{"id":56376,"date":"2022-07-15T12:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=56376"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:32:43","slug":"classic-horse-racing-comedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=56376","title":{"rendered":"Classic Horse-Racing Comedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3913795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3913795.jpg 211w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3913795-70x100.jpg 70w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3913795-100x142.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>In today&#8217;s Guest Post, Constance Metzinger explores some of the funniest horse-racing comedies ever made!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/three-men-on-a-horse\/883929683802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Three Men on a Horse<\/em><\/a> (1936)<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Frank%20McHugh%7C207120&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank McHugh<\/a> stars as a meek salesman who has an uncanny ability to pick horses. For that skill alone, a group of gamblers decides that he&#8217;s a man worth kidnapping. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Joan%20Blondell%7C552908&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joan Blondell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=guy+kibbee&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Guy Kibbee<\/a> also star in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Mervyn+LeRoy|595879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mervyn LeRoy<\/a> film.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/day-at-the-races-1937-a-day-at-the-races\/883929716166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>A Day at the Races<\/em><\/a> (1937) <\/b>&#8211; This certainly ranks as one of the wildest comedies about the track &#8211; and who best to star in it than a trio of real-life horse betters: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=The%20Marx%20Brothers%7C660703&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Marx Brothers<\/a>! In this classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Groucho%20Marx%7C810298&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Groucho<\/a> plays a veterinarian posing as a doctor who, with the help of a misfit racehorse, tries to save a New York sanitarium from bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/straight-place-and-show-straight-place-and-show\/024543991021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Straight Place and Show<\/em><\/a> (1938)<\/b> &#8211; If you thought <i>A Day at the Races<\/i> was zany, then check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=The%20Ritz%20Brothers%20%5BAl%2C%20Jimmy%2C%20Harry%5D%7C410600&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Ritz Brothers<\/a>. Their comedy routines weren&#8217;t as rollicking as the Marx Brothers, but it is still a good rule not to eat peanuts while you watch. In this picture, they take up jobs as wrestlers to raise money to help a young man train his first racehorse.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>Scattergood Rides High<\/em> (1942)<\/b> &#8211; Guy Kibbee starred in a whole slew of Scattergood films during the 1940s, so naturally the small-town philosopher ended up eventually visiting a horse farm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Jed+Prouty|688515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jed Prouty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=dorothy+moore&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dorothy Moore<\/a> also star in this 4th entry in the series.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/it-aint-hay\/025192095917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>It Ain&#8217;t Hay<\/em><\/a> (1943) <\/b>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Bud%20Abbott%7C144716&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bud Abbott<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Lou%20Costello%7C296396&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lou Costello<\/a> often used their own material, but on occasion they resorted to an old script, which was the case with this film. <em>Princess O&#8217;Hara<\/em> (1935) was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=jean+parker&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jean Parker<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Chester+Morris|153160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chester Morris<\/a> comedy that perfectly suited the hi-jinks of the Universal boys. Lou plays a street vendor who finds his nag has been replaced with a thoroughbred. In no time at all, he is off to the tracks!<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/the-joe-mcdoakes-collection\/883316200629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>So You Want to Play the Horses<\/em><\/a> (1946)<\/b> &#8211; This one isn&#8217;t a feature film, but a gem of a short film that can&#8217;t be passed up while we are mentioning horse racing comedies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=george+o%27hanlon&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George O&#8217;Hanlon<\/a> made an excellent series of &#8220;So You Want to&#8230;.&#8221; comedy shorts featuring his Joe McDoakes character, and this one covers the ins and outs of the betting game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><b><em>The Fabulous Suzanne<\/em> (1946)<\/b> &#8211; This amusing Republic quickie features a young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=barbara+britton&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barbara Britton<\/a> (best remembered for playing the scatter-brained Mrs. Brown in the television series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=my+favorite+martian&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>My Favorite Martian<\/i><\/a>) as a waitress with a surefire &#8220;system&#8221; for winning at the racetrack. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=otto+kruger&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Otto Kruger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=rudy+vallee&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rudy Vallee<\/a> also star.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b><em>Easy Come, Easy Go<\/em> (1947)\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; Also known as <em>Easily Seen, Easily Forgotten, <\/em>but while you watch it is fun. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=sonny+tufts&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sonny Tufts<\/a> comedy features one of the largest Irish casts in any film &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Barry+Fitzgerald|129038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barry Fitzgerald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Arthur+Shields|460152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arthur Shields<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Frank+McHugh|207120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank McHugh<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=allen+jenkins&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Allen Jenkins<\/a> to name just a few. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=frank+faylen&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Faylen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=diana+lynn&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Diana Lynn<\/a> also star.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>The Return of October<\/em> (1948)<\/b> &#8211; This is a silly but engaging family comedy about a trainer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=james+gleason&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Gleason<\/a>) who loved horses so much that he swore he would come back to life as a horse. His niece (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=terry+moore&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terry Moore<\/a>) believes he did just that and Professor Bassett (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=glenn+ford&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Glenn Ford<\/a>) finds her to be an excellent subject for his upcoming thesis.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>Sorrowful Jones<\/em> (1949)<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Sorrowful Jones may sound like the name of a horse, but it is really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=bob+hope&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bob Hope<\/a>&#8216;s character, who is a cheap bookie who is stuck playing nursemaid to a little girl after a man leaves her as a marker for a bet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=lucille+ball&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lucille Ball<\/a> also stars in this comedy and the twosome of Hope and Ball were reunited in three more films, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=fancy+pants&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Fancy Pants<\/i><\/a> just a year later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTg0ODgwMDQzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjMyMDcxMQ@@._V1_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTg0ODgwMDQzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjMyMDcxMQ@@._V1_.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"475\" data-original-width=\"259\" \/><\/a><b><em>Francis Goes to the Races<\/em> (1951) <\/b>&#8211; Francis may be a mule, but he enjoys a good race just like any horse. Here, Francis gives Peter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Donald+O%27Connor|503494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Donald O&#8217;Connor<\/a>) some hot insider tips &#8220;straight from the horse&#8217;s mouth&#8221; that come in handy when Peter attempts to help his gal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=piper+laurie&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Piper Laurie<\/a>) and her grandfather repay debts they owe to a racketeer.<\/div>\n<p><b><em>Money from Home<\/em> (1953)<\/b> &#8211; If Abbott and Costello can make a racing picture, so can Martin and Lewis. This one has veternarian Virgil (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=jerry+lewis&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jerry Lewis<\/a>) donning a jockey outfit and racing to the finish on an underdog, much to the surprise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=dean+martin&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dean Martin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=mara+corday&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mara Corday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=pat+crowley&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pat Crowley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>The March Hare<\/em>\u00a0 (1956)<\/b> &#8211; This colorful British comedy is set in Ireland and stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=cyril+cusack&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cyril Cusack<\/a> as a drink-loving trainer who whispers a &#8220;magic word&#8221;, obtained from the fairy queen, to his horse before each big race. A sideline romance between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=terence+morgan&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terence Morgan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=peggy+cummins&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peggy Cummins<\/a>, and a slew of great British character actors (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=martita+hunt&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martita Hunt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Wilfred+Hyde-White|1451532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wilfred Hyde-White<\/a>), make this a gem.<\/p>\n<p><em>Constance Metzinger runs the website <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/silverscenesblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Silver Scenes<\/em><\/a><em>, \u201ca blog for classic film lovers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s Guest Post, Constance Metzinger explores some of the funniest horse-racing comedies ever made! Three Men on a Horse (1936) &#8211; Frank McHugh stars as a meek salesman who has an uncanny ability to pick horses. 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