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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Miss London Limited (1943)
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Arthur Askey
Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave... Read more
Mister Roberts (1955)
7.8/10
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell
A classic comedy-drama about the dehumanizing aspects of war. Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World... Read more
Molly and Me (1945)
7/10
Director: Lewis Seiler
Starring: Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer
A vivacious actress in need of work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty old politician, and gives his life the good shaking-up that it needs.This music... Read more
Mon Oncle (1958)
7.9/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
A masterpiece by the great French comic Jacques Tati which concentrates on young Gerard Arpel and his Uncle Hulot (Jacques Tati) in a house where gadg... Read more
Mon Oncle ( Blu-ray ) (1958)
7.9/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Adrienne Servantie, Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola
Slapstick prevails again when Jacques Tatis eccentric, old- fashioned hero, Monsieur Hulot, is set loose in Villa Arpel, the geometric, oppressively... Read more
Money From Home (1953)
6.3/10
Director: George Marshall
Starring: Richard Haydn, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Gerald Mohr, Robert Strauss, Marjie Mil...
When Dean Martin's gambling debts start to mount, he enlists his veterinarian cousin Jerry Lewis to help him fix a race. Along the way the boys find p... Read more
Monkey Business (1931)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Starring: Ruth Hall, The Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Rockcliffe Fellowes
While hiding from the authorities on a luxury liner, a quartet of stowaways become bodyguards of rival gangsters, with the usual hilarious results. An... Read more
Monkey Business (1952)
7/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
A romping screwball comedy about a genius chemist who invents a formula that delays the ageing process. A chimpanzee in the lab pours the formula in a... Read more
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
8/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye
Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) is a dapper Parisian family man who loses his job as a bank clerk. In order to support his wife and child, he devis... Read more
Move Over Darling (1963)
7/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Chuck Connors, Don Knotts, Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter
Originally planned as the Marilyn Monroe vehicle "Something's Got to Give," this remake of 1940's "My Favorite Wife" was revamped for Doris Day. Retur... Read more