Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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Judge Priest (1934)
6.4/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Will Rogers, Anita Louise
Perhaps the best film example of the down-home wit of humourist Will Rogers was this early comedy-drama from John Ford. Rogers plays a small town judg... Read more
The Thin Man (1934)
8.1/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
This madcap blend of screwball comedy and murder mystery marked the first pairing of what was to become one of the movies great romantic teams, Willia... Read more
It Happened One Night (1934)
8.1/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Winner of five Academy Awards, this famous screwball comedy stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as two mismatched lovers. Colbert escapes from her... Read more
March of the Wooden Soldiers ( aka Babes in Toyland ) (1934)
Director: Charles R Rogers, Gus Meins
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry
This enjoyable fantasy has Stan and Ollie as toymaker's assistants in the land of Old King Cole where they eventually save the town from boogeyman. Read more
The Three Stooges: Volume 1 (1933)
7.7/10
Starring: The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges, a hilarious trio of American knock-about comics, specialising in a madcap, violent form of slapstick comedies. Content: Rip Sew' S... Read more
The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 6 (1933)
7.6/10
A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cher... Read more
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
6.5/10
Director: Lowell Sherman
Starring: Mae West, Cary Grant
For her second film, Mae West adapted her Broadway play "Diamond Lil" and starred as Lady Lou, the Bowery saloon keeper and stage singer who invites r... Read more
Laurel & Hardy: Bogus Bandits ( aka The Devil's Brother ) (1933)
4.7/10
Director: Charles R Rogers, Hal Roach
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson
Olio and Stanlio are a couple of incompetent bandits hired by Fra Davolio (the Devil's brother), a real-life bandit also known as Marquis de San Marco... Read more
Duck Soup (1933)
8/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern
In postage-stamp sized Freedoria, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) declares war on neighbouring Sylvania just for the hell of it in this sati... Read more
Sons of the Desert (1933)
7.7/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch
Laurel and Hardy attend a convention of the fraternal order of the Sons of the Desert without letting their wives know the real reason for their absen... Read more