Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
My Dear Secretary (1949)- Dir. Charles Martin
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day - Underrated comedy concerning an aspiring young writer (Laraine Day) hired as the new secretary for a top author (Kirk Douglas) who is bitterly…
My Friend Irma (1949)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin - Clown–prince Jerry Lewis first teamed with Dean Martin in this airheaded comedy based on a hit CBS radio–show.
Passport to Pimlico (1949)- Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Margaret Rutherford - To avoid licensing laws, a district of London declares itself an independent kingdom. Sounds like a premise for a classic Ealing satire!
Quartet (1949)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Honor Blackman - Four W Somerset Maugham stories are given exemplary treatment by the best of British, incl. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Honor Blackman. Unlike…
Sorrowful Jones (1949)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest… - Buddy comedy with Bob Hope as an inveterate gambler who fins himself the guardian for a young girl.
Whisky Galore! (1949)- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Joan Greenwood - When villagers on a dry Scottish isle 'rescue' a cargo of shipwrecked whiskey, a classic Ealing comedy ensues. Generous doses of sly humour help this…
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas - Reliably entertaining comedy has newlywed city slickers Cary Grant and Myrna Loy attempt to live in the quiet countryside.
Paleface, The (1948)- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong… - One of Bob Hope's most popular comedies is a western spoof in which he stars as a hapless dentist who through a series of misfortunes winds up…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum - Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
State of the Union (1948)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury - An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
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