Pre 1970 Comedy Movies

[bt4421]

for the geezers like myself, list your favorites. And hey, maybe some younger ones can benefit by finding some good watches.

I have two. Both highly recommended.

1. The Great Race. Love the good guy bad guy old school format. Great cast.

2. Its a mad mad mad world. I don't know if there's ever been another movie with as many stars in it as this one.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Late 60's-first three I thought of. All classics.

1) The Graduate
2) The Odd Couple
3) Barefoot in the Park.

I would consider a Woody Allen movie also. Not sure what was pre-1970. I acquired a taste for his stuff. I know not everyone has. Also The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers and pretty much any Cary Grant movie that would be considered a comedy, but especially Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer and Father Goose, although both are entertaining but neither one I would consider sophisticated humor. But that's a lot of Cary Grant.

Also the original The Front Page. Goes way back but it's actually on my extended list of channel stopping movies.

 

[HOFCeluck]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The Hope and Crosby Road pictures.

Abbott and Costello.

 

[sutomcat]

The Hope and Crosby Road pictures.

Abbott and Costello.

Yup. Also….

Martin and Lewis.

Marx Brothers.

Bringing Up Baby.

The Producers.

Danny Kaye had some funny ones.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

 

[bt4421]

The Hope and Crosby Road pictures.

Abbott and Costello.

These are awesome. Watched them all with our kids who are now 30 plus. Our youngest especially is big fan of the older movies.

 

[bt4421]

Yup. Also….

Martin and Lewis.

Marx Brothers.

Bringing Up Baby.

The Producers.

Danny Kaye had some funny ones.

All excellent choices. Love these movies. Inspector general.

Yup. Also….

Martin and Lewis.

Marx Brothers.

Bringing Up Baby.

The Producers.

Danny Kaye had some funny ones.

All great choices. Danny Kaye court jester and inspector General definitely. Marx brothers were awesome.

 

[bt4421]

The Hope and Crosby Road pictures.

Abbott and Costello.

Love em

 

[bt4421]

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A darker type of comedy. But certainly a classic.

 

[Symphony Steve]

For sheer laughing-out-loud comedies pre-1970, give me "The Producers" all day every day.

No surprise, since, for my money, "Blazing Saddles" is my fave post-1970 laughing-out-loud movie.

Mel Brooks is da man.

 

[OttoMets]

Some Like It Hot.

 

[tbonezone]

Martin and Lewis.

how do you like your shakes ?

 

[kuethstheman]

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

Classic Don Knotts!

 

[HOFCeluck]

A darker type of comedy. But certainly a classic.

 

[CA Monk]

Woody Allen.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

All excellent choices. Love these movies. Inspector general.

All great choices. Danny Kaye court jester and inspector General definitely. Marx brothers were awesome.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

 

[bigmike]

Never miss it..

 

[tbonezone]

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

attaboy luther !

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Bringing Up Baby — Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and a leopard. Madcap hijinx and slapstick.

The Philadelphia Story — Romantic comedy. Same actors. No leopard, but add James Stewart. Later remade as a musical with Grace Kelly and Sinatra, which I rejected for a lonnnng time because I don’t like Sinatra and didn’t want to ‘betray’ my love of the original. But it’s Grace Kelly. Also good.

Barefoot in the Park

How to Murder Your Wife — Jack Lemmon and the insanely beautiful Virna Lisi

 

[Cheriehoop]

The Thin Man series with William Powell, Myrna Loy and the real star Asta!

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Ooh, i forgot:
Topper — Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, and
My Favorite Wife — Cary Grant and Irene Dunne

Cary Grant and anybody is my happy place.

 

[tbonezone]

i know i'm now senior mucho ban but not sure why a couple movie titles from the sixties (1966) would have got deleted. seems harmless. i'll try again


KING OF HEARTS.
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.

i think the final scene in the russians are coming brings home the fact that we're more alike than different.

 

[kuethstheman]

i know i'm now senior mucho ban but not sure why a couple movie titles from the sixties (1966) would have got deleted. seems harmless. i'll try again
KING OF HEARTS.
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.

Yes! King of Hearts is one of my all-time favorite movies! Yet, I forgot about it!

 

[Noexcuse]

Bye Bye Birdie

A Hard Day's Night