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1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,576 | Gross: $4.80M
2. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,099 | Gross: $3.38M
3. The Invisible Woman (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 3,357
4. Hold That Ghost (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis
Votes: 4,266
5. No Time for Love (1943)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn
Votes: 988
6. The Black Cat (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 2,082
7. Hit the Ice (1943)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
Two newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.
Directors: Charles Lamont, Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles
Votes: 1,717
8. Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Musical
Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant
Votes: 1,456
9. Jumping Jacks (1952)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,140 | Gross: $8.80M
10. Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Approved | 77 min | Action, Comedy, Family
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Joan Shawlee
Votes: 2,151
11. The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Western
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young
Votes: 1,261
12. Crazy House (1943)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
Olsen and Johnson, stage comedians turned film stars, produce a star-studded musical comedy with an eccentric "millionaire" who hasn't got a dime.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Cass Daley, Patric Knowles
Votes: 254
13. Holiday in Havana (1949)
73 min | Comedy, Musical
Carlos Estrada, a busboy in a Cuban hotel who wants to become a composer, is rebuffed by Mama Valdez when he tries to get her daughter, singer-dancer Lolita Veldez, to use one of his songs.... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran, Steven Geray
Votes: 128
14. The Story of Doctor Carver (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The true account of a black slave who evolved to be an eminent scientist researching the benefits of peanut oil on infantile paralysis.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jesse Graves, Ben Hall, John Lester Johnson, Frank McGlynn Jr.
Votes: 80
15. It's in the Stars (1938)
Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short
At Stanwood College, the Phi Beta Nu fraternity and the Nu Beta Phi sorority reluctantly vote to stop dating each other so they can devote more time to their studies. The students' ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: Johnny Downs, Eleanor Lynn, Roger Converse, Doris Weston
Votes: 109
16. Prophet Without Honor (1939)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
This is the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer, who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Carey Wilson, Tom Neal
Votes: 169
17. Penny Wisdom (1937)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
A "Pete Smith Specialty" on cookery, in which a worried housewife must salvage an important dinner with her husband's boss.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Pete Smith, Prudence Penny, Harold Minjir, Gertrude Short
Votes: 325
18. Bachelor Daddy (1941)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of three bachelors is disrupted when one of them is left with a baby.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Baby Sandy, Edward Everett Horton, Donald Woods, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 48
19. A Night at the Movies (1937)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
A man and his wife have a less-than-enjoyable time at the movies.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, King Baggot, Jack Baxley, Sidney Bracey
Votes: 482
20. Juke Box Jenny (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Roger Wadsworth is a salesman for a company that supplies juke-boxes with classical music recordings, as Mrs. Horton, chief stockholder of the company hates swing music. Because of that, ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Ken Murray, Harriet Nelson, Iris Adrian, Donald Douglas
Votes: 30
21. An Hour for Lunch (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, John Butler, Don Castle, Jules Cowles
Votes: 149
22. Hit-and-Run Driver (1935)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Sam Flint, William Gould, Jonathan Hale, Howard Hickman
Votes: 126
23. The Perfect Set-Up (1936)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The City of New York Police Captain Detectives Hewitt tells the story of Alan Saunders, one of the most unusual criminals of our time, in "A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" short.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Helene Chadwick, Robert Dudley, William Gould, Mahlon Hamilton
Votes: 105
24. Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Biography, Drama
This Pete Smith Specialty tells how Glenn Morris trained for and won the 1936 Olympic decathlon event.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Glenn Morris, Claire McDowell, Lee Phelps, Pete Smith
Votes: 45
25. How to Be a Detective (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Benchley's lecture on detective work includes topics such as: types of criminals to be detected; getting a confession; and escorting a criminal to prison. Guess who ends up behind bars.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Robert Benchley, Arthur Hoyt, Dewey Robinson
Votes: 317
26. How to Train a Dog (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Short
After a new dog owner decides on which dog to buy at the pet store, this short soon becomes a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 171
27. How to Start the Day (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, Ernie Alexander
Votes: 135
28. How to Behave (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
Two workers in a manhole call etiquette columnist Benchley for advice. Two of the topics he advises them about are what to do when a lady enters the room and the proper way to behave when one is an overnight guest.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Benchley, James P. Burtis, James Flavin, Bess Flowers
Votes: 124
29. Music Made Simple (1938)
8 min | Comedy, Short
Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.
Director: Roy Rowland | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 81
30. Weather Wizards (1939)
Approved | 10 min | Short
Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the citrus groves of Southern California. ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Pete Smith, John Dilson, Bert Moorhouse, Alonzo Price
Votes: 88
31. Street of Memories (1940)
Approved | 71 min | Drama
Joe Mason suffers from amnesia and is often in trouble. Catherine Foster befriends him and they marry. After a fight remembers that he is the son of a rich businessman from Chicago, but he can't remember anything recent.
Director: Shepard Traube | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Guy Kibbee, John McGuire, Edward Gargan
32. Follow the Arrow (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Sport
Pete Smith produces an affidavit on the main title that all of Howard Hill's archery shots were performed with out camera tricks. Hill's archery feats in this short include a contest in ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Pete Smith, Howard Hill, Cap Somers
33. An Evening Alone (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
With his wife gone for the evening, a man is left alone at home. Left alone to their own devices, men tend to be more thoughtful and analytical in deciding what to do than women. This man ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 121
34. Penny's Party (1938)
Documentary, Short
Director: David Miller | Stars: Gwen Lee, Prudence Penny, Pete Smith
35. Double Diving (1939)
9 min | Short
An exmination of the sport of championship diving.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Pete Smith, Dutch Smith, Farid Sumaika, Helen Chapman
Votes: 10
36. Culinary Carving (1939)
10 min | Short
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Max O. Cullen, Pete Smith, Phillip Terry, Edward LeSaint
Votes: 8
37. Penny's Picnic (1938)
10 min | Short
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, Prudence Penny, Harry Tyler
Votes: 6
38. Let's Talk Turkey (1939)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Max O. Cullen, Tommy Bond, George Guhl, William Newell
Votes: 117
39. Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy
This MGM short film, part of the A Pete Smith Specialty series, takes a humorous looks at photography. Starting with Louis Daguerre's first photo, which terrified his maid, to wedding ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Bobby Caldwell, Lester Dorr, Tom Herbert, Leonid Kinskey
Votes: 75