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Subgenre Sampler
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…
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…
Love Happy (1949)- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Marilyn Monroe - Final Marx Bros. comedy, is a downbeat entry, with a brief scene with Marilyn Monroe.
My Dear Secretary (1949)- Dir. Charles Martin
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day - Underrated comedy concerning an aspiring young writer (Laraine Day) hired as the new secretary for a top author (Kirk Douglas) who is bitterly…
My Friend Irma (1949)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin - Clown–prince Jerry Lewis first teamed with Dean Martin in this airheaded comedy based on a hit CBS radio–show.
Passport to Pimlico (1949)- Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Margaret Rutherford - To avoid licensing laws, a district of London declares itself an independent kingdom. Sounds like a premise for a classic Ealing satire!
Quartet (1949)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Honor Blackman - Four W Somerset Maugham stories are given exemplary treatment by the best of British, incl. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Honor Blackman. Unlike…
Sorrowful Jones (1949)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest… - Buddy comedy with Bob Hope as an inveterate gambler who fins himself the guardian for a young girl.
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