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The Marx Brothers: The Cocoanuts
(1929) [G]

The Marx Brothers' first feature film, The Cocoanuts is based on their 1925 stage hit. Miami hotel manager Hammer (Groucho Marx) struggles to keep his establishment from going down the pan. A madcap plot involving a jewel theft is the springboard for this hilarious screwball comedy.  More

The Picture Show Man
(1977) [G]

A warm and witty comedy set in the 20s, The Picture Show Man chronicles the adventures of Maurice Pym (John Meillon), a flamboyant showman traveling the Aussie outback unreeling silent films. Braving much hardship and heartbreak along the way, Pym soon clashes with rival showman Palmer - a...  More

Zazie Dans Le Metro
(1959) [PG]

The lighthearted comedy Zazie Dans Le Metro, an early directorial effort from Louis Malle, stars Catherine Demongeot as a 12-year-old girl named Zazie. Zazie is forced to travel to Paris when her mother wants to rendezvous with her lover. Zazie is left in the care of Uncle Gabriel (Philippe...  More

Boudu Saved From Drowning
(1932) [PG]

A genuine masterpiece of French cinema that remains as fresh and subversive today as when it was originally released in 1932, Boudu Saved From Drowning is an utterly hilarious and wholly beguiling comedy of manners that also deals with the need for individuality and independence. The film's...  More

The Firemen's Ball (The Fireman's Ball)
(1967) [PG]

Milos Forman, celebrated director of 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Amadeus,' began life as the defining director of Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960's. His first colour film, 'The Firemen's Ball' (Hori, ma panenko), was arguable his best, drawing the ire of the censors for its...  More

Make Mine Mink
(1960) [G]

Retired major Terry-Thomas, ex-con Billie Whitelaw, eccentric dowager Athene Seyler and disgruntled teacher of etiquette Hattie Jacques are among the peculiar residents of a boarding house who turn into modern day Robin Hoods, stealing furs for charity. This film version of the hilarious farce...  More

The Marx Brothers: Duck Soup
(1933) [G]

To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. Firefly is a cynical, sarcastic dictator who refuses to play politics by the book. For instance, he does reduce workers' hours~~by...  More

The Marx Brothers: Horse Feathers
(1932) [G]

Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. His cavalier attitude toward education is not reserved for his son Frank, who is seeing the college widow, Connie Bailey. Frank influences Wagstaff to recruit two football players who hang out in a...  More

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
(1966) [G]

St. Trinian's High School meets the highwaymen. And it's high-class laughs all the way to the bank. After the hijack of the century, crooks infiltrate St. Trinian's High Society - the site where they've highlighted to hide their loot. But the high-spirited schoolgirls decide to take on the...  More

Blue Murder At St Trinian's
(1956) [PG]

If only those uncontrollable St Trinian's pupils had brushed up on Latin grammar. Because the notorious schoolgirls have won a UNESCO prize trip to Rome. But while learning the Italian for Lacrosse, they get mixed up with a jewel thief on the lam. And their blackboard bungling makes him wish he'd...  More