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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St. Trinians: The Belles of St Trinian's / Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1954)
Director: Frank Launder
Starring: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Joyce Grenfell
The Belles of St Trinian's: A wonderful flimization of Ronald Searle's cartoons about a completely crazy school for girls, run by a dotty Headmistress... Read more
One, Two, Three (1961)
8/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: James Cagney, Arlene Francis, Horst Buchholz
James Cagney's 'retirement' film was this hilarious comedy about a Coke executive in contemporary West Berlin freaking out when the boss's visiting da... Read more
Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Buddy Ebsen, George Peppard, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, Patri...
A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capote... Read more
A Hard Day's Night ( Blu-ray ) (1964)
7.7/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell
Richard Lester meets John, Paul, George and Ringo in this exuberant film following an average day in the life of the Beatles as they take under their... Read more
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
7.6/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
A delightful comedy starring Cary Grant as a suave angel who comes to Earth to help distraught young bishop David Niven, raise money for a new cathedr... 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
Mister Roberts (1955)
7.8/10
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell
A classic comedy-drama about the dehumanizing aspects of war. Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World... Read more
A Woman is a Woman ( Une Femme Est Une Femme ) (1961)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo
'A Woman Is A Woman'. Godard's light-hearted tribute to Hollywood musicals, with Anna Karina as a nightclub stripper who wants a baby and expects eith... Read more
The Ealing Comedy Collection: The Lavender Hill Mob / Whisky Galore! / Passport to Pimlico / School for Scoundrels / The Maggie (1951)
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Henry Cornelius, Robert Hamer
Starring: Alastair Sim, Alec Guinness, Basil Radford, Ian Carmichael, James Robertson Just...
The legendary Ealing Studios were home to some of Britain's most enduring - and endearing - comedies. It is the oldest continuously-working studio fac... Read more
We're No Angels (1955)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Leo G Carroll, Basil Rathbone, Joan Be...
This entertaining black comedy would be the last collaboration of Humphrey Bogart with director Michael Curtiz. Not best-known for his comedic work, B... Read more