Subgenre Sampler
Summer Place, A (1959)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue… - Lush melodrama set on a remote isle with the two couples of different generations trapped in romantic asides and anxieties.
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. John Gavin, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore… - Bittersweet WWII melodrama finds Douglas Sirk at his gravest; John Gavin plays a returning German solider who falls in love under the shadow of war.…
Barbarian and the Geisha, The (1958)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Eiko Ando - Uncharacteristic John Wayne vehicle has the big lug play an ambassador to Japan following the US intervention in 1863. Eiko Ando plays the titular…
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon - Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner… - Brit war–time romance centred on a lady living in London during WW2 who marries and has a child with a French soldier. Upon hearing of his…
Christine (1958)- Dir. Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Feat. Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Micheline Presle - Vienna set classic love triangle between an unfaithful man, his current love interest (played by darling French actress Romy Schneider) and an…
Desire Under the Elms (1958)- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives - Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren requite their love over a heated land dispute in this mild star vehicle for the then–wildly popular Loren.…
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…
Indiscreet (1958)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman - Snappy comedy in which sophisticates Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman indulge in a whirlwind romance that cools off smartly when she finds his claim of…
Key, The (1958)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard - Captivating WW2 drama set around a Londonite lady (played with restrained elegance by Sophia Loren) whose liaisons with war sea captains over the…
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