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Subgenre Sampler

 
Naughty GirlNaughty Girl (Cette Sacree Gamine) (1956)
Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Fabian
A con–artist father leaves his devious minx of a daughter in the hands of a performer who discovers the girl is bent on disrupting his life the…
PardnersPardners (1956)
Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead
Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
Plucking the DaisyPlucking the Daisy (Mademoiselle Striptease) (1956)
Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Roger Vadim
One of the Brigitte Bardot/Roger Vadim light comedies that relies on Bardot's charms rather more than the simple story of a smalltown woman who is…
Private's ProgressPrivate's Progress (1956)
Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas
Popular Ealing war satire finds Ian Carmichael, as the film’s spotty college freshman, conscripted to military service where he’s whipped into…
Teahouse of the August Moon, TheTeahouse of the August Moon, The (1956)
Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo
Dated culture clash comedy with Glenn Ford as an American GI charged with teaching democracy to the inhabitants of a small Japanese…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
An interesting 'Abbott and Costello' where the duo, circa 1914, take refuge from crooks by hiding in the Mack Sennett studios and end up…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor
One of the better films in the 'Abbott and Costello' series, sees the bumbling duo wrapped up in the intrigue surrounding the excavation of The…
Artists and ModelsArtists and Models (1955) Recommended
Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley Maclaine
Bubbly, brain–addled comedy with comic–artist Dean Martin getting his ideas from roommate Jerry Lewis’ wild nocturnal mutterings. Rated…
Atomic Kid, TheAtomic Kid, The (1955)
Dir. Leslie Martinson
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss
Mickey Rooney becomes radioactive after bumbling into a nuclear test–site. Minor comedy, the first credit for Blake Edwards (as writer).
Daddy Long LegsDaddy Long Legs (1955)
Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore
An orphaned French teenager (Caron) endears herself to a playboy sophisticate (Astaire), who secretly sponsors her in an American private education.…

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