Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Comedy: 912 Films to Buy & Rent
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2 (The Cat's Paw, The Milky Way) (1934-1936)
- Dir. Sam Taylor, Leo McCarey
Feat. Harold Lloyd
- Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE CAT'S PAW, with Lloyd entangled in local body politics; and THE MILKY WAY, in which the silent…
March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes In Toyland) (1934)
- Dir. Gus Meins, Charles R. Rogers
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- Imaginative musical fantasia also makes the most of Laurel and Hardy's comic genius – as dim–witted toymakers whose mistaken order for…
Merry Widow, The (1934)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
- Out of cold–blooded patriotism to his homeland Marshovia, gadabout Maurice Chevalier attempts to seduce millionairess Jeanette MacDonald into…
Thin Man, The (1934)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy
- Taken from Dashiell Hammett's novel, this near–perfect comedy–thriller virtually invented the genre, with William Powell and Myrna Loy as…
Twentieth Century (1934)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Barrymore, Carole Lombard
- Cracking good comedy staged aboard a luxury express–train, where egomaniac theatre producer John Barrymore attempts to win back…
Devil's Brother, The (1933)
- Dir. Hal Roach
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- Laurel and Hardy become fearless highwaymen in 1700s Italy but meet their match in a notorious highwayman. Funny spoof of Auber's operetta.
Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow
- Impeccably directed version of the popular Broadway play boasting an all–star cast of the early talkie era – distinguished New York…
Duck Soup (1933)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…
- A commercial bomb when released, this has since emerged as The Marx Brothers' tour–de–force, and the most popular among fans on account…
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan…
- Freewheeling musical comedy set (and made) during the Great Depression, with Al Jolson playing a hobo in New York who falls in love with the mayor's…
I'm No Angel (1933)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Mae West, Cary Grant
- Man–eater and circus performer Mae West digs for gold, settling on (and suing!) the loaded Cary Grant, only to fall in love for…