Top 27 Comedy Movies Picks from 1940

A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Look into Pinocchio / IMDB / YouTube

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back. Learn about His Girl Friday / IMDB / YouTube

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal. Info on The Shop Around the Corner / IMDB / YouTube

Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries. Learn about My Favorite Wife / IMDB / YouTube

The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters. More about Pride and Prejudice / IMDB / YouTube

Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard. Details on The Bank Dick / IMDB / YouTube

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday. Details on Remember the Night / IMDB / YouTube

The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West after a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks. Details on Go West / IMDB / YouTube

Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty. Explore The Great McGinty / IMDB / YouTube

After the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered? Read about Christmas in July / IMDB / YouTube

As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students. Details on A Chump at Oxford / IMDB / YouTube

A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba. See more about The Ghost Breakers / IMDB / YouTube

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer. Info on Road to Singapore / IMDB / YouTube

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife. Look into I Love You Again / IMDB / YouTube

An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine. Learn about The Invisible Woman / IMDB / YouTube

After retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and his former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk. Check out Brother Orchid / IMDB / YouTube

After a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet. More about Dance, Girl, Dance / IMDB / YouTube

Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but after he follows doctor's orders about getting some sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard. Check out Saps at Sea / IMDB / YouTube

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits. Info on My Little Chickadee / IMDB / YouTube

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner. Check out Broadway Melody of 1940 / IMDB / YouTube

Tom (Jasper) gets told that if he breaks one more thing he is getting thrown out, so Jerry (Jinx) tries his best to make Jasper Get the Boot. Details on Puss Gets the Boot / IMDB / YouTube

A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray. Info on The Baker's Wife / IMDB / YouTube

Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness. See more about The Blue Bird / IMDB / YouTube

A high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it big. More about Strike Up the Band / IMDB / YouTube

While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter. Read about A Wild Hare / IMDB / YouTube

Jim Lucky Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The . Look into One Night in the Tropics / IMDB / YouTube

An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country. Info on Comrade X / IMDB / YouTube