Joe e. Brown Movies

 

Joe E. Brown – Major Filmography (Chronological Highlights)

🎬 Late Silent Era / Early Talkies (1928–1930)

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• Hold Everything (1930)

• Going Wild (1930)

• Maybe It’s Love (1930)

• The Lottery Bride (1930)

• Song of the West (1930)

• Top Speed (1930)

🎤 Early 1930s Breakout Comedies (1931–1933)

These films made him one of the most popular comedians of the decade:

• Local Boy Makes Good (1931)

• Sit Tight (1931)

• Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)

• You Said a Mouthful (1932)

• Elmer the Great (1933)

• Son of a Sailor (1933)

• Alibi Ike (1935) – one of his signature baseball comedies

🎥 Mid‑1930s Features (1934–1937)

• A Very Honorable Guy (1934)

• Bright Lights (1935)

• Six‑Day Bike Rider (1934)

• The Circus Clown (1934)

• Earthworm Tractors (1936)

• Sons o’ Guns (1936)

• Riding on Air (1937)

• When’s Your Birthday? (1937)

• Fit for a King (1937)

• Wide Open Faces (1938)

🎞️ Late 1930s–1940s (Character Roles & Supporting Work)

• $1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

• Beware, Spooks! (1939)

• So You Won’t Talk (1940)

• Shut My Big Mouth (1942)

• Chatterbox (1943)

• Hollywood Canteen (1944) – cameo

• Pin‑Up Girl (1944)

🎬 Later Career Highlights

• The Tender Years (1948)

• Show Boat (1951)

• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) – cameo

• Some Like It Hot (1959) – delivers the iconic final line