Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Feat. Warren Mitchell
- Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
Travels With My Aunt (1972)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Jr. Gossett… - A young Maggie Smith ages up in this entertaining if over–stuffed whimsy based on the novel by Graham Greene about the odd–ball…
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)- Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Frankie Howerd, Nora Swinburne, Graham Crowden - More Howerd led malarkey, set in the middle ages, with Frankie as a servant comically defending his master's daughter.
Up the Front (1972)- Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, Hermione Baddeley… - One of Frankie Howerd's bigscreen starring roles in a spinoff of the 'Up Pompeii' TV Series. Here he plays an WWII soldier who has invasion plans…
What's Up Doc? (1972)- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn… - Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)- Dir. Rodney Amateau
Feat. Peter Sellers, Rick Lenz, Harold Gould… - Watchable farce has Sellers playing Dr. Albert T Hopfnagel, a corrupt hospital official devoted to the art of ripping off patients. Barbed satire…
Beware Of A Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte, The Little Chaos, The City Tramp) (1971)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla - Dubbed Fassbinder's most autobiographical work, this ambiguous comedy investigates relations between a clan of artists attempting to make a film in…
Boy Friend, The (1971)- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian… - Unavailable on any format until recently, this long lost flight of fancy finds Ken Russell remodeling the golden age of musicals in his own…
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret… - Classic from the early 70s 'zeitgeist', this funny yet sobering film chronicles the sex lives of two disparate men from high–school to…
Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993)- Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…
©2025 AroVideo | Using the Catalogue | Feedback Opens in a new window | Terms of use Opens in a new window | Privacy Policy Opens in a new window | AroVideo on Twitter AroVideo on Facebook
