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 Abbott and Costello Show: DVD #411 (1952)
8.2/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Who’s on first? Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, this special collector’s set includes 4 complete shows pre DVD from the 52 episo... Read more
The Abbott and Costello Show: DVD #412 (1952)
7.7/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Who’s on first? Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, this special collector’s set includes 4 complete shows pre DVD from the 52 episo... Read more
Abbott and Costello: Dance With Me, Henry (1956)
7.4/10
Director: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling... Read more
Edgar Kennedy Two-Reeler Comedy Collection (1933)
7.7/10
American comic actor Edgar Kennedy began his film career working for Max Sennett on the Keystone comedies. He later moved over to Hal Roach Studios, w... Read more
Charlie Chaplin: The Fireman (1916)
6.1/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin
Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unawar... 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
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
Carry On Matron (1972)
6.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Sid James, Terry Scott, Kenne...
"Carry On Matron" is set in a maternity hospital where Sid James and a team of crooks are intent on stealing a supply of birth control pills! Read more
Doctor In The House (1954)
6.7/10
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More
This was the first in the 'Doctor' series spawned by Richard Gordon's novels about the antics of some medical students intent on studying beautiful wo... Read more
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
7.2/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's. Featuring Marilyn's rendit... Read more