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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The Abbott and Costello Show: DVD #411 (1952)
8.2/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Who’s on first? Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, this special collector’s set includes 4 complete shows pre DVD from the 52 episo... Read more
The Abbott and Costello Show: DVD #412 (1952)
7.7/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Who’s on first? Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, this special collector’s set includes 4 complete shows pre DVD from the 52 episo... Read more
The Abbott and Costello Show: DVD #413 (1952)
7.7/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Who’s on first? Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends, this special collector’s set includes 4 complete shows pre DVD from the 52 episo... Read more
The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 (1952)
8.5/10
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke
The landmark comedy show that showcased the talents of the kings of slapstick. Contains all 26 episodes of the first season (1952-1953), complete and... Read more
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
8.2/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Cecil Parker, Diane Cilento, Kenneth More
Comedy based on James Barrie's classic play in which Kenneth More's English butler, shipwrecked with his employers, resourcefully leads them in their... Read more
The Adventures of Francis the Talking Mule (1949)
Director: Arthur Lubin
Starring: Patricia Medina, Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills
While on a mission behind enemy lines in Burma, G.I. Donald O'Connor is rescued by "Francis the Talking Mule" (1949) in the debut entry in the articul... Read more
The Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle: The Egg and I / Ma and Pa Kettle / Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town / Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Director: Charles Lamont, Chester Erskine, Edward Sedgwick
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Percy Kilbride, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Richard Long
First, the hillbilly husband and wife played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride are introduced in the all-time favourite barnyard comedy 'The Egg and... Read more
The Amazing Adventure (1936)
7.6/10
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian
Based on the novel by E. Philips Oppenheim, Cary Grant stars as Ernest Bliss, an unhappy playboy who bets his cynical doctor he can live for a year on... Read more
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
7.4/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell
In one of the first films to satirize America's gung-ho attitude to war, James Garner (in his favourite role) plays Charley Madison, a soldier who's n... Read more
The Apartment (1960)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
This Oscar-winning Best Picture stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine as they wheel and deal over a New York apartment in a comedy of morality. This... Read more