Edgar Kennedy Movie Rankings
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To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. Firefly is a cynical, sarcastic dictator who refuses to play politics by the book. ... more about Duck Soup
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Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. ... more about Twentieth Century
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A famous conductor, jealous of his wife's alleged infidelities, contemplates revenge. ... more about Unfaithfully Yours
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Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, is the setting for this movie musical. Particularly notable for its Gene Kelly-Jerry Mouse dance number. ... more about Anchors Aweigh
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Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood, in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. ... more about Professional Sweetheart
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An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. ... more about It Happened Tomorrow
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Ginger Rogers, a young entertainer on a carnival boat, is in love with William Boyd but Hobart Bosworth (Boyd's father) is against the romance. ... more about Carnival Boat
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The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. ... more about Penguin Pool Murder
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Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a singer. Blackie embarrasses her by asking to see her legs, but does hire her. She faints from hunger. ... more about San Francisco
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Ann Grey is wrongly convicted of murder. On her way to jail a car accident gives her the opportunity to escape. She is helped by young lawyer Tony Baxter. He hides her from the police, as well as his fiancée, with the help of his butler Peedles. ... more about Woman Wanted
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Waldo and Irene have been living with Margit for the four years that they have been engaged. Margit has planned the wedding and the honeymoon - in fact, Margit plans everything down to what they will have for breakfast every day. ... more about Double Wedding
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Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. ... more about Star Is Born
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Struggling writer Nick Allen and socialite Olivia Van Tyne marry and live frugally because Nick refuses to compromise his writing to satisfy his publisher. ... more about Westward Passage
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Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle. ... more about Sin of Harold Diddlebock
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Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. ... more about Small Town Girl
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Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail -- Guy for a year, Willie to be executed. ... more about It's a Wonderful World
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Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. ... more about My Dream Is Yours
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Trade shown, reviewed and released as "Heaven Only Knows," for a short while until the exhibitors (in mostly small town situations) started complaining that customers were staying away in droves because they thought it was a religious film. ... more about Heaven Only Knows
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Set in the mythical town of Dogpatch. Dogpatch has a serious unemployment problem. Men spend their days idling away fishing, and the single women spend time scheming about how to catch their preferred single men come the next Sadie Hawkins Day. ... more about Li'l Abner
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There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. ... more about Murder on the Blackboard
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Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show. A highlight of this film is the canine burping display. ... more about Blondie in Society
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A down-on-his luck newspaperman finds himself the center of an experiment being conducted by two daffy millionaires--to see if someone can spend $1000 a minute, every minute, for 12 solid hours. If he can do it, he gets $10,000. ... more about 1
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Edgar becomes convinced that employees his age have no chance for promotion as the trend is to advance younger people. ... more about Act Your Age
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Turned down when they try to enlist, the boys do the next best thing and become air raid wardens. They uncover and foil a Nazi plot to sabotage a magnesium plant. ... more about Air Raid Wardens
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Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord. Attempts to bathe the smelly animal result in a waterlogged free-for-all. ... more about Angora Love
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Stan & Ollie find work as debt collectors. Their first assignment is to collect a late payment on a radio set. The owner refuses to pay the debt, so Stan & Ollie decide to reclaim the set. ... more about Bacon Grabbers
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To make Edgar do something about his physical condition, his wife has invited her old boy friend, in tip-top shape, to spend the weekend with them. ... more about Beaux and Errors
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Edgar invites his boss home for a steak dinner, but the steak hasn't arrived. A pushy book salesman does arrives and this causes Edgar a few problems and several slow-burns. ... more about Big Beef
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Nicholas Rood (C. Henry Gordon), dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian (Nan Grey). ... more about Black Doll
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Edgar, not willing to admit to Florence (Florence Lake) that they are broke, is forced by her to give Brother (Jack Rice) a $1000 check. Edgar, in an effort to get the money to cover the check, decides to pawn Florence's diamond bracelet. ... more about Brother Knows Best
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Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected. ... more about Charlie McCarthy
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Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife (Vivian Oakland), and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to work everyday. ... more about Clean Sweep
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Florence (Florence Lake) has entered and won a radio contest sponsored by the company Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) works for, but the contest has a rule against employees or family members winning. ... more about Contest Crazy
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Directed by Harry J.Edwards, but credited to Henry James, a director's name not seen on any Shorts before and after this 66th sound-era entry in the Edgar Kennedy shorts. Edwards may not have wanted Columbia to know he was moonlighting at RKO. ... more about Cooks and Crooks
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Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. ... more about Cosmo Jones
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Bob and Persimmon's job on a dude ranch is to fake a stage holdup for new arrivals. ... more about Cowboy Millionaire
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Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not only in control of the mine but the whole town. ... more about Cross Fire
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Edgar has an argument with his next door neighbor concerning a spite fence the neighbor is building between the two properties, Then Edgar gets the idea that there is buried treasure on the neighbor's side of the fence. ... more about Dig That Gold
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Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. ... more about Do or Diet
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A "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. Dr. ... more about Dr. Christian Meets the Women
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Edgar is offered $150 by a nurseryman for a tree on his property, and he plans to remove it with the tractor he won at the county fair. But his neighbor demands some of the tree money as some leafs are hanging over his property. ... more about Edgar & Goliath
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The boys are contracted to build a house in one day. Upon completion, a bird lands on the chimney and the house collapses, bit by bit. When the owner demands his money back, mayhem ensues. ... more about Finishing Touch
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His family, his wife Florence (Florence Lake), his mother-in-law (Dot Farley) and his know-it-all brother-in-law (Jack Rice), already disgusted that Edgar has bought a trailer to go on vacation, do nothing to bring any always-missing harmony into Edgar's ... more about Heading for Trouble
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Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evning he is supposed to go with the studio's star Mona Marshal to a movie premiere. ... more about Hollywood Hotel
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Edgar, finding many jars stored in the cellar, decides it would be a good idea to do some home canning. A painter (Charlie Hall) arrives to paint the kitchen, so Edgar and the family move their operation next door to the kitchen of Mrs. ... more about Home Canning
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Using the same title as a 1941 Andy Clyde Columbia short, this ghost-host film finds Edgar (Himself) house shopping because his brother-in-law (Jack Rice) sold Edgar's home so he could get Edgar to buy a house from him. ... more about Host to a Ghost
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Edgar Kennedy, in order to attend a prizefight without his brother-in-law (Jack Rice), pretends to be sick with intentions of sneaking off later. As usual, his best-laid plan takes another direction. ... more about Hot Foot
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Deciding to prove that having a maid is a waste of money (his), Edgar bets his brother-in-law that he can clean the house unaided in three hours. ... more about How to Clean House
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Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic. ... more about In Old California
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Edgar is the constable of a small town while his father-in-law is the town lamplighter. A couple of crooks descend on the town, followed by some more crooks looking for the loot cached by the first pair, and government men following all. ... more about It Happened All Night
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A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it. ... more about Kid Millions
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One of the best of Universal's "quickie" musicals with Johnny Downs as the world's most inept lawyer who continually appears before Edgar Kennedy, an easily-frustrated Judge wearing the business end of a mop as a toupee. ... more about Laugh It Off
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Leaving the dentist's office, where Hardy's teeth have been extracted by mistake, the boys, still under the influence of laughing gas, meet up with a traffic cop (Kennedy) and cause a huge traffic jam. ... more about Leave 'Em Laughing
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Edgar is informed his oil stock is being called in at a high price, but then learns that his wife had used the certificates she thought were worthless as wall paper. Remade in 1946 as "Wall Street Blues", also starring Edgar Kennedy. ... more about Locks and Bonds
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Philip Trent is tired of playing film detective Shelby James. He thinks that the stories are tripe and plans a vacation to get away from Hollywood. ... more about Mad Holiday
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When Lt. "Wild Bill" Traynor, bad boy of the Marine Corps, arrives at a San Diego Marine Base, he is surprised to discover he has been assigned to duty under his old rival, Captain Benton (Conrad Nagel). ... more about Marines Are Coming
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Florence Kennedy (Florence Lake) discovers a mouse in the kitchen and Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) is attempting to capture it. ... more about Mind Over Mouse
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At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling Brooklyn boy meet and fall in love. ... more about Money Means Nothing
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Edgar learns that an old, rich, oil-man flame (Tom Kennedy) of his mother-in-law (Dot Farley) is coming to claim his bride. ... more about Motor Maniacs
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Mr. Green is a composer; his next door neighbor has a headache and is trying to sleep. They share a telephone; Mr. Green's publisher keeps calling on it, which means he has to keep disturbing his neighbor. ... more about Next Door Neighbors
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After getting lambasted by the Police Chief for the 42 unsolved robberies committed on his watch, Officer Kennedy bamboozles vagrants Stanley and Oliver into a plan to recover his reputation, in exchange for not jailing them for sleeping on park benches. ... more about Night Owls
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After Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) has finally gotten his in-laws moved out of his house, he and Florence (Florence Lake) pledge that they will allow no more relatives to live with them. ... more about No More Relatives
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Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. ... more about Pair of Tights
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Plans for a nice Sunday picnic seemed doomed even before Stanley and Oliver and their families get into the car. First the boys get into a fight and destroy all the sandwiches. ... more about Perfect Day
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Snuffy Smith (Bud Duncan), moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper (Edgar Kennedy), and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. ... more about Private Snuffy Smith
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Edgar is running for county supervisor against his mother-in-law. ... more about Prunes and Politics
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Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) decides the 4th of July fireworks celebration in town is too much for his nerves, and he and his wife Sally (Sally Payne) and her brother (Jack Rice) will take a nice drive out into the countryside and have a nice, peaceful picnic. ... more about Quiet Fourth
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When the family radio goes on the fritz, Edgar, naturally, decides to fix it himself in order to save a few bucks. That Edgar will destroy the house doing this simple project is a foregone conclusion. ... more about Radio Rampage
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A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. ... more about Remedy for Riches
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In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. ... more about Robin Hood of El Dorado
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Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning her cattle. ... more about Scarlet River
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The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of _Quo Vadis (1927)_ (qv). Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. ... more about Shivering Shakespeare
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When Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with other golfers. ... more about Should Married Men Go Home?
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Rancher Tom Owens, trying to learn the secret identity of an outlaw leader, is shocked to find that his friend Jack Breen is a member of the gang. ... more about Son of the Border
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Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to support him. All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. ... more about Sunk by the Census
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The advertising slogans of Jimmy Hanagan (Tom Brown) and the lab reports reveal that the patented prepared pudding invented by Lemuel P. Twine (Hugh Herbert) has a treasure of Vitamin Z and is full of Zumph. ... more about There's One Born Every Minute
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Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people. ... more about They Had to See Paris
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Tillie 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. ... more about Tillie and Gus
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Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien (Vivien Oakland) and father-in-law (Billy Franey), but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. ... more about Trailer Tragedy
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Edgar's brother-in-law (Jack Rice) persuades Edgar to indulge in a little betting at the race track, and Edgar loses $900. While entertaining a banker to get on a loan, for a supposed worthy purpose, the bookie's henchman shows up demanding to be paid. ... more about Trouble or Nothing
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Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest (and therefore unsuccessful) lawyer. Helen starts a new job, and when her employer is found dead, all the (circumstantial) evidence points at her. ... more about True Confession
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Stanley and Oliver, two sailors on shore leave, rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. ... more about Two Tars
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Oliver invites his friend Stanley over for a nice home-cooked meal, but Mrs. Hardy wants nothing to do with it and walks out. Mrs. ... more about Unaccustomed As We Are
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Using ventriloquism, Edgar's brother-in-law (Jack Rice) sells him a talking dog for $500. Edgar contacts a radio station and is offered #1000 a week for the dog's services. The dog turns out not to be a trouper. ... more about Unlucky Dog
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In this remake of 1937's "Locks and Bonds" (also starring Edgar Kennedy), Edgar hears that his oil stock has been called in at $75 a share, but his wife (Florence Lake) tells him she used the certificates to paper the den in their old house. ... more about Wall Street Blues
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Edgar (Edgar Kennedy), his wife (Sally Payne) amd his brother-in-law (Jack Rice) are riding through the desert in a convertible to see a restaurant that Edgar has purchased sight unseen. ... more about Westward Ho-Hum
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Edgar thinks he finally has a plan that will force his lazy, mooching brother-in-law to get a job. First, Edgar has some friends help him to stage a fake heart attack. ... more about Will Power
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Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) gets a call from the studio to come in and direct the last scene of a film in production. ... more about Wrong Direction
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Edgar lets his brother-in-law borrow his car (mistake no.1), and soon gets a call from Brother that the car won't start. Edgar borrow's his neighbor's car (mistake no.2) to go haul in his stranded vehicle, and immediately wrecks it. ... more about You Drive Me Crazy
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Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. ... more about Yours for the Asking
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