Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Female Trouble (1974)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
- Waters' funniest trash–a–thon with Divine following up her unforgettable turn in Pink Flamingos as loathsome loser Dawn Davenport –…
For Pete's Sake (1974)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons
- Middling comedy depicts Barbra Streisand as the wife of depressed NYC taxi–driver Michael Sarrazin – to change their fortunes she pursues…
Fred Dagg - All Purpose (1974-2006)
- Feat. John Clarke
- Fred Dagg finally makes it to DVD in this “Authorised Daggography” from legendary Kiwi comic (and now honorary Australian) John Clarke, collating…
Front Page, The (1974)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…
- Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
Good Times (TV Series) (1974)
- Immensely popular 70s sitcom focusing on a poor but proud family in the Chicago projects that tackled topical, often controversial issues from a…
Great McGonagall, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Valentine Dyall
- Based on the true story of 19th Scottish 'nonsense' poet William McGonagall (Milligan), who courted favour from Queen Victoria (Sellers) amongst…
Groove Tube, The (1974)
- Dir. Ken Shapiro
Feat. Chevy Chase, Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer
- An early satire of television broadcasts, which takes news, programmes, childrens' shows and adverts in its subversive stride. Famous now for its…
Happy Days (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley…
- Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
Harry & Tonto (Harry and Tonto) (1974)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Rene Enriquez…
- Art Carney won the Oscar for his performance as a retiree embarking on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
Homebodies (1974)
- Dir. Larry Yust
Feat. Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Frances Fuller
- A blackly humourous yarn about a group of retired tenants who are willing to go to extremes to prevent eviction. Inventive genre pic belies its low…