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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Abbott and Costello Hold that Ghost (1941)
Director: Arthur Lubin
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Gas station attendants Chuck Murray (Bud Abbott) and Ferdie Jones (Lou Costello) aspire to better jobs. Working as temp waiters at Chez Glamour, a hig... Read more
Abbott And Costello In Society (1944)
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree i... Read more
Abbott and Costello: Dance With Me, Henry (1956)
7.4/10
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling... Read more
Abbott and Costello: The Noose Hangs High (1948)
7.4/10
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Joseph Calleia
Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money. Read more
Adam's Rib (1949)
7.6/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in one of their all-time great appearances as married attorneys who find themselves on opposite sides of a murder... Read more
After the Fox (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff, Paolo...
This wildly funny farce gives the comic genius of Peter Sellers free reign as he assumes several wacky personalities, each one funnier than the last!... Read more
After the Thin Man (1936)
7.7/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
William Powell and Myrna Loy are back as society sleuths Nick and Nora in this second entry in the 'Thin Man' series. When Nora's cousin is wrongly ac... Read more
Alastair Sim Collection: The Green Man / Folly To Be Wise / Geordie / Left, Right and Centre / Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Director: Frank Launder, Mario Zampi, Robert Day, Sidney Gilliat
Starring: George Cole, Alastair Sim, Hugh Burden, Audrey Hepburn, Ian Carmichael, Bill Tra...
'The Green Man' (1956) - Alastair Sim stars in this entertaining black comedy as a timid clockmaker with a part-time job - International Assassination... Read more
Alfie (1966)
7.1/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Denholm Elliott
Full of sex and delightful charm, this quick moving film tells the poignant tragedy of a cockney playboy (Michael Caine) who finds 'birds' irresistibl... Read more
Along Came Jones (1945)
6.6/10
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea, Frank Sully
A light-hearted spoof on Westerns and Cooper's own heroic movie persona. The iconic western star plays Melody Jones, a mild-mannered cowboy who drift... Read more