Martha Raye
The Phynx (1970)
The Phynx is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Lee H. Katzin about a rock and roll band named The Phynx and their mission in foreign affairs. The group is sent to Albania to locate celebrity hostages taken prisoner by Communists. Last part of the film, supposedly set in Albania, was filmed in Spanish city of Ávila, recognizable by its medieva...
Starring: Charles Chaplin•Ultra Violet•Joe E. Brown
Pufnstuf (1970)
Pufnstuf is a 1970 American comedy fantasy musical film produced by Sid and Marty Krofft Enterprises and released by Universal Pictures. It is based on the children's television series H.R. Pufnstuf, a show that features a cast of puppets on a "living island."
Starring: Ultra Violet•Kay Francis•Bing Crosby
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo is a 1962 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. An adaptation of the stage musical Jumbo produced by Billy Rose, the film was directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, and featured Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated fo...
Starring: Joan Blondell•Ultra Violet•Ray Milland•Jimmy Durante
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash.
Starring: Ole Olsen•Chic Johnson•Ultra Violet
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep is a 1944 American comedy-drama musical film starring Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair as themselves, re-enacting their USO tour of Europe and North Africa during World War II.
Starring: William Frawley•Ultra Violet•Irene Hervey
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Pin Up Girl is a 1944 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy motion picture starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, and Joe E. Brown.
Starring: Betty Grable•Ultra Violet
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Hellzapoppin' is a 1941 American musical comedy film, and an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name that ran on Broadway from 1938 to 1941. The film is directed by H. C. Potter and distributed by Universal Pictures. Although the entire Broadway cast was initially slated to feature in the film, the only performers from the stage production...
Starring: Robert Cummings•Shirley Ross•Ultra Violet
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film was their third service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team had appeared in two previous service comedies in 1941, before the United States entered the war: Buck Privates, released in January, and In the Navy, released in May. Flying Ca...
Starring: Ultra Violet•Allan Jones•Bob Hope
Navy Blues (1941)
Navy Blues is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Arthur T. Horman and Sam Perrin. The film stars Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye, Jack Haley, Herbert Anderson, Jack Carson, Jackie Gleason and William T. Orr. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 13, 1941.
Starring: Susan Hayward•Carole Landis•Ultra Violet
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was loosely based on the play The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; one for Best Visual Effects and one for Best Art Directio...
Starring: Abbott and Costello•Ultra Violet•Doris Day
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
The Farmer's Daughter is a 1940 American comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Lewis R. Foster. The film stars Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael, William Frawley, Inez Courtney and William Demarest. The film was released on March 26, 1940, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Stephen Boyd•Ultra Violet•Jack Wild
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
$1,000 a Touchdown is a 1939 American comedy film directed by James P. Hogan, written by Delmer Daves, and starring Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore, Susan Hayward, John Hartley and Joyce Mathews. It was released on October 4, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Billie Hayes•Bob Burns•Ultra Violet•Bing Crosby
Never Say Die (1939)
Never Say Die is a 1939 American romantic comedy film starring Martha Raye and Bob Hope. Based on a play of the same title by William H. Post and William Collier Sr., which ran on Broadway for 151 performances in 1912, the film was directed by Elliott Nugent and written for the screen by Dan Hartman, Frank Butler and Preston Sturges. The supporting...
Starring: Ultra Violet•Mary Carlisle
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
Give Me a Sailor is a 1938 comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Jack Whiting. This was Raye and Hope's third film together, the first in which they played the leads.
Starring: Betty Grable•Ultra Violet•Mary Carlisle
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Tropic Holiday is a 1938 American musical film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland.
Starring: Susan Hayward•Robert Cummings•Ultra Violet•Shirley Ross
Double or Nothing (1937)
Double or Nothing is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle and William Frawley. Based on a story by M. Coates Webster, the film is about a dying millionaire who instructs his lawyer to drop four purses on the streets of New York City, which are found and retur...
Starring: Dorothy Lamour•Bob Hope•Ultra Violet
Mountain Music (1937)
Mountain Music is a 1937 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey.
Starring: Susan Hayward•Ultra Violet
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Waikiki Wedding is a 1937 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross. Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged with extolling the virtues of the Territory of Hawaii. The female lead, played by Shirley Ross is a local beauty queen who makes unhelpful comments about...
Starring: Dorothy Lamour•Robert Cummings•Ultra Violet
Hideaway Girl (1936)
Hideaway Girl is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by David Garth and Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye, Monroe Owsley, Elizabeth Russell and Louis Da Pron. The film was released on November 20, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Shirley Ross•Robert Cummings•Ultra Violet