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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.... Rght: Lobbycard for "Bringing Up Baby".

Harvey (1950)

8/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horn

This beloved comedy stars James Stewart as a good-hearted inebriate whose constant companion is a six foot, invisible rabbit named Harvey that only he... Read more

Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)

7.2/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Charles Coburn, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Gigi Perreau

Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate to the family of his first love, who turned down h... Read more

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

7.5/10
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main

Delightful classic fantasy/comedy from Ernst Lubitsch that despite its title opens in the 'other place' where deceased womanizer Don Ameche renews his... Read more

Heavens Above! (1963)

6.8/10
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Isabel Jeans, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Bernard Miles, Brock...

Peter Sellers, in an unusually low-key performance stars as a young vicar whose tendencies to interpret Christian doctrine in his own individualistic... Read more

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

7.6/10
Director: H C Potter
Starring: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson

Absolutely mad, frame-busting comedy starring the infamous duo of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Ole and Chic are a couple of stagehands who try to help... Read more

Hoffman (1958)

7/10
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Starring: Sinead Cusack, Peter Sellers

This grand farce tells the story of the island of Gallardia, a British protectorate forgotten for 50 years; when discovered, bumbling Terry-Thomas of... Read more

Holiday (1938)

7.8/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan

Based on Philip Barry's Broadway play, 'Holiday' is stylishly directed by Oscar-winner George Cukor. This classic film stars Katharine Hepburn and Car... Read more

Hollywood Comedy Classics (2007)

Starring: Betty Hutton, Bob Hope, Bud Abbott, Danny Kaye, David Niven, Dean Martin, Doroth...

Featuring 10 side-splitting classic flicks starring some of the funniest comedy duos ever to yuk it up on the big screen. Laurel and Hardy, Martin and... Read more

Houseboat (1958)

6.7/10
Director: Melville Shavelson
Starring: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer

Widower Cary Grant signs aboard Sophia Loren to care for his two children, but the two find themselves in a shipboard romance in this bouncy, romantic... Read more

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

7/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, Tom Ewell

A post World War II comedy in which Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall try to attract rich men to marry, but discover that love is prefera... Read more