Classic Pre-Sixties British Comedy Films

[Dubversion]

George Formby
Norman Wisdom

not funny

 

[Roadkill]

Oh, Mr Porter!

Brilliant film, that. All of Will Hay's films were good, although 'Oh, Mr Porter!' is the best. Ask A Policeman is the next best IMO, and his wartime one, 'The Goose Steps Out' is mighty amusing.

 

[rhod]

There's a few Norman Wisdom DVDs knocking around on usenet at the moment. Not everybody's cup of tea, but I think he's great. (They've all got great British character actors in them as well - Margaret Rutherford etc)

 

[rekil]

There's a few Norman Wisdom DVDs knocking around on usenet at the moment. Not everybody's cup of tea, but I think he's great. (They've all got great British character actors in them as well - Margaret Rutherford etc)

I like Follow A Star and The Square Peg.

 

[mr steev]

Carry on Seargent & Nurse

 

[U-R]

Early 60's?

'The Rebel'

'On The Fiddle'

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

The Ealing comedies are obvious, and School For Scoundrels spring to mind. What other classics are there?

The Carry On Etc Gang.

Our Man in Havana.

The Man in the White Suit.

Eric Sykes show, but that might be sixties.

 

[Belushi]

Anything starring the great Will Hay, but especially Oh, Mr Porter and Ask a Policeman

 

[imposs1904]

Hobson's Choice is a great film. Enjoyable performance from Charles Laughton.

And I know it's not strictly a comedy but there was a real wit to Hitchcock's 39 Steps.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

The Man in the White Suit.

Ealing, surely?

 

[Santino]

The Happiest Days of Your Life, with Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell.

 

[Dubversion]

The Happiest Days of Your Life, with Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell.

never heard of it, but that cast list suggests a classic

 

[Belushi]

Margaret Rutherford

I'll watch anything with Margaret Rutherford in

 

[Part 2]

Which Will HAy film is Oh Mr Porter?

I loved Will HAy when I was younger, my favourite being the smuggling one where the old fella goes on about the headless horseman.

 

[Roadkill]

Which Will HAy film is Oh Mr Porter?

I loved Will HAy when I was younger, my favourite being the smuggling one where the old fella goes on about the headless horseman.

That's Ask a Policeman.

Oh Mr Porter is the one set on the railways - the one Belushi's put a still up from above.

 

[golightly]

never heard of it, but that cast list suggests a classic

You obviously never spent Sunday afternoons watching old films on BBC 2.

 

[Lock&Light]

Laxdale Hall (1953)

 

[Belushi]

my favourite being the smuggling one where the old fella goes on about the headless horseman.

My favourite bit is when they go and see the old fellas dad

<goes and looks at Will Hay box sets on Amazon>

 

[Part 2]

Already been. I want a Will Hay box set for Xmas now

 

[Belushi]

Already been. I want a Will Hay box set for Xmas now

I'm waiting until I'm paid on Friday!

 

[blossie33]

Passport to Pimlico

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Ealing

 

[Santino]

Happiest Days of Your Life is awesome. Sim is the headmaster of a boys school that has to share its building with a girls school (run by Rutherford) that's been damaged by a bomb.

 

[rhod]

Look what's released next week!

 

[Maltin]

Genevieve and Pygmalion are classics.

 

[Captain Kirk]

kind hearts and coronets

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Ealing

 

[Santino]

I live in Ealing. The studios are about 200 yards from me right now.

 

[bigbry]

Two I've always liked are "Passport To Pimlico" and "The Titchfield Thunderbolt".

Classics, both of them

 

[Kanda]

Ealing is a shithole.


*runs*