Best Comedy Films of 1936

The Milky Way

One of the funniest, ... against MacFarland, the culmination of a comedy of errors involving horses, foals, and a wild chase to the arena. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Pigskin Parade

The first of 20th ... a song spicing up the pace every few minutes, and Haley and Kelly are a delight to watch together. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Something to Sing About

Battling Hoofer is the ... work that he might have enjoyed at Warner Bros. are noticeably lacking, but Cagney is always fun to watch. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

August Week-End

Chesterfield Films, one of ... over a period of six or seven days. The film was based on a short story by Faith Baldwin. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Earthworm Tractors

Joe E. Brown was ... Warner Bros. contract, and (with rare exceptions like 1938's The Gladiator) his last truly worthwhile vehicle of the thirties. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Drôle de Drame

In a comedy-farce that ... his spouse. Things go from bad to worse and eventually Scotland Yard is called in to clear things up. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

The Gay Desperado

The Gay Desperado is ... girl is more trouble than she's worth. All ends happily when Pablo engineers a romance between Jane and Chivo. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Country Gentlemen

The zany vaudeville comedy ... team's Girl Friday. Originally released at 66 minutes, Country Gentlemen is presently available in its 53-minute TV reissue form. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Arizona Mahoney

Fabled Broadway comedian Joe ... his prize elephant). Alas, Joe Cook was quite ill during filming of Arizona Mahoney, and died not long afterward. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

As You Like It

This film version of ... only Shakespeare could come up with the idea, but director Paul Czinner does a fine job executing the concept. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Ticket to Paradise

In this comedy, an ... the woman's father to hire a detective to find them. Real mayhem ensues when a nightclub owner/gangster gets involved. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

The Amazing Adventure

Amazing Quest was the ... are more readily available than when first released. Amazing Quest was based on a novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]

Alla En El Rancho Grande

Having begun his directorial ... on to even bigger stardom, and was still at the top of his profession as late as the 1980s. [ best comedy films - 1936 ]