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Comedy Classics
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Jour De Fete
(1949) [G]
A joyful, almost silent comedy set in the French countryside. Francois, a village postman, zips through his rounds on his bicycle -- the old-fashioned way. But when a traveling carnival comes to town, its proprietors show a film extolling the virtues of modern American mail delivery. Soon the... More
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City Lights (2 Disc Set)
(1931) [G]
City Lights begins with an uproarious skewering of pomp and formality, ends with one of the most famous last shots in movie history and, from start to finish, so completely touches the heart and tickles the funny bone that in 1998 it was named one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American... More
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Monsieur Verdoux
(1947) [PG]
This blistering little black comedy was well ahead of its time when released in 1947. Originally, Orson Welles had wanted Chaplin to star in his drama about a French mass murderer named Landru, but Chaplin was hesitant to act for another director and used the idea himself. He plays a dapper gent... More
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2 Disc Set)
(1975) [M]
What do a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically-preserved motorbiker and a Frankenstein's monster wearing golden underpants all have in common? They're all crucial parts of Rocky Horror Picture Show, the comedy cult classic which is at once hysterical, indispensable and truly disturbing.... More
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The Great Race
(1965) [G]
Crank your engines! With a roar, sputter and pop (and more Academy Award winning Best Sound Effects), drivers wheel westward in wacky turn-of-the-century autos for a New York-to-Paris race. Ahead lie 20,000 miles, a barroom brawl, a sinkable iceberg, 2,357 pies in the face and incalculable... More
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In Like Flint
(1967) [PG]
The Original Man of Mystery! 007 is a great number. And Austin has his powers, but nobody is really "In Like Flint!" He's back, in the ultimate spy spoof, this time going head-to-head with a group of wealthy and powerful female tycoons who have discovered a way to brainwash women through beauty... More
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The Odd Couple
(1968) [G]
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, although there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and... More
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Kentucky Fried Movie
(1977) [M]
Madcap spoof, a collection of comedy skits includes the Kung-Fu parody, "A Fistful Of Yen" and "Catholic School Girls In Trouble." Enjoy the future of movie-going with the "Feel-A-Round" theater experience. See a notable and highly respected actor as the clumsiest waiter in motion picture... More
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Alfie
(1966) [M]
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. He has a series of reversals in which his health is threatened, he has a child who is adopted by another man, gets a married woman pregnant and must procure an abortion... More
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Any Which Way You Can
(1980) [M]
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add... More
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Road To Bali
(1952) [G]
Playing a team of vaudeville performers, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby compete for Dorothy Lamour, pursuing her to the South Seas island of Bali, where they must contend with all sorts of jungle dangers, like cannibalistic natives. Look for various Hollywood cameos. More
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How To Marry A Millionaire
(1953) [G]
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process. Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive apartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money they intend to use all their talents to trap and marry three... More
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The Seven Year Itch
(1955) [PG]
Marilyn Monroe proves that no man can resist her - especially a married man - in this sexy romp directed by Billy Wilder and heralded as one of the quintessential comedies of all time! When a seductive starlet (Monroe) moves in upstairs, a married man (Tom Ewell) has his fidelity put to the test.... More
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There's No Business Like Show Business
(1954) [G]
Marilyn Monroe and an all-star cast are featured in Irving Berlin's tuneful depiction of the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. The talented Donahue family has plenty of love to get them through the hard times - that is, until they cross paths with a rising starlet (Monroe) whose... More
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1953) [G]
Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but this blonde bombshell prefers diamonds, and lots of them! Glamorous showgirl Marilyn sets sail for France, intent on marrying a rich, yet boring, beau. But anything can - and does - happen with the beautiful and fun-loving Jane Russell acting as chaperone. From... More
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Bus Stop
(1956) [PG]
A well known comedy-drama which proved Miss Monroe's versatility as an actress. Don Murray plays the part of a young and innocent cowboy who discovers the girl of his dreams and kidnaps her, hoping to make her his wife. More
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Let's Make Love
(1960) [G]
LET’S MAKE LOVE was Marilyn Monroe's 27th picture and George Cukor’s first film with the star who was then at the height of her career. In this film, his third musical, Cukor made skillful use of color and camera movement to illustrate one of his favorite themes: the magic of show business.... More
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Genevieve
(1953) [G]
The spectacle of the London to Brighton Commemorative Run provides the background for this delightful comedy in which friendly rivalry (both automotive and married) between two couples develops into a no-holds-barred race! Four charming lead performances, a sharp and amusing script, Larry Adler's... More
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Harold And Maude
(1971) [M]
Harold is a depressed, death-obsessed 20-year-old man-child who spends his free time attending funerals and committing suicide in front of his mother, but he does not die. At a funeral, Harold befriends Maude, a 79-year-old woman who has a zest for life. She and Harold spend much time together... More
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The Marx Brothers: A Night In Casablanca
(1946) [G]
The setting for this piece of inspired Marx mayhem is the fabulous Hotel Castablanca in North Africa, where the hotel managers are dropping like flies. Each one is being murdered as he innocently blunders onto the stolen jewels and art treasures hidden in the hotel by a gang of escaped Nazis.... More
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Robin And The 7 Hoods
(1964) [G]
Robin And The 7 Hoods mirthfully gives the Robin Hood legend a Depression-era, mobtown Chicago setting. There, North Side boss Robbo (Frank Sinatra) hopes to get a leg up in his power struggle with rival racketeer Guy Gisborne (Peter Falk). Robbo sets himselfup as a latter-day Robin Hood with... More
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Paris When It Sizzles
(1964) [PG]
William Holden portrays a screenwriter with a script deadline in three days. When he asks secretary Audrey Hepburn to help concoct ideas, she acts out a potpourri of preposterous plots. Beautifully shot on location in Paris by famed cinematographer Claude Renoir. More
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Laurel & Hardy: Way Out West
(1937) [G]
Stan and Ollie are asked to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. However, they'll have to contend with her evil guardian Mickey Finn who is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon singer wife Lola. More
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Some Like It Hot
(1959) [PG]
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn... More
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Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
(1983) [M]
Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin have returned to explain The Meaning Of Life. These naughty Britons offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favourite bodily... More
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Casino Royale (1967)
(1967) [PG]
Things are looking decidedly bleak for British Intelligence, in both senses of the term. SMERSH has begun to sabotage global stability; no less than 11 agents have been lost; and to make matters worse, our greatest secret agent, 007 is languishing in stately retirement. M - together with the... More
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Yellow Submarine (Digitally Restored)
(1968) [G]
Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland…
London – March 20, 2012 – The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release.
The film has been restored in... More
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General, The (1927)
(1927) [G]
Rejected by the Confederate Army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marian Mack), young Johnnie Gray (Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war with his cherished locomotive. What follows is, without exaggeration, probably the most cleverly choreographed comedy... More
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Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases
(1943) [G]
The fast and furr-ious Tom and Jerry are at it again. They cause fireworks in Yankee Doodle Mouse, hit the beach in Salt Water Tabby, tear up the links in Tee For Two and crack the ice in Mice Follies. Tom Plays piano in The Cat Concerto, plucks strings in Solid Serenade and lends vocals to Zoot... More
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