Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tall Story (1960)- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Jane Fonda, Anthony Perkins - A young Jane Fonda makes her screen debut in this candy–coated comedy as a bubbly co–ed with romantic yearnings for basketballer Anthony…
Where the Boys Are (1960)- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux… - Fairly 'swingin' sixties beach romp with Hart, Hamilton and a cast of bright young co–eds on Spring Break vacation at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.…
World of Suzie Wong, The (1960)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. William Holden, Nancy Kwan - Aspiring artist William Holden courts the Chinese prostitute of the title (Nancy Kwan) in 1950s Hong Kong. Lukewarm dramatically, but with some…
Black Orpheus (1959)
- Dir. Marcel Camus
Feat. Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes De Oliveira - Get caught up in the rhythms and colour of Rio De Janiero at Carnival time for an exotic, utterly unique spin on the Greek legend of doomed lovers…
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada - Romance between a French actress and a Japanese architect rekindles their traumatic wartime experiences. The twin threads of despair and sensual love…
Pillow Talk (1959)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall - Party–line adversaries Rock Hudson and Doris Day conduct a hilarious romance of deception in this imaginative sex comedy. With Rock as the…
Summer Place, A (1959)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue… - Lush melodrama set on a remote isle with the two couples of different generations trapped in romantic asides and anxieties.
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. John Gavin, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore… - Bittersweet WWII melodrama finds Douglas Sirk at his gravest; John Gavin plays a returning German solider who falls in love under the shadow of war.…
Barbarian and the Geisha, The (1958)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Eiko Ando - Uncharacteristic John Wayne vehicle has the big lug play an ambassador to Japan following the US intervention in 1863. Eiko Ando plays the titular…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon - Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
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