Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Hancock's Half Hour (1957-1961)- Feat. Tony Hancock, Sid James, Dick Emery…
- Tony Hancock's hilarious and influential 50s/ 60s sitcom: On DVD, two compilations. On Vol 1, the earliest surviving episodes, all from 1957:…
Invasion of the Saucermen (1957)- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Steve Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin… - This low budget sci–fi comedy has a reputation for being so bad it's good. Bulbous–headed aliens frame a teenager for drunk driving by…
Kiss Them For Me (1957)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson… - Very very silly war comedy with Grant and his navy buddies fighting for their right to spend their shore leave as they see fit, which inevitably…
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)- Feat. Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley
- One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
Lucky Jim (1957)- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith… - A likeable British comedy adapted from the beloved novel by Kingsley Amis about the constant frustrations of a young history lecturer with his…
Naked Truth, The (Your Past is Showing) (1957)- Dir. Mario Zampi
Feat. Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Peggy Mount… - Dark comedy set in the tabloid industry with an extortionate publisher marked for death by his celebrity victims.
Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957)- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe - Curious comedy juxtaposes the talents of Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe to surprising effect. Filmed in London during the coronation of George V.
Sad Sack, The (1957)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk… - A charming adaptation of the beloved comic strip by George Baker, with Jerry Lewis playing a hopeless soldier whose planned six weeks weeks of…
Smallest Show on Earth, The (1957)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers… - A small gem of British comedy, concerning a young couple who inherit a movie–house from a long lost uncle. Along with the semi–decrepit…
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)- Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan - Debbie Reynolds shines in this classic rom–com about an unsophisticated woman from backwoods Mississippi who falls in love with a wealthy pilot…
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