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Even as IOU
Even as IOU (1942)

Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Buddy films, Horse sports in film
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Billy Bletcher, Stanley Blystone, Vernon Dent

The Stooges are conmen who are selling phony racing forms to everyone especially they sold one to a man which he said that the racing form was expired and the stooges stole his money and threatens to call the cops. After evading the policeman they help a destitute mother and her daughter by utilizing the money from the child's piggy bank, and ultimately winning a horse race. Riding high on their win, the boys come across two swindlers who trick them into buying retired race horse, Seabasket (a play on Seabiscuit). Broke again, the Stooges start taking care of the old horse, with Curly managing to accidentally swallow a Vitamin Z pill meant for the horse. However, the error allows Curly to give birth to a colt, which they crown as another winning race horse.
Fantasmas en Buenos Aires
Fantasmas en Buenos Aires (1942)
, 1h29
Directed by Enrique Santos Discépolo
Genres Comedy
Actors Pepe Arias, Zully Moreno

The writers, Manuel A. Meaños, Enrique Santos and Marcelo Menasche Discépolo, based the film on a strange story that circulated in Buenos Aires around 1940. It told of an apparition in the form of a beautiful and enigmatic girl (Buschiazzo) who danced one night with the cashier (Arias) of a large commercial firm.
Four Steps in the Clouds
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
, 1h35
Directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gino Cervi, Adriana Benetti, Vittorio De Sica, Giuditta Rissone, Carlo Romano, Guido Celano

The story deals with a married agent for a candy manufacturer, played by Gino Cervi. He leads a stable, if somewhat boring, family life in a large unnamed city in the North of Italy.
Freckles Comes Home
Freckles Comes Home (1942)

Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Bradley Page, Marvin Stephens

Freckles Winslow (Johnny Downs) is on his way home from college. On the bus he encounters a crook, "Muggsy" Dolan who calls himself Jack Leach (Walter Sande). Jack is on the run from the law, and is looking for a safe place to hide. The two men come to talking and Freckles mentions his serene home town to Jack, having only good things to say about it. Jack decides to tag along and take his refuge in Freckles home town. With Freckles help he gets to stay at the local hotel, owned by Danny Doyle (Marvin Stephens), who is Freckles’ friend. Danny is about to rerun the road through town, so that it runs over a number of worthless lots of land he has bought. Danny bought the real estate because he thought he could find gold on them, using a new expensive device he has bought. Danny needs Freckles to help him get a favorable decision by Freckles’ father (Irving Mitchell), who is one of the two road commissioners.
A Garibaldian in the Convent
A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
, 1h23
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Leonardo Cortese, Maria Mercader, Carla Del Poggio, Olga Vittoria Gentilli, Lamberto Picasso, Dina Romano

Une femme âgée se remémore tendrement et mélancoliquement son histoire d'amour tragique avec un Garibaldien blessé dont elle s'est occupé dans un couvent lorsqu'elle était jeune fille.
A Gentleman at Heart
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)

Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cesar Romero, J. Carrol Naish, Carole Landis, Richard Derr, Milton Berle, Rose Hobart

Lucky Cullen (Milton Berle) gets into trouble when his boss, bookie Tony Miller (Cesar Romero), finds out that Lucky has bet (and lost) $5000 under a false identity. Tony gives Lucky 24 hours to settle the debt.
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim (1942)
, 1h44
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, Ward Bond

In 1890s San Francisco, boxing is illegal. James J. Corbett (Errol Flynn), a brash young bank teller, attends a match with his friend Walter Lowrie (Jack Carson). When a police raid nets Judge Geary, a member of the board of directors of Corbett's bank, Corbett's fast talking gets his superior out of trouble. The judge is looking to improve the image of boxing by recruiting men from more respectable backgrounds and having them fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. He has even imported British coach Harry Watson (Rhys Williams) to evaluate prospects. Watson finds that Corbett, raised in a combative Irish immigrant family headed by Pat Corbett (Alan Hale), has excellent fighting skills; Geary likes his protégé's seemingly-polished manner.
George Washington Slept Here
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
, 1h33
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Harvey Stephens, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel

Manhattanite Connie Fuller (Ann Sheridan) secretly acquires a dilapidated house in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without her husband Bill's (Jack Benny) knowledge. The couple were forced out of their New York City apartment after their dog damaged the carpets. The house Connie buys is believed to have served as George Washington's temporary home during the Revolutionary War. Connie takes Bill on a tour of the countryside including the house, hoping that Bill will fall in love with it. Her plan to surprise him with the news that they own the house is frustrated when he announces that he hates it. Bill only sees the poor condition of the house, and its poor location for commuting into the city. Having nowhere else to live, they move into the house anyway. Connie's sister Madge (Joyce Reynolds) moves with them. They hire Mr. Kimber (Percy Kilbride) to help with the renovations. They uncover evidence that it was not Washington who had slept there, but Benedict Arnold. Connie's spoiled nephew Raymond (Douglas Croft) also moves in during the summer. Connie's wealthy uncle Stanley (Charles Coburn) plans to visit also.
Girl Trouble
Girl Trouble (1942)
, 1h21
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke, Frank Craven, Fortunio Bonanova, Alan Dinehart, Sr.

June Delaney belongs to the upper circles of New York City's social life. When she learns that her private money has been impounded by the British government, since most of her investments are made by her father in England before the outbreak of World War II, she is very annoyed. To make the most of what she got and continue living as before she is forced to rent out her upscale apartment. She advertises in a newspaper, and gets a response from a prospective tenant, a Venezuelan playboy and sole heir to an American rubber industry, Pedro Sullivan.
Go to Blazes
Go to Blazes (1942)
, 9minutes
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Hay, Dame Thora Hird, Muriel George

When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, Hay fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor - and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.
Going to Press
Going to Press (1942)

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Juanita Quigley, Darryl Hickman

Determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious leader of a juvenile extortion racket, the gang sets up a crusading newspaper called The Greenpoint Press. The kids gratefully accept the help of a pleasant, well-spoken youngster named Frank, little suspecting that he is the duplicitous boss of the dreaded Gas House Gang. Only after Frank's henchmen have taken Froggy for a "ride" (a harmless but painful one) are the kids able to expose the villain and save the day.