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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Pat and Mike (1952)
7/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
Delightful screwball comedy has shy but spunky athlete Katharine Hepburn being promoted by small-time manager Spencer Tracy, as the Queen of Sports. A... Read more
Penny Points to Paradise / Let's Go Crazy (1951)
Starring: Bill Kerr, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Alfred Marks
This comedy is most notable for marking the feature film debut of enormously popular comedic actor Peter Sellers. The story is set in Brighton and fol... Read more
People Will Talk (1951)
7.5/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blac...
Sparkling comic gem with moments of great poignancy stars Cary Grant as a physician whose belief in the curative powers of the mind seems too unorthod... Read more
Pete and Dud: Behind the Fridge (1971)
Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Two rare recordings of England's great surreal comedy duo, filmed in Melbourne during their 1971 tour of Australia. Never broadcast in the UK, the sh... Read more
Pillow Talk (1959)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter
Rock Hudson and Doris Day are at their best in their first romantic comedy together. Doris is an uptight interior decorator forced to share a party li... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Bill...
Hitting the high seas for a third time, Captain Jack is in trouble down in Davy Jones' Locker, after an incident with the Kraken; and Will and Elizabe... Read more
Platinum Blonde (1931)
6.9/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams
A fast-paced, clever romantic comedy about a poor reporter (Robert Williams) who marries a society girl (Jean Harlow) only to rebel against her lifest... 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
Playtime ( Blu-ray ) (1967)
8/10
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte, Jacques Tati
Jacques Tatis gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime.... Read more
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
6.5/10
Director: Charles Walters
Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Page, Jack Weston
A drama critic (David Niven) and his wife (Doris Day) pack up their brood and move from New York to a dilapidated old house in the country and a new s... Read more