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Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960): Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…; DVD $39.95, $39.95
Norman Wisdom Collection, The (Trouble in Store, Up in the World, On the Beat.) (1953-1962): Collection of three comedies – Trouble in Store, Up in the World and On the Beat – from admired British slapstick comedian Norman Wisdom,…; DVD ~~$25~~ $18.75
Stalag 17 (1952): Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Harvey (1950): Jimmy Stewart's personal favourite role is his middle–aged drunk who has a six–foot rabbit friend that only he can see. From Mary Chase's…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): Another brilliant comic parable from Frank Capra, in the wake of MR. DEEDS. The endearing Jimmy Stewart plays a young idealist who discovers the…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Pygmalion (1938): Leslie Howard trains Wendy Hiller to be a lady, in an excellent version of the G B Shaw play.; DVD $19.95
Storm in a Teacup (1937): Capra–lite comedy set in Scotland with Harrison as a journalist falling for a local politicians daughter.; DVD $34.95
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928): One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Chaplin Revue, The (1918-1923): A collection of comic shorts from Charlie Chaplin, playing his 'Tramp' character. Featured are 'Shoulder Arms', 'The Idle Class', 'The Pilgrim',…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Burlesque On Carmen (1916): A twist ending highlights Chaplin's second 'feature' in which his forlorn soldier is loved and left by a gypsy girl.; VHS $24.95

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