The Films of Joe E. Brown
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Around the World... Oscar-Nominated
The films of comedian Joe E. Brown were hot in the 1930s, and one, A Midsummer Night's Dream, was nominated for an Oscar as best picture of 1935. It didn't win the gold statue, but much later, another film which featured Brown took home the prize. Around the World in 80 Days won the Oscar for best picture in 1956.
Brown's leading ladies included Ginger Rogers, Jane Wyman, Olivia de Havilland, and Susan Hayward, all Oscar winners later in their careers.
An acrobat-turned-film comedian, Brown was known world-wide for his wider than normal mouth which he seemingly rubberized into an astoundingly large grin. In a Hollywood atmosphere dotted with social leniency, he was also known for his honesty and never-failing ability to laugh.
Joe E. Brown Film List:
1928 --- Crooks Can't Win (FBO, 60 minutes) ----- Hit of the Show (FBO, 60 min.) ----- Take Me Home (Paramount, 60 min.) ----- The Circus Kid (FBO, 65 min.)
1929 --- Molly and Me (Tiffany-Stahl, 60 min.) ----- My Lady's Past (T-S, 60 min.) ----- Painted Faces (T-S, 60 min.) ----- Sally (Warner Bros., 100 min.)
1930 --- Song of the West (W-B, 82 min.) ----- Hold Everything (W-B, 78 min.) ----- Top Speed (W-B, 71 min.) ----- Maybe It's Love (W-B, 71 min.) ----- The Lottery Bride (United Artists, 85 min.)
1931 --- Going Wild (W-B, 70 min.) ----- Sit Tight (W-B, 77 min.) ----- Broad Minded (W-B, 65 min.) ----- Local Boy Makes Good (W-B, 67 min.)
1932 --- Fireman, Save My Child (W-B, 67 min.) ----- The Tenderfoot (W-B, 70 min.) ----- You Said A Mouthful (W-B., 75 min.)
1933 --- Elmer the Great (W-B74 min.) ----- Son of a Sailor (W-B, 70 min.)
1934 --- A Very Honorable Guy (W-B, 62 min.) ----- The Circus Clown (W-B, 63 min.) ----- 6-Day Bike Rider (W-B, 69 min.)
1935 --- Alibi Ike (W-B, 73 min.) ----- Bright Lights (W-B, 82 min.) ----- A Midsummer Night's Dream (W-B, 117 min.)
1936 --- Sons o' Guns (W-B, 79 min.) ----- Earthworm Tractors (W-B, 69 min.) ----- Polo Joe (W-B, 62 min.)
1937 --- When's Your Birthday? (RKO, 77 min.) ----- Riding on Air (RKO, 70 min.) ----- Fit for a King (RKO, 73 min.)
1938 --- Wide Open Faces (Columbia, 67 min.) ----- The Gladiator (Columbia, 70 min.) ----- Flirting with Fate (MGM, 67 min.)
1939 --- $1,000 a Touchdown (Paramount, 71 min.) ----- Beware, Spooks! (Columbia, 65 min.)
1940 --- So You Won't Talk (Columbia, 68 min.)
1942 --- Shut My Big Mouth (Columbia, 71 min.) ----- Joan of Ozark (Republic, 80 min.)
1943 --- Chatterbox (Republic, 75 min.)
1944 --- Casanova in Burlesque (Republic, 74 min.) ----- Pin Up Girl (Twentieth Century-Fox, 85 min.) ----- Hollywood Canteen (W-B, 124 min.)
1947 --- The Tender Years (Alperson-Twentieth Century-Fox, 81 min.)
1951 --- Show Boat (MGM, 107 min.)
1956 --- Around the World in 80 Days (U-A, 175 min.)
1959 --- Some Like It Hot (U-A, 120 min.)
1963 --- It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (U-A, 192 min.) ----- The Comedy of Terrors (American-International, 88 min.)
