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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".

The Bobo (1967)

5.5/10
Director: Robert Parrish
Starring: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques, Kennet...

Peter Sellers is Juan Bautista, a hopeless matador who really wants to be a singer. Trying his luck in Barcelona, he gets a gig at a local hotspot wi... Read more

The President's Analyst (1967)

7.1/10
Director: Theodore J Flicker
Starring: James Coburn, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Will Geer

One of the best political satires on film, with James Coburn as the psychiatrist whose top secret sessions with the president are leading him to a ner... Read more

Woman Times Seven (1967)

6.2/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Alan Arkin, Rossano Brazzi, Michael Caine, Vittorio Gassman, P...

Vittorio De Sica directs this episodic sex comedy consisting of seven short stories each starring Shirley MacLaine. In "Funeral Possession," she plays... Read more

The Magnificent Two (1967)

5.2/10
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Margit Saad

Comedians Morecambe and Wise here star as a pair of salesmen travelling to South America to peddle their wares. Unbeknownst to them, a revolution is i... Read more

Carry On: Don't Lose Your Head (1967)

7.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

The 'Carry On' gang are at it again in their 13th outing and this time it's the French Revolution that's in for the chop! The usual cheap gags and inu... Read more

Bedazzled (1967)

7/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Raquel Welch, Eleanor Bron

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's update of the Faust legend, in which timid short order cook Stanley Moon sells his soul to the devil (aka George Spiggot... Read more

Playtime (1967)

8/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte

Called one of the funniest men in the world by the New York Times, Jacques Tati's 'Playtime' is an hilarious comedy and satire on coping with the mode... Read more

The Odd Couple (1967)

7.7/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are two divorced buddies who decide to be roommates in this classic film adaptation of the Neil Simon smash hit play. Read more

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

7/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Charles Boyer, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Mildred Natwick

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford star in this breezy film adaptation of the Neil Simon comedy about newly weds living in a five-story walk-up apartment.... Read more

Carry On Collection Part Two: ...Cabby (1963) / ...Cleo (1964) / ...Spying (1964) / ...Cowboy (1965) / ...Screaming (1966)

Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Jim Dale, Jo...

A deliciously naughty box set containing six of the best from the Carry On team. Join Sid James, Hattie Jaques, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins an... Read more