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Subgenre Sampler
Designing Woman (1957)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray - A sportswriter and a fashion–designer marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common in this diverting rom–com…
Desk Set (His Other Woman) (1957)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young… - Screwball Tracy–Hepburn vehicle makes good use of their excellent chemistry. Tracy is an efficiency expert come to computerise a New York firm…
Golden Age of Comedy, The (1957)- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ben Turpin… - Perfect introduction to the world of silent comedy, this is the first of three celebrated compilations from cinephile Robert Youngson. Hailed as…
Green Man, The / School for Scoundrels (1957-1960)- Dir. Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Feat. Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas… - A double feature of comedies starring Alastair Sim. The Green Man (1957) Dir. Basil Dearden – One of Sim's best films, playing an apparently…
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…
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