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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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
John Mills Collection - The Baby and the Battleship / The Family Way / The Gentle Gunman / It's Great to Be Young! (1966)
Director: Basil Dearden, Cyril Frankel, Roy Boulting, Jay Lewis
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
Cinema icon John Mills stars in four classic films, ranging from an IRA thriller to a war-time farce. 'The Gentle Gunman' (1952) - Mills plays the old... Read more
Jour De Fete (1949)
7.4/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
Jacques Tati's first feature film, which introduced some of the finest mime and slapstick humour since the days of Chaplin and Keaton. Tati is the vil... Read more
Jour De Fete ( Blu-ray ) (1949)
7.4/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur
In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.... Read more
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
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Burl Ives, Terry-Thomas, Lionel Jeffries, Dennis Price, Troy Donahue, Hermione...
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a pe... Read more
Keep Fit (1937)
6/10
Director: Anthony Kimmins
Starring: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton
Joan (Kay Walsh) is a manicurist and George (George Formby) a barber in the same department of the Regal Stores. George is besotted by the gorgeous Jo... Read more
Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
6.8/10
Director: Monty Banks
Starring: Alastair Sim, Florence Desmond, George Formby, Gus McNaughton
George Withers (George Formby) is flat broke. Dim-witted yet endearing, he holds a special place in the heart of his wealthy aunt. For fear of her oth... Read more
Keystone Komedies: Volume 1 (1915)
7.6/10
Starring: Keystone Cops, Mack Swain, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Billy Bevan
Mack Sennetts' acclaimed Keystone Production Company produced highly successful classic comedies which encapsulated the era with their fast, furious,... Read more
Keystone Komedies: Volume 2 (1915)
Starring: Keystone Cops, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mack Swain, Billy Bevan
Mack Sennetts' acclaimed Keystone Production Company produced highly successful classic comedies which encapsulated the era with their fast, furious,... Read more