Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Man About the House (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates.
Two flies in the ointment…
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
- Dir. Nick Havinga, A. J. Antoon
Feat. Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Barnard Hughes…
- Idiosyncratic stage version of the Shakespeare comedy, set in turn of the century American South. Part of the Boradway Theatre Archive series
National Health, The (1973)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron…
- Riotous black comedy focusing on the appalling conditions at an under–funded National Health Service hospital, based on the acclaimed 1969 play…
No Sex Please We're British (1973)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe…
- "Riotous" British sex farce based on the long–running stageplay about a swell of "adult literature" that floods a prudish small town by the way…
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Zero Mostel, A Martinez, Katy Jurado
- Obscure Mostel comedy, in which the stone–faced comedian plays a cruel landowner in rural Mexico. Worth a look for fans.
Sigmund and the Seamonsters (TV Series) (1973-1975)
- Sid and Marty Krofft's low–budget kids sitcom about two brothers, Johnny and Scott, who harbour a friendly sea monster named Sigmund in their…
Sleeper (1973)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- Woody Allen plays a health–food shop owner who is frozen and awakened 200 years later in a fascist state. His campy version of the future…
Slightly Pregnant Man, A (1973)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
- Minor, though broadly enjoyable Demy farce partners Mastroianni and Deneuve as expecting husband and wife. The twist? He's pregnant! Gender politics…
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice
- The side–splitting misadventures of legendary klutz, Frank Spencer incarnated by a nimble, pre–'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford.…
Sting, The (1973)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw…
- Classic vehicle for Robert Redford and Paul Newman playing two Depression–era conmen. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture. Music by…