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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.... Rght: Lobbycard for "Bringing Up Baby".

Screen Legends: Starring Bing Crosby (1936)

5.6/10
Director: Leo McCarey, Mark Sandrich, Norman Z McLeod, Victor Schertzinger
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Fred Asta...

A collection of four Bing Crosby classics. "Pennies From Heaven" (1936) - Legendary crooner Bing Crosby sings and dances his way through this charming... Read more

Seven Sinners (1940)

6.9/10
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Anna Lee, Misch...

This classic romantic comedy stars Marlene Dietrich as a sexy cabaret singer whose reputation as a troublemaker has gotten her kicked out of one port... Read more

Sgt Bilko: Volume 1 (1955)

5.7/10
Starring: Harvey Lembeck, Phil Silvers, Paul Ford, Maurice Gosfield, Billy Sands

Comedy legend Phil Silvers is Sgt. Ernie Bilko, the ultimate con man. He runs the motor pool at a small Kansas US Army Camp, nominally run by Colonel... Read more

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

7.3/10
Director: W S Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed, Barry Nelson

When murder occurs amidst the 'horsey set' ostensibly retired husband-and-wife sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles, spend a day at the races sifting throug... 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

Shirley Temple: Little Darling Pack (1934)

6.2/10
Director: Alexander Hall, Henry Hathaway
Starring: Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple

This double bill of early Shirley faves opens with the first film version of Damon Runyon's "Little Miss Marker" (1934), with Temple as the adorable t... Read more

Simon Simon (1970)

6.1/10
Director: Graham Stark
Starring: Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise

In this short 1966 slapstick comedy (30 mins), two crane operators distracted by some female passers-by are unable to complete their jobs, much to the... Read more

Soft Beds Hard Battles (1973)

Director: Roy Boulting
Starring: Peter Sellers, Curt Jurgens, Jenny Hanley, Rula Lenska, Timothy West

Peter Sellers plays multiple characters in this World War II romp. Madame Grenier is the head of a famous Parisian brothel and after most of her Frenc... Read more

Some Like It Hot (1959)

8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E Brown

Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take... Read more

Some Like It Hot ( Blu-ray ) (1959)

8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O'Brien, Tony Curtis, Joe E Brown

Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take... Read more