Joan Davis Movies

  • 1937
    On the Avenue

    On the Avenue

    On the Avenue

    6.71937HD

    A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake,...

    On the Avenue
  • 1937
    Angel's Holiday

    Angel's Holiday

    Angel's Holiday

    5.51937HD

    Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline...

    Angel's Holiday
  • 1937
    Thin Ice

    Thin Ice

    Thin Ice

    6.71937HD

    A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.

    Thin Ice
  • 1950
    Love That Brute

    Love That Brute

    Love That Brute

    5.31950HD

    The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.

    Love That Brute
  • 1944
    Show Business

    Show Business

    Show Business

    51944HD

    Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

    Show Business
  • 1939
    Day-time Wife

    Day-time Wife

    Day-time Wife

    6.21939HD

    When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

    Day-time Wife
  • 1941
    For Beauty's Sake

    For Beauty's Sake

    For Beauty's Sake

    01941HD

    A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.

    For Beauty's Sake
  • 1937
    Life Begins in College

    Life Begins in College

    Life Begins in College

    01937HD

    When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be...

    Life Begins in College
  • 1937
    The Holy Terror

    The Holy Terror

    The Holy Terror

    11937HD

    Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.

    The Holy Terror
  • 1963
    The Sound of Laughter

    The Sound of Laughter

    The Sound of Laughter

    21963HD

    A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.

    The Sound of Laughter
  • 1935
    Way Up Thar

    Way Up Thar

    Way Up Thar

    01935HD

    This 1934 short subject was Mack Sennett's final directorial effort for Educational Pictures, and comedienne Joan Davis' film debut. It features...

    Way Up Thar
  • 1950
    The Traveling Saleswoman

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    4.51950HD

    The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.

    The Traveling Saleswoman
  • 1938
    Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    5.51938HD

    Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.

    Just Around the Corner
  • 1940
    Manhattan Heartbeat

    Manhattan Heartbeat

    Manhattan Heartbeat

    01940HD

    A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.

    Manhattan Heartbeat
  • 1940
    Free, Blonde and 21

    Free, Blonde and 21

    Free, Blonde and 21

    81940HD

    Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.

    Free, Blonde and 21
  • 1943
    He's My Guy

    He's My Guy

    He's My Guy

    61943HD

    The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.

    He's My Guy
  • 1945
    She Gets Her Man

    She Gets Her Man

    She Gets Her Man

    3.71945HD

    The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

    She Gets Her Man
  • 1942
    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    61942HD

    Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
  • 1946
    She Wrote the Book

    She Wrote the Book

    She Wrote the Book

    61946HD

    A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written...

    She Wrote the Book
  • 1938
    Hold That Co-ed

    Hold That Co-ed

    Hold That Co-ed

    6.3331938HD

    An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.

    Hold That Co-ed