Best 30 Comedy Movies Award-Winning Released in 1947

After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken. Info on Miracle on 34th Street / IMDB / YouTube

In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. Explore The Ghost and Mrs. Muir / IMDB / YouTube

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards. Check out Monsieur Verdoux / IMDB / YouTube

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy. Details on L'Atalante / IMDB / YouTube

Romantic comedy about a high school girl who falls in love with a playboy artist. The girl's older sister, who's a judge, does not approve of the relationship. Look into The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer / IMDB / YouTube

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day. Explore Zero for Conduct / IMDB / YouTube

A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy. Read about The Secret Life of Walter Mitty / IMDB / YouTube

Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South. Read about It Happened on Fifth Avenue / IMDB / YouTube

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Info on Life with Father / IMDB / YouTube

Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery. Read about Song of the Thin Man / IMDB / YouTube

Tom Cat is a concert pianist who plays beautifully until he is interrupted by Jerry Mouse. Explore The Cat Concerto / IMDB / YouTube

Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out. Get info on This Happy Breed / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky? Explore Mickey and the Beanstalk / IMDB / YouTube

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there. Learn about My Favorite Brunette / IMDB / YouTube

Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer. Read about The Murderer Lives at Number 21 / IMDB / YouTube

Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. Look into Road to Rio / IMDB / YouTube

On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob. Learn about The Egg and I / IMDB / YouTube

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics. Get info on The Farmer's Daughter / IMDB / YouTube

Golden Globe winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor. Learn about Good News / IMDB / YouTube

In postwar Japan, an abandoned boy nobody wants to take care of grows a relationship with a cynical middle-aged woman. Find out about Record of a Tenement Gentleman / IMDB / YouTube

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building. Details on Buck Privates Come Home / IMDB / YouTube

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity. Info on The Hucksters / IMDB / YouTube

Donald needs a log for his fire. Unfortunately, the one he picks is occupied by a couple of chipmunks and their stash of acorns. When he cuts it down, Chip and Dale fall out, but their acorns stay behind, so they work at putting out Donald's fire and retrieving their stash. Donald, of course, takes this as calmly and cheerfully as you would expect. Learn about Chip an' Dale / IMDB / YouTube

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. Find out about Hue and Cry / IMDB / YouTube

From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a green mask. Get info on Scared to Death / IMDB / YouTube

A mangy cat on the verge of starvation finds a tiny canary and a bottle of 'Jumbo-Gro' fertilizer, which gives him an idea that leads to giant cats, dogs, mice and canaries chasing each other round Lilliputian towns and cities... Find out about King-Size Canary / IMDB / YouTube

A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany. Check out I See a Dark Stranger / IMDB / YouTube

An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions. Check out Magic Town / IMDB / YouTube

Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. But then he loses his job, and when he is offered a potent drink at a bar, he goes on a very strange and funny rampage (with a lion in tow). Read about The Sin of Harold Diddlebock / IMDB / YouTube

A successful nightclub singer weds a struggling songwriter, but when his fame eclipses hers, she delves into alcoholism. Get info on Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman / IMDB / YouTube