Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Cat and the Canary, The (1939)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
- Bob Hope lends his charm to this playful remake of 1927 expressionist silent film about siblings who inherit an uncle's fortune but must first prove…
Divorce Of Lady X (1939)
- Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson…
- Sprightly Technicolor story has Olivier playing a barrister who falls in love with the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing.
Eternally Yours (1939)
- Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Loretta Young, David Niven, Broderick Crawford…
- A woman leaves stability and a wealthy fiancĂ©e behind to travel the globe as a magician's assistant after she is swept off her feet. However 'The…
Midnight (1939)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore…
- Vintage romantic comedy, with a glamorous Claudette Colbert stranded in Paris and chased by two potential suitors: a modest taxi driver who's really…
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart, Jean Arthur
- Another brilliant comic parable from Frank Capra, in the wake of MR. DEEDS. The endearing Jimmy Stewart plays a young idealist who discovers the…
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939)
- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver…
- Fred & Ginger star in the story of the dancing team who taught the world to two–step, based on the stories "My Husband and My Memories of…
Women, The (1939)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell…
- They gossip! They bitch! They cackle! What does one expect with a cast of 135 women. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell head the…
Bank Holiday (Three on a Weekend) (1938)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, John Lodge, Hugh Williams…
- Minor drama with nurse Lockwood heading to the seaside for an illicit weekend only to have her enjoyment tempered by her job.
Carefree (1938)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy
- The eighth of the ten films that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did together, this screwball comedy features only four musical numbers, and is…
Holiday (1938)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- Sparkling Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn duet stands as tall as its famous successor, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. The drawbacks of life in high society are…