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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.... Rght: Lobbycard for "Bringing Up Baby".

Screen Legends: Starring Bing Crosby (1936)

5.6/10
Director: Leo McCarey, Mark Sandrich, Norman Z McLeod, Victor Schertzinger
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Fred Asta...

A collection of four Bing Crosby classics. "Pennies From Heaven" (1936) - Legendary crooner Bing Crosby sings and dances his way through this charming... Read more

The Amazing Adventure (1936)

7.6/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian

Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, Cary Grant stars as Ernest Bliss, an unhappy playboy who bets his cynical doctor he can live for a year on... Read more

After the Thin Man (1936)

7.7/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart

William Powell and Myrna Loy are back as society sleuths Nick and Nora in this second entry in the 'Thin Man' series. When Nora's cousin is wrongly ac... Read more

The Three Stooges In Colour (1936)

Starring: The Three Stooges

'Disorder in the Court' (1936) - One of the stooges friends has been accused of murder and when the stooges are asked to appear as witnesses, they do... Read more

Amazing Adventure (1936)

6.3/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Henry Kendall, Leon M Lion

Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, this was an early showcase of Cary Grant's easy charm and helped establish him as a star in his native Eng... Read more

Mr Deeds Goes To Town (1936)

8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft

Gary Cooper is Longfellow Deeds who inherits 20 million dollars and wants to give it away to needy people. Director Capra won an Oscar for this irresi... Read more

Princess Tam Tam (1935)

Director: Edmond T Greville
Starring: Josephine Baker

A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Ma... Read more

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

7.3/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Will Rogers, Ann Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette

John Ford directs Will Rogers in his final film. A fast-paced comedy and slice of Americana, Rogers stars as Dr. John, the proprietor of a travelling... Read more

The Little Colonel (1935)

7.1/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable

In the post-Civil War South, Elizabeth Lloyd marries a Yankee. In response, her stern Confederate father vows to never speak to her again. That is, un... 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