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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Le Plaisir ( Pleasure ) (Blu-ray) (1952)
7.7/10
Director: Max Ophuls
Starring: Mila Parely, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Gaby Morlay, Claude Dauphin
Adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, each segment revels in the ecstasy of pleasure: an old man regains his youth with the aid of a... Read more
Romance Collection: Made For Each Other (1939) / Meet John Doe (1941) / Penny Serenade (1941) / The Amazing Adventure (1936) / The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Director: Alfred Zeisler, Frank Capra, George Stevens, John Cromwell, Richard Brooks
Starring: James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Irene...
This collection of classic romances includes: 'Made For Each Other' - Carole Lombard and James Stewart star in a classic comedy-drama about a young ma... 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
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
My Dear Secretary (1948)
5.7/10
Director: Charles Martin
Starring: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn
The battle of the sexes has never been funnier than in this zany screwball comedy focussing on skirt-chasing author Kirk Douglas. After hiring busines... Read more
Keep Fit (1937)
6/10
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Starring: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton
Joan (Kay Walsh) is a manicurist and George (George Formby) a barber in the same department of the Regal Stores. George is besotted by the gorgeous Jo... Read more
My Little Chickadee (1940)
7/10
Director: Edward Cline
Starring: Mae West, W C Fields
American stalwarts W.C. Fields and Mae West team up in this comedy of unlikely heroes. He's a con man come into town to make a small fortune and she's... Read more
Shirley Temple: Little Darling Pack (1934)
6.2/10
Director: Alexander Hall, Henry Hathaway
Starring: Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple
This double bill of early Shirley faves opens with the first film version of Damon Runyon's "Little Miss Marker" (1934), with Temple as the adorable t... Read more
Good Morning Boys / Hey! Hey! Hey! (1938)
Director: Marcel Varnel
Starring: Charles Hawtrey, Lilli Palmer, Will Hay
In 1937's Good Morning Boys Will Hay plays the pompous but ill-qualified headmaster of St Michael's, Dr Benjamin Twist, who befuddles his class with m... 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