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Subgenre Sampler
Bells are Ringing (1960)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark… - Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
Can-Can (1960)- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, Maurice Chevalier… - Agreeable Cole Porter musical by way of Old Blue Eyes' Rat Pack croon. Sinatra teams up with Shirley Maclaine, here the proprietor of Parisian cafe…
Cloud-Capped Star, The (1960)- Dir. Ritwik Ghatak
Feat. Supriya Choudhury - The kind–hearted daughter of a middle–class refugee family from East Pakistan sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family,…
Expresso Bongo (1960)- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Cliff Richard, Laurence Harvey - Brash and colourfully classic 'beat' musical with Cliff Richard as a struggling bongo–playing nightclub act who is snatched from obscurity by a…
G.I. Blues (1960)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Elvis Presley - A fond Elvis vehicle in which his guitar–playing G.I. meddles with things a young cadet shouldn't while stationed in Germany. Presley sings…
Let's Make Love (1960)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand - An under–rated Marilyn Monroe comedy with Yves Montand as a millionaire who joins her theatre company, then hires a host of real–life…
Black Orpheus (1959)- Dir. Marcel Camus
Feat. Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes De Oliveira - Get caught up in the rhythms and colour of Rio De Janiero at Carnival time for an exotic, utterly unique spin on the Greek legend of doomed lovers…
Five Pennies, The (1959)- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong… - Cheery Red Nichols biopic with Danny Kaye turning in a heartfelt performance as the famed jazz trumpter. Contains many soapy moments between Kaye…
Girls Town (1959)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Paul Anka… - Wayward teen Mamie Van Doren is sent to a girls' home after being ratted out by 'greaser' Mel Torme. Loaded with rock'n'roll.
Damn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958)- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston… - Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…
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