Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gracie Allen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Damsel in Distress (1937)

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Joan Fontaine

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Joan Fontaine

Lambchops (1929)

George and Gracie enter an elegant drawing room, looking everywhere for something. Turns out, they're looking for the audience, and when George spots the camera, they start in on their patter. Gracie wants to convince George that she's smart, not dizzy - it's an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Murray Roth
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

George and Gracie enter an elegant drawing room, looking everywhere for something. Turns out, they're looking for the audience, and when George spots the camera, they start in on their patter. Gracie wants to convince George that she's smart, not dizzy - it's an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Murray Roth
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

International House (1933)

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Peggy Hopkins Joyce  •  W.C. Fields  •  Rudy Vallee  •  Stuart Erwin

Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Peggy Hopkins Joyce  •  W.C. Fields  •  Rudy Vallee  •  Stuart Erwin

Honolulu (1939)

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Eleanor Powell  •  Robert Young  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Eleanor Powell  •  Robert Young  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

The Big Broadcast (1932)

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Stuart Erwin

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Stuart Erwin

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

The wisp of a storyline involves two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller, who doubles as the station's sole announcer while his comic partner Smiley serves as the house crooner. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Lyda Roberti

The wisp of a storyline involves two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller, who doubles as the station's sole announcer while his comic partner Smiley serves as the house crooner. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Jack Oakie  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Lyda Roberti

The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Gracie Allen  •  Warren William  •  Ellen Drew  •  Kent Taylor

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Gracie Allen  •  Warren William  •  Ellen Drew  •  Kent Taylor

Six of a Kind (1934)

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  W.C. Fields  •  George Burns

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mary Boland  •  W.C. Fields  •  George Burns

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Barbier  •  Betty Furness

A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Barbier  •  Betty Furness

Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Gracie Allen  •  William Post Jr.  •  Paul Kelly  •  Rose Hobart

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Gracie Allen  •  William Post Jr.  •  Paul Kelly  •  Rose Hobart

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  June Allyson  •  Gloria DeHaven  •  Van Johnson  •  Tom Drake

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  June Allyson  •  Gloria DeHaven  •  Van Johnson  •  Tom Drake

College Swing (1938)

Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye  •  Bob Hope

Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye  •  Bob Hope

We're Not Dressing (1934)

Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with the help of singing sailor Stephen Jones. Her friend Edith, Uncle Hubert, and Princes Michael and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Carole Lombard  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with the help of singing sailor Stephen Jones. Her friend Edith, Uncle Hubert, and Princes Michael and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Carole Lombard  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

College Holiday (1936)

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen  •  Martha Raye

College Humor (1933)

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Jack Oakie  •  Richard Arlen  •  Mary Carlisle

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Jack Oakie  •  Richard Arlen  •  Mary Carlisle

Many Happy Returns (1934)

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger daughter, beauty contest winner Florence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns  •  Joan Marsh

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger daughter, beauty contest winner Florence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns  •  Joan Marsh

This Is Bob Hope... (2017)

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Scheinfeld
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Billy Crystal  •  Woody Allen  •  Dick Cavett

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Scheinfeld
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Billy Crystal  •  Woody Allen  •  Dick Cavett

The Babbling Book (1932)

Burns and Allen have a dizzy conversation in a bookstore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aubrey Scotto
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

Burns and Allen have a dizzy conversation in a bookstore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aubrey Scotto
CAST:  George Burns  •  Gracie Allen

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932)

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Lewyn
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Lewyn
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gracie Allen  •  George Burns
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