was a baby... [More...]
The Great McGinty (1940)
Preston Sturges
Weary of his exile in a seedy banana republic, a crooked banker is about to kill himself when a friendly barman intervenes and begins to recount his own sad story... [More...]
Preston Sturges
Weary of his exile in a seedy banana republic, a crooked banker is about to kill himself when a friendly barman intervenes and begins to recount his own sad story... [More...]
The Great Race (1965)
Blake Edwards
The Great Leslie is a dashing daredevil who delights in performing stunts for an appreciative audience, circa 1900. An avid self-publicist, he persuades the manufacturers of a new make of automobile to stage a great race from New York to Paris... [More...]
Blake Edwards
The Great Leslie is a dashing daredevil who delights in performing stunts for an appreciative audience, circa 1900. An avid self-publicist, he persuades the manufacturers of a new make of automobile to stage a great race from New York to Paris... [More...]
Gunga Din (1939)
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
New Yorker Nathan Detroit is struggling to make a dishonest living organising crap games for his gambling-addicted buddies... [More...]
The Half Naked Truth (1932)
Gregory La Cava
With Colonel Munday's carnival facing ruin, Jimmy Bates comes up with an idea that might just save the day. By promising to reveal the identity of the father of carnival's dancer, Teresita, Bates stirs up public interest, but he also unwittingly attracts the police... [More...]
Gregory La Cava
With Colonel Munday's carnival facing ruin, Jimmy Bates comes up with an idea that might just save the day. By promising to reveal the identity of the father of carnival's dancer, Teresita, Bates stirs up public interest, but he also unwittingly attracts the police... [More...]
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
Douglas Sirk
With no living relatives of his own, ageing multi-millionaire Samuel Fulton decides to bestow his entire fortune on the Blaisdell family, the descendents of the only woman he loved... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
With no living relatives of his own, ageing multi-millionaire Samuel Fulton decides to bestow his entire fortune on the Blaisdell family, the descendents of the only woman he loved... [More...]
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Gene Kelly
In the 1890s, Dolly Levi is the talk of New York, a merry widow who is all too willing to lend her services as a marriage broker, for a modest fee... [More...]
Gene Kelly
In the 1890s, Dolly Levi is the talk of New York, a merry widow who is all too willing to lend her services as a marriage broker, for a modest fee... [More...]
Helpmates (1932)
James Parrott
With his wife away from home, Ollie makes the most of his new-found freedom by hosting a riotous dinner party. This next morning, his house looks like it has been simultaneously struck by an earthquake and a meteor... [More...]
James Parrott
With his wife away from home, Ollie makes the most of his new-found freedom by hosting a riotous dinner party. This next morning, his house looks like it has been simultaneously struck by an earthquake and a meteor... [More...]
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]
High Anxiety (1977)
Mel Brooks
Dr Richard H. Thorndyke, an esteemed Harvard psychiatrist, is proud to take up the post of director at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Dr Richard H. Thorndyke, an esteemed Harvard psychiatrist, is proud to take up the post of director at the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous... [More...]
High Society (1956)
Charles Walters
On the eve of her wedding to businessman George Kittredge, Rhode Island socialite Tracy Samantha Lord receives an unexpected, and unwelcome visit from her first husband, the jazz musician C.K... [More...]
Charles Walters
On the eve of her wedding to businessman George Kittredge, Rhode Island socialite Tracy Samantha Lord receives an unexpected, and unwelcome visit from her first husband, the jazz musician C.K... [More...]
His Girl Friday (1940)
Howard Hawks
Newspaper editor Walter Burns is known for his ruthlessness and cunning but when he learns that he is about to lose his ex-wife and star reporter Hildy Johnson he surpasses himself... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Newspaper editor Walter Burns is known for his ruthlessness and cunning but when he learns that he is about to lose his ex-wife and star reporter Hildy Johnson he surpasses himself... [More...]
His Kind of Woman (1951)
John Farrow
In Naples, Dan Milner, an unsuccessful gambler, is offered 50,000 dollars if he agrees to undertake a special assignment for a mysterious client... [More...]
John Farrow
In Naples, Dan Milner, an unsuccessful gambler, is offered 50,000 dollars if he agrees to undertake a special assignment for a mysterious client... [More...]