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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Bedtime Story (Blu-ray) (1964)
6.7/10
Starring: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Marie Windsor
Two scam artists prey on women for their money. They clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or w... Read more
Cary Grant: Father Goose / The Awful Truth / Bringing Up Baby / Holiday (1964)
6.7/10
Director: George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Leo McCarey, Ralph Nelson
Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Ralph Bellamy, Trevor...
Cary Grant Box Set. 'Father Goose' (1964) - On an island in the South Seas, Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) lives a quiet life. That changes when he's per... 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
Mary Poppins ( Blu-ray ) (1964)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Elsa Lanchester, Glynis Johns, Julie Andrews, Ka...
Beloved Disney film combines brilliant, animated sequences with a delightful story about Julie Andrews as a magical nanny who transforms the lives of... Read more
McHale's Navy (1964)
6.4/10
Director: Edward J Montagne
Starring: Claudine Longet, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Gavin MacLeod, Joe Flynn, Tim...
Captain Wallace Binghamton (Joe Flynn), St. Comdr. Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine) and Ensign Charles Parker (Tim Conway) brought their wacky antics... Read more
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
6.6/10
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: Alain Delon, George C Scott, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanne Moreau, Omar Sharif, Rex Har...
An all-star cast highlights this Terrence Rattigan ("The Browning Version") drama that follows a Phantom II Rolls Royce on a series of adventures thro... Read more
What A Way To Go! (1964)
7/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dean Martin, Robert Cu...
This exuberant '60s comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa May, a woman who, despite her best efforts to marry for love, always winds up with a man w... Read more
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
7.4/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell
In one of the first films to satirize America's gung-ho attitude to war, James Garner (in his favourite role) plays Charley Madison, a soldier who's n... Read more
Mary Poppins (1964)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns
Beloved Disney film combines brilliant, animated sequences with a delightful story about Julie Andrews as a magical nanny who transforms the lives of... Read more
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders
Quite possibly the best of the Pink Panther films finds the illogically inept Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) attempting to prove the innoc... Read more