Top 10 Funniest Movies by Decade - 1940's
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Sun, 07/07/2002 - 10:49
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- Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- Road to Morocco (1942)
- The Bank Dick (1940)
- Honorable mentions: The Lady Eve, The Great Dictator, Unfaithfully Yours, Ball of Fire, Adam's Rib
Author Comments:
In no particular order.
Note: You may complain that this list is Preston Sturges top-heavy. And you are absolutely right. But Sturges deserves it.
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Kid from Brooklyn, (1946)
Wonder Man (1945)
Up in Arms (1944)
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I'll have to check these movies out. As it is, of the three, I've only heard of one: "Wonder Man."
Danny Kaye still has me in stitches to this day. He was a comic genius. (Check out the link.)
Also 'The Inspector General' and 'The Court Jester' (from 1954) were amongst his funniest films.
He also had a great singing voice, and starred in White Christmas with Bing Crosby, also with Rosemary Clooney - George Clooney's aunt. Although a great movie it was not one his funniest - he was one of four 'stars' in the movie, with Crosby, Clooney, and Virginia Mayo who was a regular in his movies (Mitty, Brooklyn, Wonder Man)
Other films that he also starred in that you may know of include 'Hans Christian Andersen' (The Ugly Duckling) and 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'.
this and the ones of other decades are highly useful lists! Thanks!
Glad you like them! They're actually some of the first lists I ever made on this site!