Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Easy Living (1937)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland…
- A breathless screwball comedy from the pen of Preston Sturges that almost rivals the writer–director's best work. Spunky Jean Arthur is the…
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
- Dir. Harry Lachman
Feat. Fay Wray, Richard Dix
- Not very good.
Keep Fit (1937)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton, George Formby
- Snappy–yet–slight musical–comedy sees Formby play a skinny wimp who faces off against a stocky Middleton in a 'keep fit' contest in…
Nothing Sacred (1937)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Carole Lombard, Fredric March
- Top comedy–farce rests on the charms of Carole Lombard, here at her mercurial best playing a screwy smalltown gal. Pretending to have an…
Oh! Mr Porter (1937)
- Dir. Marcel Varnel
Feat. Will Hay
- One of the best British comedies of the 1930s, this predates Ealing in its winning blend of whimsy, slapstick and inventiveness.
Will Hay plays a…
Shall We Dance (1937)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pretend to be married in this last notable musical of their partnership. Features the classic roller–skate…
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker…
- Capra–lite comedy set in Scotland with Harrison as a journalist falling for a local politicians daughter.
Three Stooges Collection, The (1937-1946)
- Feat. The Three Stooges
- A collection of approximately one sixth of the Three Stooges prolific output, encompassing 29 shorts and a feature–length outing, SWING PARADE…
Topper / Topper Returns (1937)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young…
- Once classic comedy concerns a deceased young couple (Grant and Bennett) who as ghosts haunt the dull life of a banker. Spawned several sequels…
Way Out West (1937)
- Dir. James W Horne
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- One of Laurel and Hardy's best features, spreading their brand of chaos into the Old West.