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The Last Wagon
The Last Wagon (1943)
, 1h30
Directed by Mario Mattoli, Leo Catozzo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Anita Durante, Tino Scotti, Enzo Fiermonte, Aristide Garbini

Antonio Urbani, dit « Toto », est un cocher romain. Cet homme nourrit une forte antipathie pour les chauffeurs de taxis, d'après lui la cause de la disparition progressive des véhicules hippomobiles et de leurs conducteurs. Un de ces taxistes est son ex-ami Pasquale, avec son fils Roberto.
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice (1943)
, 1h22
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, Elyse Knox, Joe Sawyer

Two sidewalk photographers, Tubby McCoy (Lou Costello) and Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott), aspire to work for the local newspaper. Their childhood friend, Dr. Bill Burns (Patric Knowles), invites them to come along on a call to a building fire. While attempting to photograph the inferno, Tubby is injured and brought to Burns' hospital. While they are there, Silky Fellowsby (Sheldon Leonard), a gangster who is admitted as a patient to establish an alibi for a robbery he is planning, mistake Tubby and Flash for two Detroit hitmen. He expects them to guard the bank's entrance while they rob it, while they mistakenly believe that they are hired to take photographs of the gang as they leave the bank. When the bank is robbed, Tubby and Flash are considered the prime suspects.
Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony (1943)
, 1h27
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar, Una O'Connor, Alan Mowbray, Whit Bissell

Priam Farll (Monty Woolley) is a famous English painter and recluse who has been living in various isolated places around the world with only his valet of 25 years, Henry Leek (Eric Blore), for company. In 1905, Farll reluctantly travels to London to be knighted. Upon their arrival, however, Leek becomes very ill. Farll summons Dr. Caswell (Melville Cooper), but Leek succumbs to double pneumonia. The doctor mistakenly assumes it is Farll who has died, and the publicity-hating artist is only too glad to assume Leek's identity.
It Ain't Hay
It Ain't Hay (1943)
, 1h20
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Shemp Howard, Cecil Kellaway, Eugene Pallette, Samuel S. Hinds

Wilbur Hoolihan (Lou Costello) accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara (Cecil Kellaway) and his daughter, Princess (Patsy O'Connor) by feeding it candy. In hopes of raising enough money to replace it, he and his friend Grover Mockridge (Bud Abbott) visit a gambling parlor. They are successful in raising the money, but before they can purchase a new horse, a con man swindles Wilbur out of his cash. They are informed by some touts that an old horse is available for nothing at one of the tracks. They visit the track and mistakenly take the wrong horse, a champion by the name of Tea Biscuit. They present the horse to O'Hara as a replacement for his deceased horse.
Keep 'Em Slugging
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
, 1h6
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Huntz Hall, Shemp Howard, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Norman Abbott, Evelyn Ankers

Teenage gang leader Tommy Banning is preparing for the Summer vacation by telling his members about the importance of doing their share to help out during the war. The best way to do this, according to Tommy's advice, is to end the gang activities and instead take legitimate useful jobs. But this seems to be a greater task than they could imagine, since most gang members have criminal records for juvenile delinquency, and they fail getting regular jobs. When Tommy's sister Sheila asks her boss, Frank Moulton, at the Carruthers' department store where she works, he agrees to hire Tommy only if she goes on a date with him. Sheila has a boyfriend and won't do that, but her boyfriend Jerry Brady instead gets Tommy the job at the department store. Upon starting his new job, Tommy is smitten by a slaes girl, Suzanne Booker, and they go on a movie date together. At the cinema, some of Tommy's gang, Albert "Pig" Gum, String and Ape, turn up and ruin the date. Soon enough Pig, String and Ape all have jobs, the latter two in the same store as Tommy.
Kid Dynamite
Kid Dynamite (1943)
, 1h6
Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Benny Bartlett, Ernie Morrison

Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) practices for his boxing match the next night. In order to raise money, Muggs and the gang go to Nick (Charles Judels)'s pool hall and challenge hall regular Harry Wycoff (Gabriel Dell) to a game of pool. Muggs has pre-arranged with gang member Danny to use special trick chalk for the pool cue so that Wycoff will lose, but Danny (Bobby Jordan) is so convinced of Muggs's talent that he does not use the chalk, and Muggs loses the match. When Wycoff insists that Muggs pay off his wager, Muggs hits him in the stomach and leaves without paying.
Miss London Ltd.
Miss London Ltd. (1943)
, 1h39
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Richard Hearne, Jean Kent, Ronald Shiner, Patricia Owens

This musical comedy pöaying in wartime London, stars Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman alias Miss London, the name of the escort agency, he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall), as she inherited the other half of the Agency from her parents, who just arrived from abroad. T first thing she accomplishes is to clean up the office together with her partner.
Moster fra Mols
Moster fra Mols (1943)
, 1h26
Directed by Axel Frische, Grete Frische, Poul Bang
Origin Danemark
Genres Comedy
Actors Rasmus Christiansen, Marie Niedermann, Gerda Gilboe, Inger Stender, Christian Arhoff, Poul Reichhardt

A wealthy businessman and his wife deal with gardening troubles and more importantly, their daughter's depression after she has had several romantic problems.
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1943)
, 1h40
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Alan Carney, Gladys Cooper, Henry Stephenson

Swede (Charles Bickford) rows up to a public dock in a dinghy. He hides when he spots a young woman who walks to the end of the pier. When a new night watchman (Emory Parnell) notices her as well, Swede stops him from bothering her. The sailor begins recounting her story, and the film segues into one long, continuous flashback.
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
, 1h3
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William Benedict, Buddy Gorman, Gabriel Dell, Joan Marsh

Much to the despair of her husband John (Emmett Vogan), wealthy New York socialite Margaret Morgan (Betty Blythe) hires former criminals Masie O'Donnell (Patsy Moran) and Butch Grogan (Eddie Gribbon) to be her house servants. When she goes to court because her daughter Brenda (Joan Marsh) has been arrested for reckless driving, Margaret is moved to hire Muggs (Leo Gorcey, who has been arrested for vagrancy and being a public nuisance, after the judge insists that he get a legitimate job.
Münchhausen
Münchhausen (1943)
, 1h59
Directed by Josef von Báky
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera
Actors Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Ilse Werner, Ferdinand Marian, Hans Brausewetter, Brigitte Horney

The film opens at an 18th-century ball, where Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen is propositioned by a young woman who is engaged to another man. He graciously rejects her advance, and as she leaves, she asks him to turn on the light. The camera follows his hand to a modern light switch, and the young woman drives off in an automobile. The next day, the Baron, out of his costume and in modern dress, regales two of his guests with stories of the famous Baron Münchhausen, to whom his guests think he is distantly related.
My Learned Friend
My Learned Friend (1943)
, 1h14
Directed by Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Will Hay, Ronald Shiner, Charles Victor, Claude Hulbert, Eddie Phillips, Mervyn Johns

This comedy sees Will Hay playing a seedy lawyer, who finds himself marked for assassination by a forger whom he previously defended unsuccessfully. He teams up with an incompetent solicitor to try to prevent the deaths of others involved.