CLASSIC COMEDIES SURVEY RESULTS

[Classic Movie Man]

Here are the results of the

GAOH CLASSIC COMEDIES survey (November 2007)

No. of voters : 55

THE TOP TEN

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) 23 votes

2. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 17 votes

3. It Happened One Night (1934) 16 votes

4. City Lights (1931) 15 votes

Bringing Up Baby (1938) 15 votes

Young Frankenstein (1972) 15 votes

7. It's A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World (1963) 14 votes

8. The Gold Rush (1925) 13 votes

Duck Soup (1933) 13 votes

My Man Godfrey (1936) 13 votes

The Awful Truth (1937) 13 votes

THE REST

12. The General (1927) 11 votes

Dinner At Eight (1933) 11 votes

A Night at the Opera (1935) 11 votes

The Philadelphia Story (1940) 11 votes

16. Mr Deeds Goes To Town (1936) 9 votes

Modern Times (1936) 9 votes

His Girl Friday (1940) 9 votes

The Lady Eve (1941) 9 votes

Sullivan's Travels (1941) 9 votes

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 9 votes

22. Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House (1948) 8 votes

Dr Strangelove (1964) 8 votes

Blazing Saddles (1974) 8 votes

25. The Kid (1921) 7 votes

Safety Last! (1923) 7 votes

Show People (1928) 7 votes

Sons of the Desert (1933) 7 votes

The Apartment (1960) 7 votes

30. Steamboat Bill Junior (1928) 6 votes

Animal Crackers (1930) 6 votes

Horse Feathers (1932) 6 votes

Way Out West (1937) 6 votes

Ninotchka (1939) 6 votes

To Be or Not To Be (1942) 6 votes

Pillow Talk (1959) 6 votes

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 6 votes

Annie Hall (1977) 6 votes

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) 6 votes

40. Our Hospitality (1923) 5 votes

Girl Shy (1924) 5 votes

Trouble In Paradise (1932) 5 votes

She Done Him Wrong (1933) 5 votes

20th Century (1934) 5 votes

Nothing Sacred (1937) 5 votes

The Bank Dick (1940) 5 votes

Sabrina (1954) 5 votes

The Court Jester (1956) 5 votes

The Graduate (1967) 5 votes

50. Sherlock Junior (1924) 4 votes

You Can't Take It With You (1938) 4 votes

My Favourite Wife (1940) 4 votes

The Great Dictator (1940) 4 votes

Born Yesterday (1950) 4 votes

Genevieve (1953) 4 votes

The Ladykillers (1955) 4 votes

57. Monkey Business (1931) 3 votes

I'm No Angel (1933) 3 votes

It's A Gift (1934) 3 votes

Our Relations (1936) 3 votes

A Day at the Races (1937) 3 votes

Oh Mr Porter (1937) 3 votes

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) 3 votes

Blithe Spirit (1945) 3 votes

The Paleface (1948) 3 votes

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) 3 votes

Lover Come Back (1961) 3 votes

Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) 3 votes

Sleeper (1973) 3 votes

Airplane! (1979) 3 votes

71. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) 2 votes

Grandma's Boy (1922) 2 votes

The Navigator (1924) 2 votes

The Freshman (1925) 2 votes

The Strong Man (1926) 2 votes

The Kid Brother (1927) 2 votes

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 2 votes

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) 2 votes

Billy Liar (1963) 2 votes

Manhattan (1979) 2 votes

81. The Extra Girl (1923) 1 vote

It (1927) 1 vote

In Old Heidelberg (1927) 1 vote

Speedy (1928) 1 vote

Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) 1 vote

The Cat and the Canary (1939) 1 vote

My Favourite Blonde (1942) 1 vote

Woman of the Year (1942) 1 vote

Hail the Conquering Hero (1942) 1 vote

The Inspector General (1949) 1 vote

Adam's Rib (1949) 1 vote

I'm Allright Jack (1959) 1 vote

Playtime (1968) 1 vote

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie (1972) 1 vote

Hannah and her Sisters (1986) 1 vote

The Truman Show (1998) 1 vote

[diane]

I am really suprised at this result. I would have thought
"The Kid" and a lot of the silent comedies would have
been placed much higher. Is it to do with the silent
comedies not being as available as films like "Bringing
Up Baby" and "Arsenic and Old Lace". These surveys are
interesting and make you think.