Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Can't Help Singing (1944)
- Dir. Frank Ryan
Feat. Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff
- Sugary sweet technicolour western musical based on the book "Girl of the Overland Trail" by Samuel J. and Curtis B. Warshawsky. Set during the…
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest…
- Crazed comedy from dir. Sturges, with Bracken starring as a WW2 soldier, who never actually saw any action because of his hay fever, but who upon…
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn…
- Madcap screwball comedy from genius writer–director Preston Sturges (THE LADY EVE), following a small–town girl from the Midwest (Betty…
Pin Up Girl (1944)
- Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye…
- Betty Grable, America's #1 pin–up during WWII, strikes a pose as a canteen girl who pretends to be broadway star in order to stay close to her…
Ghost on the Loose (1943)
- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey
- At the 'Ed Wood' end of the horror–comedy canon, this has Lugosi haunting the suburban house of some newlyweds. Also stars screen…
Heat's On, The (Tropicana) (1943)
- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Mae West
- Famous Mae West flop, with the screen vamp playing a Broadway star torn between rival producers. Once the talk of the town, she wouldn't make another…
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn
- Amusing comic fantasy in which playboy Don Ameche recalls his life of sin for the devil, to find he wasn't such a bad guy after all.
My Learned Friend (1943)
- Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Mervyn Johns
- British comedy starring Will Hay as a lawyer on the run from a serial killer, whom he had previously defended and been unable to keep out of jail.…
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter…
- MGM Musical comedy starring Judy Garland in an early grown–up role as the titular small–town girl who heads to Broadway but struggles to…
Goose Steps Out, The (1942)
- Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Frank Pettingell, Charles Hawtrey…
- British war comedy with Hay as a bumbling teacher conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime…