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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The Horse's Mouth (1958)
7.7/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston
In Ronald Neame's film of Joyce Cary's classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema's most indelible comic figures: the somewhat... Read more
The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952)
7.6/10
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison
Oscar Wilde's play took over 57 years to reach the big screen but it was worth the wait. A colourful theatrical film about mating rituals in Great Bri... Read more
The Inspector General (1949)
6.9/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates
Danny Kaye plays an illiterate in the 1800s who pretends to be a visiting bureaucrat in an Eastern European village. This entertaining romp co-stars W... Read more
The Intelligence Men (1965)
6/10
Director: Robert Asher
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn
Morecambe and Wise play bungling spies in their big screen debut, who attempt to infiltrate an enemy organisation to prevent the assassination of a Ru... Read more
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
5.3/10
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Robert Helpmann, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, James Robertson Justice, Noelle Mi...
This remake of 'Ninotchka' casts Katherine Hepburn as a no-nonsense Russian officer romanced by bodyguard Bob Hope. Two powerhouse stars at the top o... Read more
The Keystone Comedies (1915)
Starring: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand
The Keystone Studios were founded in Glendale, California in 1912 by Mack Sennett (1880-1960) and soon became famous for a chaotic style of slapstick... Read more
The Ladies Man (1961)
6.5/10
Director: Jerry Lewis
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman
Jerry Lewis at his zany best plays a woman-hating houseboy at a Hollywood home for wayward girls. Strangely enough, women fawn all over him! Helen Tra... Read more
The Ladykillers (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Ladykillers (Blu-ray) (1955)
7.7/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness teams with Peter Sellers in this fabulous tale of a group of dumb crooks who become unhinged by a sweet old lady. An Ealing Studios gem. Read more
The Ladykillers / The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
7.6/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton
Starring: Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Stanley Holloway, Sid J...
A Box Set comedy collection from the acclaimed Ealing Studios. 'The Ladykillers' - This outrageous caper farce stars Alec Guinness as the criminal ma... Read more