List of Comedy Films of The 1940s - American Films

American Films

1940

  • The Bank Dick
  • The Ghost Breakers
  • Go West
  • The Great Dictator
  • The Great McGinty
  • His Girl Friday
  • The Invisible Woman
  • My Favorite Wife
  • My Little Chickadee
  • One Night in the Tropics
  • The Philadelphia Story
  • The Shop Around the Corner

1941

  • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
  • Ball of Fire
  • The Big Store
  • The Bride Came C.O.D.
  • Buck Privates
  • The Devil and Miss Jones
  • The Flame of New Orleans
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • The Lady Eve
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
  • Topper Returns

1942

  • Highways by Night
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • The Palm Beach Story
  • Rio Rita
  • Road to Morocco
  • Ship Ahoy
  • Tales of Manhattan
  • The Talk of the Town
  • There's One Born Every Minute
  • To Be or Not to Be
  • Woman of the Year
  • You Were Never Lovelier

1943

  • A Lady Takes a Chance
  • Crazy House
  • Du Barry Was a Lady
  • Government Girl
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Hello Frisco, Hello
  • Hit the Ice
  • I Dood It
  • Mr. Lucky
  • The More the Merrier
  • A Night to Remember
  • Slightly Dangerous
  • They Got Me Covered
  • Thousands Cheer
  • Two Weeks to Live
  • Whistling in Brooklyn

1944

  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Hail the Conquering Hero
  • Lady in the Dark
  • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  • Private Hargrove
  • Sensations of 1945
  • Standing Room Only

1945

  • Along Came Jones
  • The Bullfighters
  • Eadie was A Lady
  • The Horn Blows at Midnight
  • Lady on a Train

1946

  • Angel on My Shoulder
  • The Great Morgan
  • Little Giant
  • Lover Come Back
  • Monsieur Beaucaire
  • A Night in Casablanca
  • The Time of Their Lives
  • Vacation in Reno
  • Without Reservations

1947

  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (AKA Bachelor Knight)
  • Buck Privates Come Home
  • Christmas Eve
  • The Egg and I
  • The Farmer's Daughter
  • Magic Town
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • Monsieur Verdoux
  • Road to Rio
  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
  • Suddenly, It's Spring
  • The Voice of the Turtle
  • Where There's Life

1948

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
  • The Emperor Waltz
  • A Foreign Affair
  • June Bride
  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
  • The Noose Hangs High
  • The Paleface
  • Sitting Pretty
  • Variety Time
  • One Touch of Venus

1949

  • Adam's Rib
  • Africa Screams
  • Holiday Affair
  • I Was a Male War Bride
  • It's a Great Feeling
  • My Friend Irma

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