Top 21 Comedy Movies Worth Watching Released in 1944

Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers. Read about Arsenic and Old Lace / IMDB / YouTube

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. Check out Meet Me in St. Louis / IMDB / YouTube

From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military. Find out about The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / IMDB / YouTube

When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of his new assistant. Read about Going My Way / IMDB / YouTube

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity. More about The Miracle of Morgan's Creek / IMDB / YouTube

A successful writer, home-schooled in his youth, masquerades as a student at a secondary school to experience all the fun and pranks he missed out on. Find out about The Punch Bowl / IMDB / YouTube

Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny. Info on Cover Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home. Info on Hail the Conquering Hero / IMDB / YouTube

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress. Find out about The Canterville Ghost / IMDB / YouTube

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act. Learn about It Happened Tomorrow / IMDB / YouTube

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place. Explore Hollywood Canteen / IMDB / YouTube

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war. Look into The Human Comedy / IMDB / YouTube

A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island. Info on The Princess and the Pirate / IMDB / YouTube

A philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments. See more about Girl Crazy / IMDB / YouTube

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly. Read about In Society / IMDB / YouTube

A contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students. See more about Bathing Beauty / IMDB / YouTube

An insurance salesman arrives at a creepy mansion to discover his potential eccentric millionaire client already dead. Instead he gets embroiled in a house full of greedy, murderous relatives competing for the inheritance. More about One Body Too Many / IMDB / YouTube

The three bears set a trap to catch Goldilocks but their carrot soup attracts Bugs Bunny early on and he grows wise to their plans. Learn about Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie Chan is an agent of the U.S. government assigned to investigate the mysterious death of an inventor. Read about Charlie Chan in the Secret Service / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists. Get info on Black Magic / IMDB / YouTube

Tom inherits $1,000,000 from an eccentric aunt on the condition that he not harm any living thing - even a mouse. And guess which mouse keeps following him around and pointing this out to him? Explore The Million Dollar Cat / IMDB / YouTube