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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Inspector Clouseau (1968)
5/10
Director: Bud Yorkin
Starring: Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Patrick Cargill, Delia Boccardo, Beryl Reid
When Peter Sellers refused to play Clouseau for a third time, Alan Arkin stepped up to the plate - not his best career move, though a bold one. Patri... Read more
Irma La Douce (1963)
7.4/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi
Jack Lemmon plays a bumbling Paris gendarme who is fired for raiding the red light district (where his chief is a customer) and becomes an equally bum... 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
It Happened To Jane (1959)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Quine
Starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
When a shipment of lobsters arrives spoiled thanks to some careless railroad workers, feisty New England businesswoman Doris Day, and best friend Jack... Read more
It Should Happen To You (1954)
7.3/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon
A very funny comedy about a model who rents a billboard overlooking a busy section of New York City and becomes a celebrity, sight unseen! Judy Hollid... Read more
It Started in Naples (1960)
6.3/10
Director: Melville Shavelson
Starring: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica
The magnetic screen team of Clark Gable and Sophia Loren strikes romantic sparks in this comedy romp set amid the beautiful city of Naples and the Isl... Read more
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
7.6/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Roo...
A veritable 'who's who' of film comedy were brought together in this classic slapstick extravaganza about a race to find $350,000 in hidden loot. Spen... Read more
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
8.6/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Donna Reed
Classic bittersweet comedy/drama that is the quintessential Frank Capra film. James Stewart is a banker living in the typical American small town of B... Read more
It's A Wonderful Life ( Blu-ray ) (1946)
8.6/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Beulah Bondi, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel B...
Classic bittersweet comedy/drama that is the quintessential Frank Capra film. James Stewart is a banker living in the typical American small town of B... Read more
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
6.1/10
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Shaye Cogan, Dorothy Ford, Barbara Brown
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in their first colour picture, risk certain death to rescue a beautiful princess from the giant and bring back the hen tha... Read more