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Romance in Manhattan is a screwball comedy about a Czech immigrant taxi-driver who falls in love with a chorus girl. They face various obstacles, including deceit, tension, and treachery, as they navigate their way through the dire straits of the 1930s. With the backdrop of the Great Depression, this film explores themes of faith, resolvement, and betrayal.

At the Circus (1939) tells the story of a bankrupt circus that is struggling to stay afloat. With the help of the Marx Brothers, they try to find a financial solution to save the circus. The film is filled with comedy, music, and musical performances.

The Undercover Man follows an IRS agent as he infiltrates a crime syndicate that is involved in various illegal activities such as a numbers racket. He faces numerous challenges and dangers as he gathers evidence and tries to bring down the mob boss. Along the way, he forms relationships with a chorus girl and a grandmother-granddaughter duo. The film explores the complexities of the undercover operation, the corruption within the police department, and the sacrifices made to uncover the truth.

When a woman is framed for murder, a private investigator must uncover the truth and prove her innocence in court. With the aid of his loyal black cat, he navigates through a web of deceit, uncovering a secret love affair, a fatal fire, and a hidden fortune. As the case unfolds, the investigator must use his skills to unravel the mystery and bring the true culprit to justice.

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.

Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up the feds, Lanny tackles a baffling espionage case. Things heat up when reporter sweetheart Ollie is framed for murder.

Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.

The stooges are three inventors trying to a get a patent on their preposterous fly catching invention. When they learn they'll have to catch 100,000 flies to earn enough to get a patent, some crooks overhear and think the boys are the $100,000 sweepstakes winners. When the crooks give chase, the stooges hide in a sporting goods store where Curly shoots a dummy, which they mistake for a real person. The boys decide to bury the "body" in a pet cemetery, but the cemetery owner arrives from a costume party with his partners, all dressed as spooks, and they proceed to scare the devil out of the stooges.

In Hold That Lion!, the Three Stooges are mistaken for detectives and are hired to solve a case involving a crooked lawyer. To gain access to the lawyer, they join a lion taming act. Chaos and slapstick comedy ensue as the Stooges try to catch the lawyer and bring him to justice.

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

Heavenly Daze is a slapstick comedy about a man who dreams of being in heaven and gets into all sorts of mischief along the way.

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.

Lawyers Blackstone and Bodgett's first case is a divorce proceeding between a wealthy husband and his wife. The wife, her lawyer and a friend are shooting for a large alimony settlement and split it three ways. Blackstone and Blodgett (up to their usual bag of Clark & McCullough tricks) wind up as heroes in the newspaper headlines.

In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".

Porky Pig soon discovers that a termite is responsible for his belongings crumbling to dust. When he can't exterminate the termite himself, he goes to a shyster who offers him a series of unsuccessful methods to remove the termite.