Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty…
- Prime British Hitchcock, tracks a brilliantly–plotted mystery of an old lady's disappearance on a trans–Europe train, with…
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Dir. George B. Seitz
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland…
- Mickey Rooney stars in this early teenage rom–com as a ruddy–faced youth who becomes entangled with three different girls (Garland,…
Pygmalion (1938)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Feat. Leslie Howard, Dame Wendy Hiller
- Leslie Howard trains Wendy Hiller to be a lady, in an excellent version of the G B Shaw play.
Room Service (1938)
- Dir. William Seiter
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…
- Marx Bros cause chaos in a hotel frequented by Broadway producers.
St Martin's Lane (Sidewalks of London) (1938)
- Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Charles Laughton, Rex Harrison…
- Vivien Leigh stars in this oddball comedy–drama as a talented pickpocket who forms an alliance with street performer Laughton.
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart, Jean Arthur
- Sentimental comedy from the James Stewart/Frank Capra camp, and something of a classic. Wealthy, straight–laced Jimmy falls for Jean Arthur,…
Young In Heart (1938)
- Dir. Richard Wallace
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Paulette Goddard
- Comedy about a family of con artists who travel from the French Riviera to London with the police on their tail. They befriend an elderly widow with…
Angel (1937)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas
- Love triangle between a distracted husband, a neglected wife and an ardent suitor set amid the rigid social norms of the…
Damsel in Distress, A (1937)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, George Burns, Joan Fontaine…
- A wealthy American entertainer (Astaire) must win the heart of a lovely English lady (Fontaine). His efforts to woo are drastically hindered by her…
Day at the Races, A (1937)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…
- Marx Brothers' flamboyantly staged comedy in which unabridged lunacy never lets up at a sanitarium and then a racecourse. Contains some of cinema's…