Top 30 Comedy Movies Award-Winning Released in 1942

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy. Get info on To Be or Not to Be / IMDB / YouTube

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. Find out about Sullivan's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer. Read about Holiday Inn / IMDB / YouTube

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Details on Ball of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

Sportswriter Sam Craig and columnist Tess Harding, with the same New York newspaper, overcome their initial antagonism, fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when he comes to resent her hectic lifestyle. See more about Woman of the Year / IMDB / YouTube

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor. Read about I Married a Witch / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped prisoner must prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with help from a spirited schoolteacher. More about The Talk of the Town / IMDB / YouTube

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family. Get info on The Man Who Came to Dinner / IMDB / YouTube

A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little Sue Sue finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major. More about The Major and the Minor / IMDB / YouTube

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs. Read about All Through the Night / IMDB / YouTube

In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter. See more about You Were Never Lovelier / IMDB / YouTube

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world. See more about Gentleman Jim / IMDB / YouTube

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them. More about Once Upon a Honeymoon / IMDB / YouTube

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers. Details on Larceny, Inc / IMDB / YouTube

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder after the station owner is killed during a broadcast. Explore Who Done It? / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them. Read about Pardon My Sarong / IMDB / YouTube

Donald Duck, in a battleship made of ice, goes to war against his three nephews, who fight back from their ice fort. Info on Donald's Snow Fight / IMDB / YouTube

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends. Details on Tortilla Flat / IMDB / YouTube

When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it. Look into George Washington Slept Here / IMDB / YouTube

Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned? Read about Roxie Hart / IMDB / YouTube

Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys. Check out The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall / IMDB / YouTube

Two peanut vendors at a traveling rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that both know nothing about cowboys, horses, or much of anything. Look into Ride 'Em Cowboy / IMDB / YouTube

Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom. Explore My Sister Eileen / IMDB / YouTube

Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies. Find out about My Favorite Blonde / IMDB / YouTube

Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler. Check out Blitz Wolf / IMDB / YouTube

A college English teacher suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. Learn about The Male Animal / IMDB / YouTube

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results. Check out A-Haunting We Will Go / IMDB / YouTube

Goofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat. Explore How to Fish / IMDB / YouTube

Goofy demonstrates how to play baseball. He plays all positions for both teams, and demonstrates many different types of pitches. See more about How to Play Baseball / IMDB / YouTube

The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend. Info on The Falcon Takes Over / IMDB / YouTube