6 Best Walter Catlett Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 19, 2026

Walter Catlett brought a fussy, officious comic energy to Hollywood and often played flustered authority figures thrown into chaos. Bringing Up Baby, Pinocchio and Yankee Doodle Dandy are among his best-known films, Ah, Wilderness! follows a teenager’s coming-of-age summer, Sing and Like It makes a gangster obsessed with a talentless singer, and Auntie Mame raises an orphaned nephew.

Auntie Mame (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A free-spirited, eccentric woman raises her orphaned nephew with unconventional flair.

Directed by Morton DaCosta · 2h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Walter Catlett features in this comedy-drama about a small-town teenager whose coming-of-age summer is filled with first love and rebellion.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sing and Like It (1934)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Walter Catlett features in this comedy about a ruthless gangster who becomes obsessed with turning a talentless office worker into a Broadway singing star.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 12m · Rated NR

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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 91% Metacritic 89

Broadway legend George M. Cohan's rise, told in a flag-waving wartime tribute.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 2h 06m · Rated NR

Won 3 Oscars6 wins & 6 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Pinocchio (1940)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 100% Metacritic 99

A wooden puppet's wish to become a real boy is tested by every temptation the world offers him.

Directed by Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen · 1h 28m · Rated G

Won 2 Oscars9 wins

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A palaeontologist's life is thrown into chaos when a scatterbrained heiress and her pet leopard escape into the countryside.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Walter Catlett Movies

Auntie Mame (1958)

Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

Sing and Like It (1934)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Pinocchio (1940)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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