Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Damn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958)
- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston…
- Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…
Geisha Boy (1958)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lewis plays a clumsy stage–magician touring Japan who leaves multiple havoc in his wake.
Giants and Toys (1958)
- Dir. Yasuzo Masumura
Feat. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe
- Japanese satirical comedy about an advertising war between three candy production companies, and a teenage girl who becomes a celebrity after one of…
Houseboat (1958)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer…
- Fortunes change for widower and father–of–three Cary Grant when he takes up residence on a floating home, and employs Sophia Loren as his…
Matchmaker, The (1958)
- Dir. Joseph Anthony
Feat. Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley Maclaine…
- Farcical adaptation of the Broadway play about a meddling madam who prides herself on playing cupid to the young folk around town until one day…
Me and the Colonel (1958)
- Dir. Peter Glenville
Feat. Danny Kaye, Nicole Maurey, Curt Jurgens
- Danny Kaye plays a Jewish refugee being comically resourceful in his efforts to evade the Nazi's before WWII, in this charming comedy.
Mon Oncle (1958)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
- Monsieur Hulot returns in another gag–laden adventure. His whimsical ways endear him to his nephew, but leave the boy's trendy parents cold.…
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins…
- None too funny surburban satire is kept afloat by Woodward and Newman – despite the latter's lack of comedic flair. The two stars play husband…
Rock-A-Bye-Baby (1958)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell
- A stooging Jerry Lewis must babysit the triplets of starlet Marilyn Maxwell, who wants to keep them a secret from her public.
Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The (1958)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Jayne Mansfield, Kenneth More, Henry Hull…
- In this goofy western, Jayne Mansfield plays a buxom saloon proprietor who lassos a clueless Englishman when he becomes the sheriff of the titular…