The Admiral Was a Lady 1950  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie, Richard Erdman, Hillary Brooke, Richard Lane, Garry Owen, Fred Essler, Lurene Tuttle, Warren Douglas
Problems of entering the stage of readjustment to civilian life for many World War II servicemen is evidenced in this story about unemployed ex-sailors who plan to evade work indefinitely and meet regularly at a social club. When a WAVE (Wanda Hendrix) enters the club looking for a lost boyfriend, she immediately catches the eye of Jimmy (Edmond O'Brien) but shuns him because of his deadbeat lifestyle. To win her love, Jimmy enters a boxing contest to win $100, and the chase begins.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Johnny Sands, Veda Ann Borg, Lillian Randolph, Dan Tobin, Ransom M. Sherman, William Bakewell, Ian Bernard
Teenager Sharon (Shirley Temple) is so infatuated with 40-year-old playboy artist Dick Nugent (Cary Grant) that she sneaks into his apartment one night hoping to model for him. When this is discovered by Sharon's older sister, Judge Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy), she threatens Dick with jail if he does not agree to date Sharon for one week to help Sharon get over her infatuation with him. Dick agrees to take Sharon out, but as the week progresses, it is he and Margaret who discover mutual interests in each other.
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Porter Hall, Hugh Herbert, Al Bridge, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Hamilton, Emory Parnell
Saloon singer Freddie Jones (Betty Grable) hides out from the law in a Western town where she poses as the new schoolmarm.
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Glorifying the American Girl 1929 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John W. Harkrider, Millard Webb
Cast: Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Gloria Shea, Dan Healy, Kaye Renard, Sarah Edwards, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Noah Beery, Irving Berlin
Department store employee Gloria Hughes (Mary Eaton) is in love with fellow worker Buddy Moore (Edward Crandall), but she aspires to perform in vaudeville. One day, Danny Miller (Dan Healy) spots Gloria, they become dance partners, and gain stardom. But, in the process, Gloria leaves Buddy behind. Will Gloria find true happiness without Buddy?
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony "Scooter" Teague, Maureen Arthur, Murray Matheson, Anne Seymour, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Virginia Sale, Kay Reynolds
Based on the Broadway musical comedy, this is the story about window cleaner J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) who reads a book about getting ahead in business and becomes a vice-president in charge of advertising for a large company by employing his own unique methods for the climb up the corporate ladder.
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I Remember Mama 1948  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Philip Dorn, Cedric Hardwicke, Edgar Bergen, Rudy Vallee, Barbara O'Neil, Florence Bates, Ellen Corby, Peggy McIntyre, June Hedin, Steve Brown, Hope Landin, Edith Evanson
This film centers on memories of Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes) as she grew up in her Norwegian immigrant family's home. Irene Dunne received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of "Mama," the solid core who holds the family together as they adapt to life in San Francisco. Oskar Homolka, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Ellen Corby also received nominations.
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International House 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Stuart Erwin, Sari Maritza, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, Franklin Pangborn, Rudy Vallee, Sterling Holloway, Cab Calloway
A new invention–television–creates a stir as radio and stage personalities gather at International House to celebrate the introduction of the new phenomenon.
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Live a Little, Love a Little 1968  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter, Rudy Vallee, Sterling Holloway, Eddie Hodges, Dick Sargent, Celeste Yarnall, Joan Shawlee, Mary Grover, Phyllis Davis, Emily Banks
In Elvis Presley's 28th film, he takes on the role of freelance photographer Greg Nolan who has problems juggling his careers in which he works for a girlie magazine while taking a second job with a conservative publication located in the same building. Complications arise after he meets fashion model Bernice (Michele Carey) and enters into an on-again, off-again romance. Songs include "Wonderful World," "Almost in Love," and "Edge of Reality."
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My Dear Secretary 1948 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Martin
Cast: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Florence Bates, Alan Mowbray, Grady Sutton, Irene Ryan, Gale Robbins
Playboy novelist Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) marries his secretary, Stephanie Gaylord (Laraine Day). She becomes a bestselling author, and the fun begins.
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The Palm Beach Story 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Sig Arno, Jack Norton, Robert Warwick, Torben Meyer, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Gerry (Claudette Colbert) leaves her engineer husband, Tom (Joel McCrea), in New York and heads for Florida where she meets snobby John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee). Tom pursues, and comedy ensues.
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People Are Funny 1946 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sam White
Cast: Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Ozzie Nelson, Philip Reed, Bob Graham, Barbara Roche, Art Linkletter, Frances Langford, Clara Blandick, Roy Atwell, Joe DeRita, The Vagabonds
Based on the popular radio (and, later, television show), this story involves the rivalry of two producers, Pinky Wilson (Jack Haley) and John Guedel (Philip Reed). Many of the actors were radio actors of the day who attracted theater audiences.
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Second Fiddle 1939 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles(2) Lane, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal
Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is looking for an unknown actress to star in a big film and finds Minnesota teacher Trudi (skating star Sonja Henie). He brings Trudi to Hollywood, and Jimmy manufactures a romance between Trudi and her leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). Amusing twists and turns ensue, ending when it turns out that Jimmy is the one who really does love Trudi who, by now, has become a big star.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mad Wednesday
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Frances Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Kennedy, Arline Judge, Franklin Pangborn, Lionel Stander, Margaret Hamilton, Al Bridge, Jack Norton, Robert Dudley, Arthur Hoyt, Julius Tannen
Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) had been a successful football player, then spent 23 years as a bookkeeper, and now has been fired. He goes to a bar, orders a potent drink, and goes on a wild spree. He wakes up 48 hours later with no idea of what has happened in the interim. Later, he learns that he has bought a circus and brings a circus lion, Jackie the Lion, with him when he visits bankers offering them the chance to buy the circus.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1948 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence, Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, Edgar Kennedy, Kurt Kreuger, Al Bridge, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Robert Greig, Isabel Jewell, Georgia Caine, Evelyn Beresford, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rex Harrison is brilliant as symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter whose brother-in-law August (Rudy Vallee) tells him that Alfred's wife, Daphne (Linda Darnell), is having an affair. Alfred obsesses with the thought that Daphne would have another lover and even plots her demise while conducting the orchestra. As he comes up with ways to solve the problem, Alfred sets each solution to a different classical number, and options change with the mood of the music. But, later, his efforts to physically carry out those plans result in slapstick gags, which end in a fiasco. This film was remade in 1984 starring Dudley Moore as the conductor and Nastassja Kinski as the "unfaithful" wife.
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The Vagabond Lover 1929 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite
College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.
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| 1. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
2. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
3. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
4. Father Was a Fullback (1949)
5. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
6. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
7. I Remember Mama (1948)
8. International House (1933)
9. Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
10. My Dear Secretary (1948)
11. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
12. People Are Funny (1946)
13. Second Fiddle (1939)
14. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
aka: Mad Wednesday
15. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
16. The Vagabond Lover (1929)
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