Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Whisky Galore! (1949)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Joan Greenwood
- When villagers on a dry Scottish isle 'rescue' a cargo of shipwrecked whiskey, a classic Ealing comedy ensues. Generous doses of sly humour help this…
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
- Reliably entertaining comedy has newlywed city slickers Cary Grant and Myrna Loy attempt to live in the quiet countryside.
Paleface, The (1948)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong…
- One of Bob Hope's most popular comedies is a western spoof in which he stars as a hapless dentist who through a series of misfortunes winds up…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum
- Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
State of the Union (1948)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury
- An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence…
- Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity.
Anchored around a memorable…
Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, The (The Egg and I, Further Adventures, Go to Town, On the Farm) (1947-1951)
- Dir. Chester Erskine, Charles Lamont, Edward Sedgwick
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main…
- The first four movies about the homespun, cornpoke hillbilly couple, drawn from Betty MacDonald's bestselling book 'The Egg and I'. Cheaply made, but…
Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, The (1947)
- Dir. Irving Reis
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple…
- Playboy bachelor Cary Grant is ordered by Judge Myrna Loy to escort her teenage sister (Shirley Temple), so that the ‘bobby–soxer’ might…
Down To Earth (1947)
- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, James Gleason…
- Musical comedy sequel to HERE COMES MR. JORDAN starring Rita Hayworth as Greek Goddess Terpsichore who comes down to Earth to join a Broadway…
Egg and I, The (1947)
- Dir. Chester Erskine
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray
- A comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray as a married couple who move to the countryside to become chicken farmers. While husband Bob…