Movie Database

Movies by Director - Leo McCarey (101 [Missing: 39])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Society SecretsNA1921 Comedy Not Available
All WetJimmie Jump is a boarding house resident who receives a telegram telling him to pick up an important shipment at the train station at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. No good deed goes unpunished, and Jimmie has a whole lot of trouble getting1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.9 (91 votes)1020211228
Bad BoyIn this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, although Jimmy gets his sensitivity from his mother. He wants to wed his girlfriend, and 1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (139 votes)1920211228
Caretaker's Daughter, TheNext up is one of my favorite Chases, ""The Caretaker's Daughter"" (1925). In fact, I laughed so much that I rewound my DVD and played it again. I laughed so much the second time, that ? you guessed it! ? I played it yet again. And the following night, I ran it a fourth time! So why isn't everyone as rapt in this movie as I am? Charley pulls such inimitable expressions of frustration and surprise and his timing is so impeccably polished; plus he's given such wonderful support by George Siegmann (any movie with George Siegmann is a must-see movie), Symona Boniface (as Siegmann's wife), Katherine Grant (Charley's wife ? now there was a comic talent that Hollywood hardly ever used to advantage), James Parrott (the caretaker ? a brilliant comedy writer as all Laurel and Hardy fans will readily testify), William J. Kelly (a charismatic stage actor), and last and also least as far as importance to the plot goes ? except of course for a really neat fade-out ? James Finlayson. When you compare the Chase two-reelers to other Roach shorts, you can see they were produced on a really top-budget by supremely gifted directors like Leo McCarey. So why doesn't everyone like ""The Caretaker's Daughter?"" I think a person's reaction has far more to do with how the movie is presented than the movie itself. Is the print attractive to look at, is it projected at the right speed, and above all, is it accompanied by a really accomplished musical score ? not just canned music but preferably timed, scored and played specifically for this movie? In this case of the Chase shorts, the DVD manufacturers have really excelled themselves by hiring Don Kinnier, a really on-the-ball musician whose score is not only most foot-tappingly pleasant to listen to, but really augments the mood, the action, the laughs of every minute of this wonderful short of shorts, ""The Caretaker's Daughter"".1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.3 (83 votes)2020211228
The Family EntranceNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available
Fighting FluidBack when prohibition was in effect in the 1920s and early 1930s, it was very common to see comedies use bootleg as a catalyst for comedy situations, and many use drunkenness as a way to generate laughs. See Laurel and Hardy's excellent short ""Blotto."" This isn't surprising, since seeing people do forbidden, alluring things and, often, make fools of themselves in the process, is always a mine for comedy. 1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.9 (34 votes)1020211228
Hello Baby!A baby is left on Mr. and Mrs. Chase's doorstep. They are both happy about this - until hours later when the baby wont' stop crying. Charley goes out into the night to try and find the local doctor, with mixed results.1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.2 (46 votes)1120211228
His Wooden WeddingA few moments before Charley is going to marry, a "friend", who is jealous, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg. Charley cancels the wedding, but agrees to leave her his very expensive engagement ring1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.4 (176 votes)2020211228
Innocent HusbandsDespite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns.1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.7 (195 votes)2120240323
No Father To Guide HimCharley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.2 (51 votes)1920211228
The Rat's KnucklesNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available
Crazy Like A FoxTwo rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that t1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.5 (270 votes)2520211228
Dog ShyCharley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees 1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.0 (204 votes)2220211228
Long Fliv The KingThis offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (180 votes)2220211228
Battle of the Century, TheFight manager (Hardy) takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist (Laurel) and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect. When a pie delivery man (Hall) slips on a banana peel, meant for the fighte1927Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.2 (1.2K votes)1920211228
Eve's Love LettersNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
Flaming FathersNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
From Soup to NutsInexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.1928Edgar Kennedy, Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.8 (1K votes)2020211228
Should Men Walk Home?NA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
Sugar DaddiesRich oil tycoon (Finlayson) awakens one morning, after a night of carousing, to be told that he was married the night before. His lawyer (Laurel) is called in to straighten things out when a blackmail attempt is made. Wild chases thr1927Fred Guiol, Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.3 (595 votes)2020211228
Finishing Touch, TheThe boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.1928Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.3 (1.2K votes)1920211228
Habeas CorpusLoony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.1928James Parrott, Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.7 (808 votes)2020211228
Leave 'Em LaughingIn the dead of night, a terrible toothache wakes up poor Stan, and after a series of home-made remedies, Ollie takes him to the dentist. There, ample amounts of laughing gas lead to the perfect mess. Will Stan ever visit the dentist 1928Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.8 (987 votes)2220211228
Should Married Men Go HomeWhen 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.1928Leo McCarey, James ParrottComedy,Short6.8 (730 votes)2020211228
We Faw DownStan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.1928Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.0 (951 votes)2020211228
Big BusinessOllie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.1929James W. Horne, Leo McCareyComedy,Family,Short7.7 (3.1K votes)1920211228
LibertyWith the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one pi1929Leo McCareyAction,Comedy,Crime7.6 (1.7K votes)2020211228
RhythmsThe film may be lost but one production number, the title track, survives. It was accidentally edited into Vivian Duncan's private print of IT'S A GREAT LIFE (MGM 1929) and has made the rounds on video through various collectors. The color has held up well but the production values are rather like a big studio's B picture. It would be interesting to see what the film was like in it's entirety. I can't imagine Leo McCarey directing a bomb so I imagine it was a decent little film. At 75 minutes it was quite short by modern standards, although Mae West's SHE DONE HIM WRONG was only 66 minutes and there's no arguing over it's place in movie history.1929Leo McCareyComedy,Crime,Drama6.8 (13 votes)7520211228
RhythmsNA1929 Not Available
The SophomoreNA1929 Comedy,Romance Not Available
The Unkissed ManNA1929 Comedy,Short Not Available
Wrong AgainAmong the horses stable hands Stanley and Oliver are tending is a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being t1929Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.1 (918 votes)2020211228
Let's Go NativeDress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, 1930Leo McCareyComedy,Musical,Romance5.8 (142 votes)7720211228
Part Time WifeBusinessman Jim Murdock is too busy with work to pay much attention to his wife. She is an avid golfer, and soon finds a kindred soul in a man named Johnny Spence. Eventually Jim and his wife separate, and she turns to modeling to ea1930Leo McCareyComedy,Romance,Sport6.6 (43 votes)7220211228
Wild CompanyThe son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.1930Leo McCareyCrime,Drama5.4 (72 votes)7120211228
IndiscreetA young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.1931Leo McCareyComedy,Musical,Romance6.2 (1.4K votes)9220211228
Kid From Spain, TheAn innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police.1932Leo McCareyComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (543 votes)9620211228
Duck SoupRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they'1933Leo McCareyComedy,Musical7.8 (59.3K votes)6920211228
Belle Of The NinetiesRuby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans, mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club", 1934Leo McCareyComedy,Drama,Musical6.4 (764 votes)7320211228
Six Of A KindWhen a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.1934Leo McCareyComedy6.7 (653 votes)6220211228
Ruggles of Red GapAn English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.1935Leo McCareyComedy,Mystery,Romance7.6 (3.9K votes)9020211228
Milky Way, TheTimid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his tit1936Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey, Norman Z. McLeodComedy,Family,Sport6.6 (1.7K votes)8920211228
Awful Truth, TheA married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.1937Leo McCareyComedy,Romance7.7 (19.2K votes)9020211228
Make Way For TomorrowAn elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.1937Leo McCareyDrama,Romance8.2 (8.2K votes)9120211228
Love AffairA French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.1939Leo McCareyComedy,Drama,Romance7.3 (5K votes)8820211228
Once Upon a HoneymoonIn Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Nazis seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.1942Leo McCareyAdventure,Comedy,Drama6.5 (2.9K votes)11720211228
Going My WayWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.1944Leo McCareyComedy,Drama,Music7.1 (11.7K votes)12620211228
Bells of St Mary's, TheAt a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.1945Leo McCareyDrama7.3 (8.1K votes)12620211228
Good SamSam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.1948Leo McCareyComedy,Drama,Romance6.3 (852 votes)11420211228
My Son JohnThe Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.1952Leo McCareyDrama5.5 (619 votes)12220211228
An Affair to RememberA couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?1957Leo McCareyDrama,Romance7.5 (29.8K votes)11520211228
Rally Round the Flag BoysAll about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.1958Leo McCareyComedy6.0 (1.2K votes)10620211228
Satan Never SleepsDuring the Chinese Civil War of 1949, the Communists constantly harass the two priests of a remote Catholic mission outpost.1962Leo McCarey, David W. OrtonDrama,History,War6.1 (719 votes)12520211228
Looking For SallyJimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.8 (49 votes)2020211228
Boy Friend, TheMax, a bank clerk, gives his pretty daughter some money to buy shoes. At the shop she meets a handsome college student, who has holes in his socks. When she leaves the shop in anger, after finding a hole in her stockings too, she ...1928Fred Guiol, Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (73 votes)2120220723
Don't Tell EverythingNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
PrudencePapa Gimplewart, father to three children who will never amount to anything, is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.1927Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.3 (147 votes)2020220423
Should Second Husbands Come First?NA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
Why Girls Say NoNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
Bromo And JulietA young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.1 (266 votes)2320211228
Why Is a Plumber?NA1929 Comedy,Short Not Available
Big Red Riding HoodNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available
Poor Fish, TheCharley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.0 (40 votes)1020211228
Mighty Like a MooseAfter a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.1926Leo McCareyComedy,Family,Romance7.1 (554 votes)2220211228
Accidental AccidentsNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Blow by BlowNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Bungalow BoobsNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Came the DawnNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Charley My BoyA hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective groom. Both show up at the business man's h1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.4 (124 votes)2320211228
Do Gentlemen Snore?NA1928 Comedy,Romance,Short Not Available
Freed 'em and WeepNA1929 Comedy Not Available
Hard BoiledNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available
Is Marriage the BunkChase tries to impress his wife's family by being more like his rich brother-in-law.1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.0 (46 votes)1020211228
Jeffries, JrChase's Jimmy Jump character needs toughening so his dad sends him to the farm of former champion Jim Jeffries where he does comic exercises. We see his later home life where he is still intimidated by his now wife.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.8 (46 votes)1020211228
Outdoor PajamasJimmy Jump (Charley Chase) wakes up late for his wedding so he ends up leaving the house dressed in his pajamas and then encounters one disaster after another.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.0 (50 votes)1020211228
Plain and Fancy GirlsNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available
Publicity PaysJimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public in spectacular costumes, with a monkey for a1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (38 votes)1020211228
The Royal RazzNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Seeing Nellie HomeJimmy Jump vies with the other stags for the honor of taking Nellie home from the dance and wins the honor. When they reach Nellie's house, Nellie has no key, so Jimmy climbs in a second story window and tries to find the front door.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (43 votes)620211228
Should Husbands Be WatchedMr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.1925Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.6 (48 votes)1520211228
Should Women Drive?NA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Sittin' PrettyCharley Chase starred in a series of one-reel comedies as ""Jimmie Jump"" before his better-known series of twenty-minute two-reelers, and most of them were little comedy gems in miniature. This is one of the funniest of these. In a variation on a formula that would work often for Chase, farcical complications proceed from incredible circumstances, and here we have a beginning gag premise that is hilarious in its goofiness -- the problems caused by a thief who steals Jimmie's car (he removes the steering wheel as a precaution, but the thief has brought his own!) and insists that Jimmie prove it his his.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.2 (51 votes)1420211228
Stolen GoodsStolen Goods (1924) 1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.5 (36 votes)1020211228
Sweet DaddyNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Tell 'Em NothingCharlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by getting photos in a compromising situation, his wife inadvertently sees him and th1926Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.7 (26 votes)020211228
Tell It to the JudgeNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Ten Minute Egg, AJimmy prints up business cards that give his job description as "bouncer," which intimidates everyone--until he runs out of cards.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short6.7 (57 votes)1520211228
That NightNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Too Many MammasJimmy (Charley Chase) must help his boss hide an affair with a beautiful woman and try to keep his own girlfriend happy.1924Leo McCareyComedy,Short7.5 (55 votes)920211228
When Money ComesNA1929 Comedy,Short Not Available
Why Husbands Go MadNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Why Men WorkNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
Young OldfieldNA1924 Comedy,Short Not Available
You Can Change the WorldNA1950 Documentary,Short Not Available
Way Of All Pants, TheA man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events.1927Leo McCarey, F. Richard JonesComedy,Short6.7 (70 votes)920211228
What Every Iceman KnowsNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
The Family GroupNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
The Fight PestNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
Imagine My EmbarrassmentNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
UsNA1927 Comedy,Romance,Short Not Available
Fighting FathersNA1927 Comedy,Short Not Available
Hold EverythingNA1925 Comedy,Short Not Available