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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
7.2/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's. Featuring Marilyn's rendit... Read more
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, How To Marry A Millionaire (1953)
7.2/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's... Read more
Go West / The Big Store (1941)
Director: Charles Riesner, Edward Buzzell
Starring: The Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont
Groucho, Chico, Harpo - all certifiably wacko in a double dip of comedies. The Marxmen "Go West" to where the sun always shines, the fun never sets an... Read more
Going My Way (1944)
7.2/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Rise Stevens
Sentimental story of a down-to-earth priest, Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) who moves to a new parish, run by a somewhat crusty old priest. The new g... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: The League of Gentlemen / The Million Pound Note / Genevieve (1960)
Director: Basil Dearden, Henry Cornelius, Ronald Neame
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough, Gregory Peck, Joyce Grenfell,...
'The League of Gentlemen' (1960) After a forcible 'retirement ', Colonel Hyde is bitter about his country's ingratitude. He steals classified informat... Read more
Golden Years of British Comedy (2005)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Stanley Holloway, Dick Emery, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Mi...
This wonderful collection is a tribute to the greatest British comedians of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Highlighting classic moments in comedy, including... Read more
Good Morning Boys / Hey! Hey! Hey! (1938)
Director: Marcel Varnel
Starring: Charles Hawtrey, Lilli Palmer, Will Hay
In 1937's Good Morning Boys Will Hay plays the pompous but ill-qualified headmaster of St Michael's, Dr Benjamin Twist, who befuddles his class with m... Read more
Gypsy Woman (2001)
5.9/10
Director: Sheree Folkson
Starring: Neve McIntosh, Jack Davenport
Leon (Jack Davenport) and Natalie (Neve McIntosh) are from different worlds. She is a wandering gypsy woman with legal problems, he is a snobbish Eng... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 3 (1959)
8.6/10
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Patricia Hayes
The late, great Tony Hancock is at his best in these ten episodes from 1959, with Sid James as the perfect foil. Collected from Series 5, Tony and Si... Read more
Happy Go Lovely (1951)
6.5/10
Director: H Bruce Humberstone
Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero
A brisk and breezy musical comedy about an American theatre producer in Edinburgh who hires a young chorus girl in hopes that her millionaire boyfrien... Read more