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Keep 'Em Flying
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
, 1h26
Directed by Arthur Lubin, Ralph Ceder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Dick Foran, Carol Bruce, William B. Davidson

Jinx Roberts (Dick Foran) is a stunt pilot and his assistants are Blackie (Bud Abbott) and Heathcliff (Lou Costello). All three are fired from the carnival and air show that they work for after a disagreement. Jinx decides that he should join the Army Air Corps, so they go to a nightclub to party one last time. While there Jinx falls for the club's singer, Linda Joyce (Carol Bruce). Coincidentally, she becomes a USO hostess at the same Academy that Jinx and her brother Jimmy (Charles Lang) are enrolled at. It turns out that Jinx's instructor, Craig Morrison (William Gargan), was his co-pilot on a commercial airplane years earlier, and the two still hold animosity for each other. Meanwhile, Blackie and Heathcliff join the Air Corps as ground crewman and fall in love with twin USO hostesses (Martha Raye in a dual role).
Caught in the Draft
Caught in the Draft (1941)
, 1h22
Directed by David Butler, Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Nana Bryant, Eddie Bracken, Clarence Kolb

Famous Hollywood actor Don Bolton (Hope) is a vain movie star whose biggest fear is to be drafted into the US Army. He definitely lacks the qualities of a good soldier, and he is so afraid of loud noise that he would not last a day in the service, let alone cope with hearing a single gunshot when he is on set shooting a war film at the studio. Colonel Peter Fairbanks (Clarence Kolb) visits the studio set as a consultant for the war film, and with him he has brought his beautiful daughter Antoinett, known as "Tony" (Dorothy Lamour). Don is smitten by Tony, and also realizes that his ticket out of the Army is to marry the colonel’s daughter to avoid the draft.
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator (1940)
, 2h4
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Hitler, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert

The action starts in 1918, with the collapse of the Tomainian (German) army. A Jewish barber saves the life of a wounded pilot, Schultz, but loses his own memory through concussion.
Boobs in Arms
Boobs in Arms (1940)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Richard Fiske, Evelyn Young, Johnny Kascier

The Stooges are street peddler greeting card salesmen who anger a man on the street after an accidental altercation. They are then approached by a woman (Evelyn Young) with a request to help her make her evil man-hating husband (Richard Fiske) jealous. Realizing it the same man they faced before, the Stooges defend themselves against the irate husband with their usual combatives and flee from the husband shouting his threats. In hiding from him, they line up on a queue that takes them to a recruitment office by mistake and end up joining the army.
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces (1939)
, 1h9
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes French war films, Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Jean Del Val, James Finlayson

While on holiday in Paris, Ollie falls so much in love with Georgette, the beautiful daughter of an innkeeper, he intends to marry her. Unfortunately, she turns down his marriage proposal because there is someone else, "very much so". (Unbeknownst to him at the moment, a Foreign Legion officer named Francois is her husband, and has returned briefly to see her.) Ollie is heartbroken to the point of committing suicide. Just as he about to jump into a river (with Stan joining him), Francois, happening to catch sight of them about to do so, convinces the duo to enlist in the Foreign Legion in order to forget Ollie's failed romance. When Stan asks him how long it will take Ollie to forget, should they join the Foreign Legion, Francois points out it will only take a matter of a few days. Enticed by Francois's offer, plus the fact that Ollie will completely forget his failed romance very shortly, they enlist.
Three Little Sew and Sews
Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)

Directed by Del Lord, Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Harry Semels, James C. Morton, Phyllis Barry

The Stooges are sailors employed in a naval base tailor shop. The three steal officer uniforms in order to pursue women. While pretending to be an Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry) are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies. The Stooges eventually capture the spies, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a bomb. The short ends with the Stooges, now angels ascending to heaven, being chased by an angry Admiral, who is also now an angel.
Fusilier Wipf
Fusilier Wipf (1938)
, 1h56
Directed by Hermann Haller, Leopold Lindtberg
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler, Alfred Rasser, Robert Trösch, Elsie Attenhofer, Wolfgang Heinz

Le 1er août 1914, des clients de salon de coiffure Wiederkehr discutent de la mobilisation générale décrétée en Allemagne, Belgique et Russie. L’armée suisse étant également mobilisée, l’aide-coiffeur Reinhold Wipf doit quitter la vie civile pour aller occuper son poste dans les troupes gardes-frontières. Trimbalé entre les Alpes valaisannes, le Tessin et les forêts du Jura, le jeune soldat maladroit, timide et quelque peu efféminé devient un homme qui gagne progressivement le respect de ses camarades et de ses supérieurs hiérarchiques. Cet engagement militaire le sépare aussi de Rosa Wiederkehr, la fille assez prétentieuse de son maître d’apprentissage, mais il connaît le grand amour avec Vreneli, toute simple et naturelle.
Navy Blues
Navy Blues (1937)

Directed by Ralph Staub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Dick Purcell, Mary Brian, Warren Hymer, Joe Sawyer, Edward Woods, Horace McMahon

A sailor bets his friends he can date any woman he wants to. They pick out a librarian with a reputation as a "cold fish", and when he pursues her he discovers that he has competition--and his rival has much more sinister intentions than he does.
Half Shot Shooters
Half Shot Shooters (1936)

Directed by Jack White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone, Vernon Dent, Edward LeSaint

1918 - After getting medals for "Wounds in action" (being beaten up by their sergeant after sleeping through an attack), the Stooges are discharged from the army immediately following the end of World War I, whereupon they rough up Sgt. MacGillicuddy (Stanley Blystone) in retribution for his poor treatment of them.
Murder in the Fleet
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
, 1h9
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Jean Hersholt

Captain John Winslow (Arthur Byron) is notified by the Secretary of the Navy that his cruiser will be receiving a new firing control gear manufactured by World Electric company, which is supposed to revolutionize naval warfare. The gear vanishes and is quickly located by intelligence officers where it is being transported across the Mexican border.
Le train de 8 H 47
Le train de 8 H 47 (1934)
, 1h20
Directed by Henry Wulschleger
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Fernandel, Bach, Fernand Charpin, Fernand Ledoux, Georges Prieur, Henri Hennery

Au 202e régiment de chasseurs, La Guillaumette et Croquebol sont envoyés en mission par le capitaine Hurluret à la recherche de quatre chevaux. Les deux lascars se trompent de train et arrivent à Bar-le-Duc où ils se perdent dans la ville endormie. Ils seront reconduits à leur caserne par les gendarmes, et le capitaine Hurluret se montrera une fois de plus un supérieur indulgent.
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
, 1h8
Directed by Lloyd French, George Marshall, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Tucker, Don Dillaway, Jacquie Lyn

The film begins in 1917 with Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) being drafted into the American Expeditionary Force to fight in World War I. The two mess up badly during drilling, antagonizing the drill sergeant and wind up in kitchen duties. Misunderstanding the cook's instructions on disposing of the garbage cans results in dumping the garbage in the general's private dining room. While in prison, they are threatened by the cook (George Marshal), also jailed due to their "snitching", with violence, once he is out and has his knife again. While serving in the trenches of France, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed in action by the Imperial German Army.In the same battle, the boys manage to capture several enemy soldiers, in a rather unusual way.