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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".

Amazing Adventure (1936)

6.3/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Henry Kendall, Leon M Lion

Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, this was an early showcase of Cary Grant's easy charm and helped establish him as a star in his native Eng... Read more

An Affectionate Look At W.C. Fields (1932)

Starring: W C Fields

The monumental talent of film comedian W.C. Fields has entertained people for generations. This compilation includes a look at his laughter-filled car... Read more

Angel (1937)

7.4/10
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Marshall, Marlene Dietrich, Melvyn Douglas

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man. The theme of a potential marital infidelity of a disaffected... Read more

Another Thin Man (1939)

7.5/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C Aubrey Smith

In their third outing, the Charleses travel to the Long Island estate of a wealthy munitions mogul who is convinced his ex-business partner is out to... Read more

Anthony Quinn Triple Pack: The River's Edge, The Visit, The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1957)

Director: Bernhard Wicki, Stanley Kramer, Allan Dwan
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Ray Milland, Debra Paget, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Virna Lis...

The River's Edge: A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them i... Read more

Arabesque (1966)

6.6/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore

This Bondian adventure stars Gregory Peck as a language professor hired to decipher a secret code. He and Sophia Loren must outwit hired gunmen and cu... Read more

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, David Niven, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald...

This Jules Verne adventure classic stars David Niven as the globe-trotting Phileas Fogg, with Shirley MacLaine and loads of starry cameos from the lik... Read more

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Jean Ad...

An hilarious adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's hit play about two seemingly harmless old ladies who murder lonely gentlemen callers - out of the goodn... Read more

As Young As You Feel (1951)

6.6/10
Director: Harmon Jones
Starring: Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Constance Bennett, Maril...

John Hodges (Monty Woolley) is due to be 'retired' when he turns 65, but his family don't want him hanging round the house and traditional pursuits of... Read more

Ask a Policeman (1939)

7.7/10
Director: Marcel Varnel
Starring: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt

Will Hay is a policeman investigating mysterious sightings of a headless horseman in a coastal town. Perennial sidekicks, grizzled Moore Marriott and... Read more