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My Friend Irma Goes West (1950): Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn…; Comedy sequel to MY FRIEND IRMA, based on the popular 1940's radio show of the same name. One of the early outings of comedy duo Dean Martin and…
Adam's Rib (1949): Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn; A bittersweet battle of the sexes in which married lawyers find themselves on opposite sides of an attempted murder case. High–brow romp was…
Adventures of Francis the Talking Mule, The - Volume 1 (Francis, Francis Goes to the Races, Francis Goes to West Point, Francis Covers the Big Town) (1949-1952): Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills, Piper Laurie…; The first four comedies starring O'Connor as an affably naive young man, who is assisted through life by a berating, smart–arsed talking mule…
Africa Screams (1949): Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello; More dependable comedy from the Abbott and Costello duo, this time running amok in Africa, complete with racial stereotypes.
Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949): Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant; George and Ira Gershwin musical reuniting Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart, who play a husband and wife comedy team at a…
Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series) (1949-1960): Feat. Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope…; Treasure trove of broadcast comedy classics from America's variety show golden age. Includes a bonus sixth disc with rare standup performances from…
History of Mr. Polly, The (1949): Dir. Anthony Pelissier
Feat. John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins…; Bracing comedy set in the Victorian era follows the various misfortunes of sensitive but ineffectual draper Mills as he sets out in search of…
I Was a Male War Bride (1949): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall…; Warm and nicely absurd comedy brings a French army officer (Grant) and American WAC (Sheridan) near the end of WWII, into proximity, mutual loathing,…
Inspector General, The (1949): Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Danny Kaye, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart…; Danny Kaye plays a travelling salesman who is arrested in a small–town and mistakenly identified as a feared tax–inspector. One of Kaye's…
It's a Great Feeling (1949): Dir. David Butler
Feat. Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Doris Day…; Soft–edged Hollywood satire with Jack Carson, Denny Morgan and Doris Day on the path to success. Notable for its great array of show–biz…

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