Best Comedy Films of 1940

The Great Dictator

"This is the story ... to the microphones...and Charles Chaplin drops character and becomes "himself," delivering an impassioned plea for peace, tolerance, and humanity. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the ... and in 1998 as You've Got Mail. It was also musicalized as the 1963 Broadway production She Loves Me. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

My Favorite Wife

Leo McCarey was supposed ... as Move Over Darling, in which Irene Dunne and Cary Grant were replaced by Doris Day and James Garner. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone star James ... by George Tobias (providing comic relief). What Torrid Zone lacked in originality it made up for in sheer energy. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Young People

"Over the hill" at ... Oakie suddenly turns into James Dunn-from the waist down-in a musical number lifted from 1934's Stand Up and Cheer). [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

The Ghost Breakers

Paramount followed up its ... man he's accused of killing (Anthony Quinn), who seems the most likely suspect when Mary nearly comes to harm. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Slightly Honorable

The successful producer-director combination ... himself. Like many Walter Wanger productions of the period, Slightly Honorable is currently available on the public-domain video market. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Shooting High

Singing cowboy Gene Autry ... another's territory in Shooting High; both stars are allowed plenty of opportunity to shine without lowering themselves to scene-stealing. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Up in the Air

In this fast paced ... and the receptionist begin investigating while the young singer fills in for the slain chanteuse. Success ensues all around. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Remedy for Riches

Remedy for Riches was ... Penny (as herself). Remedy for Riches is distinguished by more happy endings than a volume of Grimm Fairy Tales. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

That Gang of Mine

Despite the ridicule of ... Side Kids" romp, marred only by the unecessary racist badinage between black actors Clarence Muse and Sunshine Sammy Morrison. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Ahí está el detalle

In this Spanish-language comedy ... the house' status, but the ruse becomes increasingly difficult to sustain over time, resulting in some fairly outrageous complications. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

Featuring even more musical ... fight with Hackett and production had to be suspended for two weeks, a rather expensive development for low-budget Monogram. [ best comedy films - 1940 ]

Nutty But Nice

The plot to this ... reunited with her father. Back at Ye Colonial Inn they watch the Stooges sing a song (pie fight included). [ best comedy films - 1940 ]