Classic Comedy
Classic Comedies in Alice's mind are those prior to 1965. All those great old movies that you may have grown up with are here for your discovery or re-discovery. Comedy Films made prior to 1926 are best found by scrolling "Silent Films". Contempory Comedies (post 1965) are best found scrolling "Comedy ". They don't make em' like they used to....
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Dov'e la Liberta...? ( Where is Freedom ? ) (1953)
7/10
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Toto
Italy's favourite comic son, Toto, stars as Salvatore Loicano, a convict who has just been released from prison after 22 years behind bars. The former... Read more
Down Among the Z Men ( The Goon Show Movie ) (1952)
4.7/10
Director: Maclean Rodgers
Starring: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine
The only feature film made by the fabulously funny Goons: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. This has The Goons in a story of crominals... Read more
Down to Earth (1947)
6.4/10
Director: Alexander Hall
Starring: Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Rita Hayworth, Ro...
It's heaven on earth in this delightful musical comedy sequel to the enormously successful "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Rita Hayworth plays an incredibly... Read more
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)
8.4/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: George C Scott, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Peter Sellers, Slim P...
A commie-hating, paranoid American general launches a flight of B-52 bombers at the Soviet Union with nuclear annihilation in mind. Since he is the on... Read more
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ( Blu-ray ) (1963)
8.4/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: George C Scott, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Peter Sellers, Slim P...
A commie-hating, paranoid American general launches a flight of B-52 bombers at the Soviet Union with nuclear annihilation in mind. Since he is the on... Read more
Ealing Studio Classic Collection: Whisky Galore (1949) / It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) / The Maggie (1954) (1944)
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Alexander Mackendrick, Robert Hamer
Starring: Basil Radford, Edward Chapman, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jack Warner, Jame...
A Box Set of four classics from Ealing Studios. 'Whisky Galore' - When 50,000 cases of Whiskey are stranded on ship which runs aground, The Inhabitant... Read more
Edgar Kennedy Two-Reeler Comedy Collection (1933)
7.7/10
American comic actor Edgar Kennedy began his film career working for Max Sennett on the Keystone comedies. He later moved over to Hal Roach Studios, w... Read more
Elizabeth Taylor: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8 / Father of the Bride / The Sandpiper (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Mann, Richard Brooks, Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor Box Set: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) - Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize play thunders across the screen in a powerful film adapt... Read more
Eternally Yours (1939)
5.8/10
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: David Nixon, Loretta Young, Broderick Crawford, Zasu Pitts
Lovely Loretta Young discovers that being a magician's wife can be tricky. She's jealous of hubby David Niven's professional status, and believes that... Read more
Father Came Too (1963)
6.5/10
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Ronnie Barker, Stanley Baxter
In this lively Classic British comedy, a newlywed couple's quaint country cottage becomes a nightmare of repairs as they try to fix it up themselves.... Read more