Greatest 29 Comedy Movies Hits from 1939

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character. Get info on Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / IMDB / YouTube

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. Get info on Ninotchka / IMDB / YouTube

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women. See more about The Women / IMDB / YouTube

In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land. Explore Gunga Din / IMDB / YouTube

Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy. Learn about Destry Rides Again / IMDB / YouTube

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society. More about Pygmalion / IMDB / YouTube

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out. Get info on Another Thin Man / IMDB / YouTube

A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls while he fights in the Second Boer War. Later, after he is presumed dead, she is forced to become a servant. Explore The Little Princess / IMDB / YouTube

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. Look into Love Affair / IMDB / YouTube

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job. Explore At the Circus / IMDB / YouTube

Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea. Look into The Flying Deuces / IMDB / YouTube

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver. Details on Midnight / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people. Read about Gulliver's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job. Check out Bachelor Mother / IMDB / YouTube

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. Learn about Made for Each Other / IMDB / YouTube

When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow. Learn about The Cat and the Canary / IMDB / YouTube

When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way. Learn about It's a Wonderful World / IMDB / YouTube

A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too. Look into Babes in Arms / IMDB / YouTube

A cantankerous old man takes in his beloved, orphaned grandson, whom he must protect at all costs with the help of an agent of Death and a magical apple tree. Details on On Borrowed Time / IMDB / YouTube

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor. Learn about Charlie Chan in Honolulu / IMDB / YouTube

The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man. More about You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / IMDB / YouTube

A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II. Look into Idiot's Delight / IMDB / YouTube

Feeling unwanted by his wife and children, a wealthy industrialist hires an unemployed young woman to pose as his mistress. Find out about Fifth Avenue Girl / IMDB / YouTube

After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. Look into The Gorilla / IMDB / YouTube

Donald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own. Read about The Hockey Champ / IMDB / YouTube

To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed. Look into Topper Takes a Trip / IMDB / YouTube

Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges. Read about Nancy Drew... Reporter / IMDB / YouTube

Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of ants abduct Donald's picnic lunch. Donald lays out fly paper to stop the ants. Pluto follows one of the ants and, of course, he and la. Info on Beach Picnic / IMDB / YouTube

Man about town and first class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail. Get info on Raffles / IMDB / YouTube