Breaking The Fourth Wall
Listed as I see them , or think of them . Films told in the first person don't count , where actors talk directly to camera throughout - they are still in character.
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- DirectorAlexander HallStarsJoan CrawfordMelvyn DouglasRoland YoungDivine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .When Joan Crawford falls asleep on his shoulder , Melvyn Douglas looks at the audience
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyMortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."At the end , Tony Lo Bianco says the title of the movie , smiling and looking right at us .
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsKent TaylorPeggy KnudsenJoe SawyerA man with an affinity for trouble meets a girl in distress in a nightclub. She becomes involved in the murder of a Spanish dancer and both of them become major suspects. The couple, eluding the police up, down and all around in Chinatown, search for the murderer.At the end , after seeing the two main characters kiss , Mabel Paige looks in to the audience and says "What are you doing tonight , deary ?"
- DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsPreston FosterAnn RutherfordCharles ButterworthA private eye (Preston Foster) and a niece (Ann Rutherford) investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.At the end Ann Rutherford confides to the audience "I knew I'd get him before this was over"
- DirectorJacques DerayStarsAlain DelonJean-Louis TrintignantRenato SalvatoriThe hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.At the end Alain Delon talks to the camera as he relates the execution of the gangster .
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMary MartinFranchot ToneDick PowellA radio serial writer needs inspiration, so he rents a room from a typical American family and begins using their real-life exploits for plots. He begins to feel guilty when he falls in love with a pretty member of the family.At the end , Franchot Tone is going through his little black book , then seems to catch someone's eye in the audience and says "How about you , luscious ?" before howling like a wolf .
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA detective is hired to protect the life of a singer who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.Groucho again , but Harpo does it as well
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxQuincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxThe Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.Groucho several times - "That reminds me , I must get my watch fixed"
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.Groucho - apart from introducing the film , when Marilyn Monroe appears says "Is there anything I can do for you ? " , looks at us and says "What a ridiculous question !" . Then near the end , when he wants to search Ilona Massey , turns and says "If this were a french picture I could do it !"
- DirectorJean-Louis TrintignantStarsJacques DufilhoLuce MarquandFranco PesceA father plans to kill, in the same day, the nine members of the jury who had condemned his son to the death sentence.At one point when following a car , the camera goes the other way and we hear the director's voice , later on the radio plays the hunter's theme , and says it's from the film .
- DirectorBen HechtLee GarmesStarsEdward G. RobinsonEddie AlbertMarsha HuntTwo-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old girl--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.At the end , the child looks at the camera and keeps on talking.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMarjorie ReynoldsDennis O'KeefeGail PatrickNewly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room.Mischa Auer looks at camera and says "There must be an easier way to earn a living", and at the end "Operator , you better switch to another picture - this will never get past the censors!"
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsWilliam BendixJoe SawyerMarjorie WoodworthTaxicab company owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett rescue Lucy Gibbs from a suicide attempt and she insists on placing her life and destiny in the hands of her two rescuers.at the end Grace Bradley looks at the audience ,wags her finger and says "That'll be the last howl out of those wolves!"
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeBetty HuttonZasu PittsA soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancée, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the fat farm scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as escorts for the weekend. Complications ensue after the husbands show up unexpectedly.Twice - Bob Hope makes a joke about how butchers have so little and the fat women have so lot , and at the end looks at us and says "Well I was out for a whole year "
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are actors who can't seem to find a job, so they decide to jump off a high building and end it all. On the roof top they meet three girl dancers with the same idea. Before they can jump, they meet a millionaire Broadway producer who hires them all for his next show. The rehearsal goes so well that he doubles their salary, but it all comes to naught when they discover that the "producer" is an escaped patient from Dr. Dippy's retreat.Larry kisses the girl and says to us "This I like ! And I get paid for it too !"
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsYvonne De CarloGeorge BrentBroderick CrawfordAn American adventurer goes to Tripoli to rescue some kidnapped sailors, but gets involved with a beautiful slave girl.Humpy the camel interrupts the picture throughout , "I've seen this picture"
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardWeddings are paused for the stooges who are engaged to the daughters of a prison warden. He has been framed by criminals and convicted. They make entry to the prison and find the crooks running a casino. They need photos to expose them.At the end they break into song , looking at the camera , and Curly barks at the audience .
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.When the Stooges break into a dance , Curly gets carried away and walks straight into the camera .
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer.At the end , when cracking rocks on Curly's head , Curly says "Hey , wait a minute ! That's a real one ! "
- DirectorBob LoganStarsLeslie NielsenLinda BlairNed BeattyParody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.Several , including Leslie Nielsen's priest swears at start , then looks sheepishly at us , Linda Blair "breaks" the film at one point .