Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

English

6.4

♡ 9

63%

Action

based on novel or book

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Armand Kaliz as Hotel Clerk

Bobby Barber as Hotel Staffer Moving Bed

Jack Hill as Policeman in Bank

Alan Mowbray as Wilkins

Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.

Topper

1937

English

7.2

♡ 17

88%

based on novel or book

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Lester Dorr as Bank Teller

Irving Bacon as Hotel Clerk

Betty Blythe as Mrs. Goodrich

Anita Garvin as Seabreeze Hotel Guest

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

My Favorite Spy

1951

English

6.5

♡ 5

59%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Frank Hagney as Camel-Herder

Nestor Paiva as Fire Chief

Michael Ansara as House Servant

Paul Newlan as Tangier Policeman

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.

It's a Gift

1934

English

7.1

♡ 2

94%

husband wife relationship

inheritance

molasses

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Chill Wills as Campfire Singer

Spencer Charters as Gate Guard

T. Roy Barnes as Insurance Salesman

Jane Withers as Little Girl Playing Hopscotch

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

Alias Jesse James

1959

English

6.4

♡ 3

38%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Rhonda Fleming as Cora Lee Collins

Nestor Paiva as Grigsby

Wendell Corey as Jesse James

Margaret Bert as Townswoman

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.

Merrily We Live

1938

English

7.3

♡ 7

80%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Patsy Kelly as Etta

Alan Mowbray as Grosvenor - Butler

Constance Bennett as Jerry Kilbourne

Sam Flint as Mr. Fleming

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.

Monkey Business

1931

English

7.4

♡ 13

90%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Billy Barty as Child

Bobby Barber as Hoarse Barber Customer

Thelma Todd as Lucille

Maurice Chevalier as Maurice Chevalier

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

The Paleface

1948

English

6.6

♡ 9

100%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Trevor Bardette as Governor's Horseman

Harry Harvey as Justice of the Peace

George Chandler as Patient #1

John Roy as Waiter

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Horse Feathers

1932

English

7.5

♡ 5

97%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Thelma Todd as Connie Bailey

Frank Rice as Doorman at Speakeasy

Edgar Dearing as Speakeasy Bartender

Bobby Barber as Speakeasy Patron

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

Alice in Wonderland

1933

English

6.3

♡ 16

60%

59%

Action

Adventure

based on young adult novel

Family

Fantasy

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Charles Ruggles as March Hare

Raymond Hatton as Mouse

Colin Kenny as The Clock

Billy Barty as White Pawn / The Baby

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

English

6.9

♡ 10

75%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Betty Blythe as Floor Manager

Robert Altman as Man Drinking

George Chandler as Mate

Paul Newlan as Truck Driver

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

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Road to Rio

Topper Takes a Trip

Topper

My Favorite Spy

It's a Gift

Alias Jesse James

Merrily We Live

Monkey Business

The Paleface

Horse Feathers

Alice in Wonderland

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty