Breaking The Fourth Wall
Listed as I see them , or think of them . Films told in the first person don't count , where actors talk directly to camera throughout - they are still in character.
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- DirectorAlexander HallStarsJoan CrawfordMelvyn DouglasRoland YoungDivine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .When Joan Crawford falls asleep on his shoulder , Melvyn Douglas looks at the audience
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."At the end , Tony Lo Bianco says the title of the movie , smiling and looking right at us .
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsKent TaylorPeggy KnudsenJoe SawyerA man with an affinity for trouble meets a girl in distress in a nightclub. She becomes involved in the murder of a Spanish dancer and both of them become major suspects. The couple, eluding the police up, down and all around in Chinatown, search for the murderer.At the end , after seeing the two main characters kiss , Mabel Paige looks in to the audience and says "What are you doing tonight , deary ?"
- DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsPreston FosterAnn RutherfordCharles ButterworthA private eye (Preston Foster) and a niece (Ann Rutherford) investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.At the end Ann Rutherford confides to the audience "I knew I'd get him before this was over"
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonJean-Louis TrintignantRenato SalvatoriThe hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.At the end Alain Delon talks to the camera as he relates the execution of the gangster .
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMary MartinFranchot ToneDick PowellA radio serial writer needs inspiration, so he rents a room from a typical American family and begins using their real-life exploits for plots. He begins to feel guilty when he falls in love with a pretty member of the family.At the end , Franchot Tone is going through his little black book , then seems to catch someone's eye in the audience and says "How about you , luscious ?" before howling like a wolf .
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.Groucho again , but Harpo does it as well
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxQuincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxThe Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.Groucho several times - "That reminds me , I must get my watch fixed"
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.Groucho - apart from introducing the film , when Marilyn Monroe appears says "Is there anything I can do for you ? " , looks at us and says "What a ridiculous question !" . Then near the end , when he wants to search Ilona Massey , turns and says "If this were a french picture I could do it !"
- DirectorJean-Louis TrintignantStarsJacques DufilhoLuce MarquandFranco PesceA father plans to kill, in the same day, the nine members of the jury who had condemned his son to the death sentence.At one point when following a car , the camera goes the other way and we hear the director's voice , later on the radio plays the hunter's theme , and says it's from the film .
- DirectorBen HechtLee GarmesStarsEdward G. RobinsonEddie AlbertMarsha HuntTwo-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old girl--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.At the end , the child looks at the camera and keeps on talking.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMarjorie ReynoldsDennis O'KeefeGail PatrickNewly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room.Mischa Auer looks at camera and says "There must be an easier way to earn a living", and at the end "Operator , you better switch to another picture - this will never get past the censors!"
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsWilliam BendixJoe SawyerMarjorie WoodworthTaxicab company owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett rescue Lucy Gibbs from a suicide attempt and she insists on placing her life and destiny in the hands of her two rescuers.at the end Grace Bradley looks at the audience ,wags her finger and says "That'll be the last howl out of those wolves!"
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeBetty HuttonZasu PittsA soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancée, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the fat farm scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as escorts for the weekend. Complications ensue after the husbands show up unexpectedly.Twice - Bob Hope makes a joke about how butchers have so little and the fat women have so lot , and at the end looks at us and says "Well I was out for a whole year "
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are actors who can't seem to find a job, so they decide to jump off a high building and end it all. On the roof top they meet three girl dancers with the same idea. Before they can jump, they meet a millionaire Broadway producer who hires them all for his next show. The rehearsal goes so well that he doubles their salary, but it all comes to naught when they discover that the "producer" is an escaped patient from Dr. Dippy's retreat.Larry kisses the girl and says to us "This I like ! And I get paid for it too !"
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsYvonne De CarloGeorge BrentBroderick CrawfordAn American adventurer goes to Tripoli to rescue some kidnapped sailors, but gets involved with a beautiful slave girl.Humpy the camel interrupts the picture throughout , "I've seen this picture"
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardWeddings are paused for the stooges who are engaged to the daughters of a prison warden. He has been framed by criminals and convicted. They make entry to the prison and find the crooks running a casino. They need photos to expose them.At the end they break into song , looking at the camera , and Curly barks at the audience .
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.When the Stooges break into a dance , Curly gets carried away and walks straight into the camera .
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer.At the end , when cracking rocks on Curly's head , Curly says "Hey , wait a minute ! That's a real one ! "
- DirectorBob LoganStarsLeslie NielsenLinda BlairNed BeattyParody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.Several , including Leslie Nielsen's priest swears at start , then looks sheepishly at us , Linda Blair "breaks" the film at one point .
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksJohn CandyRick MoranisA star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.Several - when they don't want know what to do next they watch the video , they turn the film off by accident etc etc
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.When Harvey Korman is asking out loud "What am I asking you for ?" , and the general anarchy at the end - fighting in the Warner Bros Studio , Harvey Korman attending the premiere of the film , etc
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.Main one , a historian is killed by one of the characters in the film , the police start investigating and eventually come after the cast and crew .
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter FinchAfter an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.In the credits sequence , a passenger - played by the director's brother , acknowledges the audience ( before being killed instantly when the film starts !)
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?In a classic the end ? moment , Damien turns and smiles at us .
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsAlbert FinneySusannah YorkGeorge DevineThe romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.Albert Finney asks us if we saw who robbed him .
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsCary ElwesRichard LewisRoger ReesA spoof of Robin Hood in general, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.Several , at the end the villagers shout "A black sheriff ?" to which the response is "Why not ? It worked in Blazing Saddles"
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.Loads , when Ted turns , looks at us and says "What a pisser !" , the character Johnny is always looking at the camera when he speaks .
- DirectorKen FinklemanStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLloyd BridgesA faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?At the end they announce Airplane 3 , William Shatner reappears and says "That's just what they'd expect us to do !"
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeSigne HassoWilliam BendixThe American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsRosalind RussellMelvyn DouglasBinnie BarnesA woman insists to her new husband that they must remain celibate for the first three months of their marriage, which he tries desperately to get around.Rosalind Russell says "I don't get it ! " , turns and looks at the camera and says "Do you ?!"
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBela LugosiFrieda InescortNina FochWhen an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heartAt the end , Miles Mander asks his police if they believe in vampires , then turns to us and says "And do you people ?"
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsConstance BennettVincent PriceCharles RugglesThe manager of a service agency for the wealthy clashes with--and falls for--an inventor who is seeking funding for a new kind of tractor.At the end , Mischa Auer says : "My spirit, Mofshovsky, tells me this is - The End. " , and rolls his eyes at us .
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDanielle DarrieuxDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Mischa AuerNicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution is to try to snare a rich husband, and she enlists the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre d' to catch the eye of Bill Duncan.At about 45 mins , after looking at Douglas Fairbanks , Mischa Auer glances triumphantly straight at the camera .
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsRosalind RussellBrian AherneWillard ParkerA literary agent is pursued by the charming writer of a popular magazine while she attempts to sway one of her clients, a handsome but innocent college professor, to star in an upcoming movie based on his best-selling novel The Whirlwind.At the end , Senator Ainslie finally get's to blow out his candles , and winks at us .
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.When Ralph Bellamy is painstakingly explaining to Eddie Murphy what bacon is , Murphy looks at us .
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannStarsJean HersholtDorothy LovettEdgar KennedyA "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill.At the end , Jean Hersholt laughs to the camera . Most of the series end with him breaking the wall .
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo 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.Several times , on the high wire bicycle Bob Hope says "This picture could end right here !" , later , describing the exciting plot , cries are heard off screen , the response "The Warner brothers are jealous"
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.Several , when Crosby asks Hope how he got out of the diving suit , they look suspiciously at us , and move off so we don't hear , then Crosby walks up to us , even more confused . And Hope tries to stop the "the end" .
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsFrank JenksRobin RaymondH.B. WarnerReporter Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) and photographer Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks) are assigned to interview John Foster (Davison Clark), head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them and they go to the lab to see Professor Reynolds (H. B. Warner), the real inventor. Soon, they are involved in several shootings, blueprints that change hands several times, a corpse in their car that appears and disappears a few times, the loss of their jobs and several people who either think they are killers or candidates for being killed.
- DirectorClaude BinyonStarsBob HopeTony MartinArlene DahlA clumsy, full-of-himself chorus boy gets a chance at Broadway stardom when he's a stand-in for a leading actor threatened by an infamous killer.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsBud DuncanEdgar KennedySarah PaddenSnuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Once enlisted, he finds that revenue agent Cooper is his sergeant. Don, a hillbilly soldier friend of Snuffy, has invented a range finder, but it is stolen by some fifth columnists and hidden in Snuffy's bag. Snuffy decides he has all the army discipline he cares for and heads back to Smokey Mountain, followed closely by the enemy agents.Edgar Kennedy looks at the camera and says "My mother told me there'd be days like this"
- DirectorIvan BarnettStarsGwen WatfordKaye TendeterIrving Steen1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease.At the end , one of the old codgers narrating the story turns and says "I don't know , your guess is as good as mine" looking straight at us .
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerTex AveryCarlos RamírezA magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.Cartoons always broke the fourth wall - this is one of the best . When the Great Poochini pauses to pull the hair out of the film ( an everyday occurrence in the days of celluloid ) .
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsAkim TamiroffDonald SindenSarah LawsonA fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.At the end , Bill Kerr looks at the camera and says "Pity it's not in 3D , but you can't have everything!"
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsBasil RathboneHugh HerbertBroderick CrawfordElderly 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.At the end , after seeing the black cat with kittens , Hugh Herbert turns to camera and says "How did he get in the picture ?"
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsDick ForanLeo CarrilloPeggy MoranA down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.In the scene where they advertise the buried treasure holiday , Leo Carillo winks at the camera , and us .
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyEdward RigbyFrank PettingellGeorge Formby joins the home guard.When George Formby is introduced , looks straight at us and says !Turned out nice again! " , the voice over narrator talks to him , is told to "get cracking " and we see his shadow leaving the cinema - they do it again at the end .
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTippi HedrenSean ConneryMartin GabelMark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.In Hitchcock's obligatory cameo , he looks shiftily at the camera , and turns away sharpish .
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsDane ClarkJanis PaigeWarren DouglasIn this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business. He claims to be a piano player and his stories are brought to life in the minds of the boys, especially those that involve a pretty girl. When a piano arrives on the island in a shipment, he refuses to play, convincing the doubters that he's been telling them lies all along. They change their tune however when a Hollywood movie star stops on the island.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsSpencer TracyJoan BennettMarion BurnsYoung New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.Pop Riley ( played by J. Farrell Macdonald ) talks to camera in the wedding scene , and at the end says to us "Well it's all over . C'mon let's have another drink !"
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldRobert YoungEthel WatersReporter Homer Smith accidentally draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Convoys with robot-planes.At the end , when discussing how to shoot a close up , Jeanette Macdonald tells Robert Young not to turn the back of his head to the camera "See..." and he turns and looks , saying "Oh.."
- DirectorRobert HamerHal E. ChesterCyril FrankelStarsIan CarmichaelTerry-ThomasAlastair SimA young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation.At the end , Alastair Sim walks up to the camera and says "I do apologize ladies and gentleman ..." and then shouts "Stop that music !"
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsKlausjürgen WussowKarin DorEddi ArentAn English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."Eddi Arent several times - at the start "Now we have a story for the film " , when loud explosions are heard he tells the others " They're shooting another film " , and at the end asks anyone who finds a green arrow to hand it in at the box office .
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoTim RyanMaggie and her snooty society friends fool Jiggs and his buddies down at Dinty's tavern into not only signing a petition to close the bar, but they also trick them into taking the "temperaance" pledge to forsake all alcohol.the creator of the original comic strip , George Macmanus , interacts with his own creation , and says goodbye to the audience at the end .
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoGeorge McManusThe family heads to the Wild West when Maggie's grandfather passes away and leaves her his gold mine, near the town of Gower Gulch. When they get to town, however, they discover that they don't know quite where grandpa's gold is (even though his ghost is trying to help), and furthermore a mysterious "Big Boss" is out to prevent them from finding it.George Macmanus appears again and explains the plot
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsPenny SingletonArthur LakeLarry SimmsDagwood and Blondie are overjoyed when Mr. Dithers invites them to stay in an old mansion with servants and everything else--including ghosts.At the end , Irving Bacon 's postman says to camera - "Oh , you just can't win !"
- DirectorFrancis MartinStarsW.C. FieldsAlison SkipworthBaby LeRoyTillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerMel BlancThe McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker, attempts to end the fighting; but violence and zaniness win out.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanTex AveryMel BlancA partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin (canned) and mice into a coach produces Santa. Cinderella gets to the ball (in a stagecoach) and meets Prince Charming Egghead. They dance, and spend some quality time on the balcony. Midnight, dropped slipper, and all that; Egghead finds her house with the help of some neon signs, but all that's there is a note that she got tired of waiting and went to a Warner Bros. show. She pops up from the audience, and they head off to the tenth row together.Cinderella gets tired of waiting , so leaves a note saying she's gone to a Warner Bros show - we see her get out of the audience back into the cartoon , says "What shall we do now ? " Egghead replies "Let's go in the tenth row and wait for the newsreel "
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.at the end , Lou Costello looks at us and says "Bet you thought it was gonna go off ! " ( it then does ... )
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsElsa LanchesterGordon OliverLenore AubertA British cleaning woman believes a glass eye has magical powers that will protect her from harm. She travels from London to Berlin and manages to obtain a job as a cleaning woman at Hitler's headquarters. However, her assassination plan is foiled. But, she and other secret agents manage to escape to London during RAF bombing raid of the Reich Chancery.when Elsa Lanchester gives the magic eye to Gordon Oliver , as he walks off she turns to us and says "I'll bet he thinks I'm barmy !"
then at the end she calls her dead husband a "bleedin' , blinkin' liar " - DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesCarol HughesAn Eastern doctor is on the run from authorities in New York. Out west he comes to the aid of friends besieged by an outlaw gang known as the border legion. In the end, he is cleared of any wrong-doing back east.
- DirectorChester ErskineStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayMarjorie MainOn 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.Claudette Colbert in character introduces the film , and closes it - "See what I mean ? I could write a book ! "
- DirectorBruce ManningJean RenoirStarsDeanna DurbinEdmond O'BrienBarry FitzgeraldA missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.Harry Davenport challenges the audience at the end , "...Well , what are you waiting for ? "
- DirectorCharles LamontErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGinny SimmsTwo newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.When stumbling at the poolside , Lou says "You thought I was going to fall in , didn't you ?! " ( before , of course , falling in ...)
- DirectorJean YarbroughErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarion HuttonTwo 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.In the fox hunt , when he thinks he's found the fox , Lou says "The fox " and winks at us
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPeggy RyanTwo bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls' college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.When Lou meets Peggy Ryan he says "She's cute !"
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloAlan CurtisWhen their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.1 Lou says " I rolled over " when he , er , rolls over , 2 Lou says "I didn't even get hurt " , 3 Lou says "He never got me " , 4 at the end , falling through the floor dressed as an angel , Lou says " I think I went in the wrong direction ! " - also a bit where Lou looks at us as if to say "I know ! " when Joe Sawyer is chasing him .
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPatricia MedinaTwo Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.1 When Lou says we have slave girls in America - "...we call them wives " he smiles and winks at us , 2 in the oasis scene Lou says "He don't know it's sand " and taps his head 3 when Lou gets slapped he looks at the camera and 4 at the end when pulling out the veils he stares at the camera .
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsJohn WarwickJenny LairdPaul NevilleA British agent is murdered on a passenger train. Before his death, he plants important secret papers in the trunk owned by a female passenger.not sure - when John Warwick tells Jenny Laird a ridiculous story , which she believes , he turns and looks at the camera as if to say " how did that work ?! "
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloBoris KarloffTwo bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.Several looks at the camera from Lou
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloMarie WindsorTwo bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.Lots of looks from Lou , and in the medallion swapping scene , when Lou tricks Bud , he makes the sshh ! gesture with his finger .
- DirectorNigel PatrickStarsNigel PatrickCharles CoburnWendy HillerThe impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry, seizes upon news of the impending arrival of their rich Canadian Uncle George as the solution to their financial troubles.
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsEddie BrackenVeronica LakeDiana LynnAfter struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him.at the end , Eddie Bracken says "Thanks Bing " and looks at us
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeMadeleine CarrollGale SondergaardKaren Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.at the end , when kissing Madeleine Carroll , Bob Hope looks at us and says "Quite an improvement !"
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.When Sybil Seely drops the soap while taking a bath , and can't quite reach it ... , she looks sheepish , then a hand ( the camera man presumably , Buster's outside ) covers the camera to protect her modesty .
- DirectorArvid E. GillstromStarsHarry LangdonVernon DentMatthew BetzHarry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a ride on a flatbed truck, is knocked out when a wax figure falls on him during the ride, and is carried into a museum by someone thinking he's another manikin. Inside, it takes him a while to figure out that he's among dummies. Then, two enterprising jewel thieves arrive to steal the museum director's priceless ruby. Cops are on hand as well: when the ruby goes missing, Harry may be the perfect fall guy. Can Harry stay away from the cops, foil the theft, and behave heroically in front of the museum director's daughter, the same woman whose purse he saved that morning?
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsBob HopeJane RussellRobert ArmstrongCalamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.at the end , Bob Hope says "What did you expect , a happy ending ? "
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsGinger RogersJames StewartJames EllisonA professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.when Phyllis Kennedy as the maid is confused by Charles Coburn and a banging door , she says "I didn't say anything " seems to look straight at the camera "Did I ? "
- DirectorDavid PaltenghiStarsBrian ReeceMargot GrahameRaymond HuntleyAn American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.near the end Sid James explains the new film plot to his crew , one of whom tears his hair and runs off , Sid James turns and shrugs at us , then at the end Tony Hancock gets to grin as well .
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsLouis JouvetBourvilSaturnin FabreMother follows her daughter, an actress, to save her from a nasty suitor.
- DirectorWilly RozierStarsTony WrightLysiane ReyColette RipertA ship has sunk;insurance premium: a hundred million Francs.
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsEddie ConstantineFrançoise BrionClaudine CosterA famous FBI agent's vacation is interrupted by murder. His investigation leads him on the trail of three women of the local upper middle class.
- DirectorWilly RozierStarsTony WrightMagali VendeuilRobert Berri
- DirectorGuy LefrancStarsEddie ConstantineDaphné DayleMaria Grazia SpinaFBI agent Jeff Gordon is to investigate the theft of a US missile prototype. The suspect Anderson, however, is found dead. Jeff Gordon's only lead is the photograph of a woman that Gordon finds among Anderson's papers.at the end
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsEddie ConstantineGaia GermaniChristiane MinazzoliIn this French espionage thriller, Eddie again plays the role that made him a star, Lemmy Caution. Lots of two fisted action. From 16mm.three times , including at the end .
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsEddie ConstantinePascale RobertsLino VenturaA boat en route to a treasure hunting?right at the end , when Eddie Constantine says the FBI wanted to hire him under the name "Lemmy Caution " , he turns to camera .
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsFrankie HowerdRuby MurrayDennis PriceWillie is a hall porter who is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old hotel which is in financial difficulties.
- DirectorDon HartmanRudolph MatéStarsGinger RogersCornel WildePercy WaramA woman is noted for leaving her bridegrooms at the altar until a dashing fireman walks into her life.At the end , when Cornel Wilde says "How !" , Ginger Rogers looks over his shoulder at us and says "And How !"
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJack BennyAlexis SmithDolores MoranA trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.At the end , Jack Benny turns and says "You know, if you saw it in a movie , you'd never believe it "
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsFred AllenJack BennyDon AmecheThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.several , starting with Fred Allen reading out the credits
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellKay FrancisHelen VinsonA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.at the end , Kay Francis starts talking towards the camera , then puts her finger to her lips for us to keep the secret
- DirectorSam WoodStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheDick ForanA newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.At the end , Claudette Colbert says to us "I'll teach him how to play kibble "
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsDon AmecheJoan BennettBillie BurkeA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.Mantan Moreland says "That's as far as we go ! " at the end