Query: Political comedy films in the 1940s.
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Louisiana Purchase (film)
A Stranger in Town (1943 film)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)
The Chiltern Hundreds (film)
Evidence from documents: Louisiana Purchase (film): comedy films in the 1940s.: 1941 American musical comedy film
Political: The film satirises the US Democratic Party and political corruption
A Stranger in Town (1943 film): a 1943 comedy-drama political film
The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film): ''''The Farmer's Daughter''''' is a 1947 American comedy film that tells the story of a farmgirl who ends up working as a maid for a Congressman and his politically powerful mother.
The Chiltern Hundreds (film): '''''The Chiltern Hundreds''''' (released in the U.S. as '''''The Amazing Mr. Beecham''''') is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, adapting William Douglas Home's 1947 play of the same name and starring Lana Morris, David Tomlinson and Cecil Parker.


Viscount Pym (David Tomlinson) – whilst on National Service – gets leave from the British Army on the pretext of standing for Parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in his home constituency, held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée June Farrell (Helen Backlin) while she is still in England and before she has to return home to America. His master plan backfires when he finds himself swept into the election campaign and beaten by the more politically experienced Mr Cleghorn (Tom Macaulay), the Labour Party candidate.