Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5567 Films to Buy & Rent
Great McGonagall, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Valentine Dyall
- Based on the true story of 19th Scottish 'nonsense' poet William McGonagall (Milligan), who courted favour from Queen Victoria (Sellers) amongst…
Groove Tube, The (1974)
- Dir. Ken Shapiro
Feat. Chevy Chase, Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer
- An early satire of television broadcasts, which takes news, programmes, childrens' shows and adverts in its subversive stride. Famous now for its…
Happy Days (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley…
- Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
Harry & Tonto (Harry and Tonto) (1974)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Rene Enriquez…
- Art Carney won the Oscar for his performance as a retiree embarking on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
Homebodies (1974)
- Dir. Larry Yust
Feat. Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Frances Fuller
- A blackly humourous yarn about a group of retired tenants who are willing to go to extremes to prevent eviction. Inventive genre pic belies its low…
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Windsor Davies
- The riotous misadventures of a concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining troops during World War II. With a typically…
Man About the House: The Movie (1974)
- Dir. John Robins
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Spike Milligan
- Big screen outing of the popular sitcom has an unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings, only Robin…
Martha (1974)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm
- Addressing his favourite subject, emotional cruelty, Dir. Fassbinder skillfully works a vein of pitch–black comedy in depicting Margit…
Mel Brooks Collection, The (Silent Movie, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, 12 Chairs, Young Frankenstein, History of the World Pt 1, Life Stinks) (1974-1991)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks
- Seven classic–period Mel Brooks comedies in one box–set.
Parade (1974)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
- An eclectic comedy cabaret show that involves the filming of live performers on and offstage with small minuets dotted throughout. This final film…