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Subgenre Sampler

 
Young at HeartYoung at Heart (1954)
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Doris Day
Slick musical with Frank Sinatra wooing Doris Day, while trying to make it as a singer.
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, TheAffairs of Dobie Gillis, The (1953)
Dir. Don Weis
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse
Lighthearted MGM college musical set on a Midwestern university campus, where two freshmen spend their time cutting class and courting two coeds.…
Beat the DevilBeat the Devil (1953)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre
Spoofing their own suspense movies (such as CASABLANCA and MALTESE FALCON), Humphrey Bogart and dir. Huston produced this comic oddity with the help…
Caddy, TheCaddy, The (1953)
Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
Golf comedy from the Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin stable. Lewis caddies, Martin sings ‘That’s Amore’.
Calamity JaneCalamity Jane (1953) Recommended
Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel
Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
Captain's ParadiseCaptain's Paradise (1953)
Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson
Nautical romp with captain Alec Guinness paying the price of having a wife in two ports – sultry Yvonne De Carlo and a genial Celia Johnson.
Final Test, TheFinal Test, The (1953)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph
Gentle comedy of values has a famed cricketer making his way to the middle for one last innings. Meanwhile is son is torn between seeing dad bat one…
GenevieveGenevieve (1953) Recommended
Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More
The London to Brighton car rally sets off this high–spirited, fondly remembered comedy in which a couple make a wager with their affectionate…
Hobson's ChoiceHobson's Choice (1953)
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Charles Laughton
Hard to take one's eyes off the maniacal acting of Charles Laughton in this Dickensian comic–drama, as a vulgar cobbler whose rebellious eldest…
Million Pound Note, TheMillion Pound Note, The (1953)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell
A fairly neat adaptation of Mark Twain's satirical fable about a pair of rich brothers who bet over whether a man can live on a million pounds,…

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