By Vlad Zakh · May 18, 2026
Hugh Herbert brought a fluttery, distinctive comic presence to Hollywood in the 1930s and was known for a signature giggling catchphrase. Dames crusades against Broadway indecency, Gold Diggers of 1935 stages a charity show, Wonder Bar sets tangled romances and murder in a Parisian nightclub, and Convention City escalates a salesmen’s convention into comic mischief. Footlight Parade and Million Dollar Legs round out the list.
01 Hugh Herbert is in this Busby Berkeley musical about a hotel event planner who stages an elaborate charity show while navigating comic romantic mix-ups.
Directed by Busby Berkeley · 1h 35m · Rated G
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02 Hugh Herbert features in this Busby Berkeley musical where a wealthy moralist's crusade against Broadway indecency is complicated by his own family's theatrical aspirations.
Directed by Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley · 1h 31m
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03 Hugh Herbert is in this Al Jolson musical in which a glamorous Parisian nightclub becomes the setting for tangled romances, jealousy and murder.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 24m · Rated NR
04 Hugh Herbert features in this comedy about traveling salesmen at a raucous business convention who get into escalating romantic and professional trouble.
Directed by Archie Mayo · 1h 09m · Rated NR
05 A determined Broadway producer races the clock to stage elaborate live prologues before the movies steal his business.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 44m · Rated NR
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06 Hobart Bosworth features in this comedy about a bankrupt small country that enters the Olympics, hoping their eccentric leader's athletic prowess will save their economy.
Directed by Edward F. Cline · 1h 04m · Rated NR
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