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 Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
6.2/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Danny Kaye, Martha Hyer
An employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known mobster and has to retrieve it in order to keep his job. Read more
The Man In The White Suit (1951)
7.4/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Alec Guinness plays an unassuming lab assistant who invents a miracle fabric that can be woven into indestructible cloth. Few films have chastised ind... Read more
The Matchmaker (1958)
7/10
Director: Joseph Anthony
Starring: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford
In this early adaptation of Thornton Wilder's hit Broadway play, we meet matchmaker Dolly Levi (Shirley Booth), who is always good at arranging things... Read more
The Million Pound Note (1953)
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jane Griffiths, Ronald Squire
From the Mark Twain fable about an American receiving a one million pound note and the ensuing turmoil. This well-acted tale stars Gregory Peck, Jane... Read more
The Millionairess (1960)
5.5/10
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Dennis Price, Vittorio De Sica
George Bernard Shaw's aceribic play served as the basis for this romantic satire starring Sophia Loren as a fabulously wealthy beauty who tires of men... Read more
The Monster Squad (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Fred Dekker
Starring: Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw, Tom Noonan
Five youngsters find themselves up against the combined might of Dracula, the Mummy, the Gill Man and Frankenstein's Monster who arrive in town in sea... Read more
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
7/10
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States in order to improve the welfare of the tiny nation. Unfortunately no one told Peter Selle... Read more
The Naked Truth (1957)
6.9/10
Director: Mario Zampi
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Georgina...
Terry-Thomas is a shifty peer of the realm, Peter Sellers is a TV celebrity, Peggy Mount is a best-selling novelist, Shirley Eaton is a gorgeous model... Read more
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
7.5/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Comedy legends Bud Abbott and Lou Costello take to the river in a riotous ride up stream in The Naughty Nineties. In the 1890s, cardsharps take... Read more
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
6.1/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Bert Lahr, Britt Ekland, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Forrest Tucker, Harry A...
A flavourful comedy, set in the Burlesque years, about an Amish girl (Britt Ekland) who comes to N.Y.C., gets involved with a comic (Jason Robards), a... Read more