Donna Moore's COMEDY CHOICES

TWENTY CLASSIC COMEDIES FROM A.F.I'S NOMINEES
PLUS TWO
listed alphabetically

I was asked to select twenty classic comedy favorites (released prior to 1972) from A.F.I's 100 Years 100 Laughs nominees. I found it impossible to name only twenty. I cut out as many as I could and was left with twenty-two.

1. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
   
2. The Awful Truth (1937)
   
3. Bachelor Mother (1939)
   
4. Born Yesterday (1950)
   
5. Dinner At Eight (1933)
   
6. Easy Living (1937)
   
7. Holiday (1938)
   
8. It Happened One Night (1934)
   
9. The Lady Eve (1941)
   
10. Libeled Lady (1936)
    
11. The Major and The Minor (1942)
    
12. Midnight (1939)
    
13. The More The Merrier (1943)
    
14. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
    
15. My Favorite Wife (1940)
    
16. My Man Godfrey (1936)
    
17. Nothing Sacred (1937)
    
18. Palm Beach Story (1942)
    
19. Sitting Pretty (1948)
    
20. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
    
21. The Thin Man (1934)
    
22. The Women (1939)

*Contributed by: "Donna Moore" Date: July 13, 2000

Movie still displayed: It Happened One Night (1934)