Subgenre Sampler
2000 Year Old Man, The - The Complete History (1961-1998)- Mel Brooks, playing the 'oldest man in the world' in conversation with Carl Reiner, fronts this all–time classic comedy sketch, much of which…
Great Impostor, The (1961)- Tony Curtis bluffs his way though society in this comic caper based on the true story of Ferdinand Demara who successfully passed himself off as a…
- DVD $14.95
Too Many Crooks (1959)- Four incompetent, would–be criminals make a meal of a kidnapping–ransom plot in this farcical crime caper from the Rank Organisation.
- DVD $14.95
A King in New York (1957)
- Mild satire, in which Chaplin plays the leader of 'Estrovia' whose visit to NYC is beset by witchhunts, noise, and 1950s conservatism. Has often…
- DVD
$19.95$14.95 
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)- One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
- DVD $49.95
Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960)- Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)- Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…
- DVD
$25$18.75 
Norman Wisdom Collection, The (Trouble in Store, Up in the World, On the Beat.) (1953-1962)- Collection of three comedies – Trouble in Store, Up in the World and On the Beat – from admired British slapstick comedian Norman Wisdom,…
- DVD
$25$18.75 
Stalag 17 (1952)- Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
- DVD
$20$15 
Harvey (1950)- Jimmy Stewart's personal favourite role is his middle–aged drunk who has a six–foot rabbit friend that only he can see. From Mary Chase's…
- DVD
$24.95$18.70
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