Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5574 Films to Buy & Rent
Red Headed Woman / Waterloo Bridge (1931-1932)
- Dir. Jack Conway, James Whale
Feat. Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone…
- RED HEADED WOMAN: A snappy comedy from the pre–code Hollywood era with Jean Harlow playing a woman from Ohio who manipulates men in order to…
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
- Dir. Maurice Elvey
Feat. Gracie Fields
- Gracie Fields debuted in this lightweight English comedy as a heartbroke girl who, on moving to London, hits it off splendid with the Cockneys.…
Animal Crackers (1930)
- Dir. Victor Heerman
Feat. Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx…
- Pre–Hollywood Marx Brothers, a little stagey yet with a glorious abundance of gags.
Madam Satan (1930)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young
- A genuine oddity (and second talkie) from Cecil B. DeMille, this typically extravagant pre–Code musical comedy stars Kay Johnson as a jealous…
Marx Brothers Collection (Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Animal Crackers) (1930-1933)
- Feat. The Marx Brothers
- Three early–period comedies from the Marx Brothers.
Cocoanuts, The (1929)
- Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx…
- The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Circus, The (1928)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
- Chaplin's Little Tramp stumbles into a travelling circus where he falls in love and finds work as a circus clown and high–wire artist. Hasn't…
Show People (1928)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson…
- A satire of Hollywood life in the last of the silent years, this rom–com from director King Vidor (THE FOUNTAINHEAD) has Marion Davies playing…
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
- Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
- One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
College (1927)
- Dir. James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton goes to college where he tries to win the girl of his dreams by proving himself in the sports arena. An ideal set up for 'Stoneface' to…