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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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
7.6/10
Director: H C Potter
Starring: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
Absolutely mad, frame-busting comedy starring the infamous duo of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Ole and Chic are a couple of stagehands who try to help... Read more
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
7.3/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed, Barry Nelson
When murder occurs amidst the 'horsey set' ostensibly retired husband-and-wife sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles, spend a day at the races sifting throug... Read more
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
7.3/10
Director: H Bruce Humberstone
Starring: Lynn Bari, Sonja Henie, John Payne, Milton Berle
Milton Berle, John Payne and Sonja Henie hit the slopes of Sun Valley in this lighthearted romance about a musician who adopts a beautiful Norwegian w... Read more
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges 2: Sullivan's Travels / The Lady Eve / The Great Moment / Christmas in July (1941)
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Dick Powell, Ellen Dr...
This collection of four films from legendary writer/director Preston Sturges includes: "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) - Preston Sturges' gem of Hollywood... Read more
Go West / The Big Store (1941)
Director: Charles Riesner, Edward Buzzell
Starring: The Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont
Groucho, Chico, Harpo - all certifiably wacko in a double dip of comedies. The Marxmen "Go West" to where the sun always shines, the fun never sets an... Read more
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
7.8/10
Director: William Dieterle
Starring: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon
Stephen Vincent Benet's "New Englandized" Faust story. A young 19th-century farmer (James Craig) sells his soul to Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) for sev... Read more
James Stewart: The Shop Around the Corner / The Stratton Story / The FBI Story / The Spirit of St Louis (1940)
8.9/10
Director: Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, Mervyn LeRoy, Sam Wood
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, June Allyson, Margaret Sullavan, M...
James Stewart Box Set. 'The Shop Around the Corner' (1940) - Alfred Kralik (Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek an... Read more
The Great Dictator ( Blu-ray + DVD ) (1940)
8.5/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
Chaplin's first talkie stands as one of his greatest achievements. In this touching and often hilarious political spoof on the Third Reich, Chaplin pl... Read more
Torrid Zone (1940)
6.9/10
Director: William Keighley
Starring: Andy Devine, Ann Sheridan, George Tobias, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Helen Vinso...
With his Central American banana business in danger after his workers are scared off by armed revolutionaries and lured away by sultry saloon singer A... Read more
Let George Do It! (1940)
Director: Marcel Varnel
Starring: George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent, Bernard Lee, Coral Br...
One of British comedian George Formby's most successful films, in this war-time musical he plays ukelele-ist George Hepplewhite who gets on a boat thi... Read more