Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Animal Crackers (1930)
- Dir. Victor Heerman
Feat. Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx…
- Pre–Hollywood Marx Brothers, a little stagey yet with a glorious abundance of gags.
Madam Satan (1930)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young
- A genuine oddity (and second talkie) from Cecil B. DeMille, this typically extravagant pre–Code musical comedy stars Kay Johnson as a jealous…
Marx Brothers Collection (Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Animal Crackers) (1930-1933)
- Feat. The Marx Brothers
- Three early–period comedies from the Marx Brothers.
Cocoanuts, The (1929)
- Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx…
- The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Circus, The (1928)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
- Chaplin's Little Tramp stumbles into a travelling circus where he falls in love and finds work as a circus clown and high–wire artist. Hasn't…
Show People (1928)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson…
- A satire of Hollywood life in the last of the silent years, this rom–com from director King Vidor (THE FOUNTAINHEAD) has Marion Davies playing…
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
- Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
- One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
College (1927)
- Dir. James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton goes to college where he tries to win the girl of his dreams by proving himself in the sports arena. An ideal set up for 'Stoneface' to…
Battling Butler (1926)
- Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton's seventh feature film is based on a Broadway play in which he plays a love–struck weakling who must masquerade as a boxer in…
General, The (1926)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton risks life and limb to pursue his beloved rail engine, hijacked by Union spies at the time of the U.S. Civil War. Hilarious…