Top 15 Comedy Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1934

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way. Explore It Happened One Night / IMDB / YouTube

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it. See more about The Thin Man / IMDB / YouTube

As an aspiring New York socialite prepares for a lavish dinner party, her guests find themselves consumed by a tangle of business, romantic, and personal crises - all of which come to a head on the big night. Read about Dinner at Eight / IMDB / YouTube

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce. See more about The Gay Divorcee / IMDB / YouTube

Opposing the evil Barnaby, Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland. Look into March of the Wooden Soldiers / IMDB / YouTube

A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career. Read about Twentieth Century / IMDB / YouTube

A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife. Learn about It's a Gift / IMDB / YouTube

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way. Learn about Imitation of Life / IMDB / YouTube

When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance. Info on The Merry Widow / IMDB / YouTube

Donald and Peter Pig refuse to help the Wise Little Hen plant her corn or harvest it, but they are plenty anxious to help eat it. Read about The Wise Little Hen / IMDB / YouTube

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody. Get info on Bright Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky. Info on Judge Priest / IMDB / YouTube

Red Riding Hood is accompanied by Fiddler Pig and Piper Pig as she takes a shortcut through the forest to deliver food to her sick grandmother. Check out The Big Bad Wolf / IMDB / YouTube

A multimillionaire decides to boycott filthy forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows. Get info on Dames / IMDB / YouTube

Stan and Ollie take a trip into the mountains ('the high multitude') so that Ollie can recover from gout. Bootleggers have dumped their moonshine in the well from which the boys sample their 'healthy' mountain water. See more about Them Thar Hills / IMDB / YouTube