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Love in the Afternoon
Love in the Afternoon (1957) is Billy Wilder's Paris-set romantic comedy starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, and Maurice Chevalier, adapted from Claude Anet's novel Ariane; Wilder and Diamond's first collaboration, re-released as Fascination, distinct from Rohmer's 1972 film of the same English title.
Mon Oncle
Mon Oncle (Mon oncle), 1958 French-Italian comedy by Jacques Tati, his second Monsieur Hulot film and first in color, satirizing modern gadget-filled living; won Cannes Special Jury Prize 1958 and the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Money from Home
Money from Home (1953) is a Paramount comedy, the first Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film in Technicolor and their only 3-D feature, directed by George Marshall from a Damon Runyon story about fixing a horse race.
Monkey Business (1952 film)
Monkey Business (1952) is a Howard Hawks screwball comedy for Twentieth Century-Fox starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe, in which a chimp's chemical mix in the office water cooler makes adults regress to youth.
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) is Jacques Tati's 1953 French comedy, the first film starring the pipe-smoking Monsieur Hulot, a near-silent seaside-holiday farce shot at Saint-Marc-sur-Mer, reworked by Tati in 1963 and 1978.
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat is a 1959 Blake Edwards submarine comedy starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis aboard the pink USS Sea Tiger, made by Universal and Granart for over $3 million and earning about $8 million.
Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike is a 1952 MGM romantic sports comedy directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin after Adam's Rib; the seventh of their nine films, Oscar-nominated for its screenplay.
Phffft
Phffft (1954 film), an American romantic comedy directed by Mark Robson, starring Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon as a divorced couple, from George Axelrod's play, released by Columbia November 10, 1954.
Picnic (1955 film)
Picnic (1955) is a Joshua Logan drama-romance starring William Holden and Kim Novak, adapted from William Inge's Pulitzer Prize play about a drifter disrupting a Kansas town on Labor Day; six Oscar nominations, two wins.
Pillow Talk (1959 film)
Pillow Talk (1959) is a Universal romantic comedy directed by Michael Gordon, starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and Tony Randall as rivals over a telephone party line; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Pollyanna (1960 film)
Pollyanna (1960) is Walt Disney Productions' live-action family drama directed and written by David Swift from Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel, starring Hayley Mills in her American debut, released May 19, 1960, filmed in Santa Rosa and Napa, California.
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday (1953) is a William Wyler Paramount romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, shot entirely in Rome. Written secretly by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo behind front Ian McLellan Hunter, it won Hepburn a Best Actress Oscar and ten nominations.
Sabrina (1954 film)
Sabrina (1954) is Billy Wilder's Paramount romantic comedy-drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden, adapted from Samuel Taylor's play Sabrina Fair; it won Edith Head a costume-design Oscar, entered the National Film Registry in 2002, and was remade in 1995.
Smiles of a Summer Night
Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, his first international success after winning the Prix de l'Humour Poétique at Cannes.
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot is Billy Wilder's 1959 United Artists comedy with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon as musicians in drag fleeing Chicago gangsters; AFI's number one comedy (2001) and a 1989 National Film Registry selection.
Son of Paleface
Son of Paleface (1952) is a Frank Tashlin Paramount comedy western, sequel to The Paleface, starring Bob Hope as Junior Potter, Jane Russell as The Torch, and Roy Rogers, with an Oscar-nominated song.
Subida al Cielo
Subida al cielo (Mexican Bus Ride) is Luis Buñuel's 1952 Mexican comedy about newlywed Oliverio's chaotic bus journey to fetch a lawyer for his dying mother, starring Lilia Prado; it competed at Cannes 1952 and won the FIPRESCI Critics' Prize.
Summertime (1955 film)
Summertime (UK title Summer Madness) is David Lean's 1955 Technicolor romance starring Katharine Hepburn as Ohio tourist Jane Hudson and Rossano Brazzi as Venetian shopkeeper Renato De Rossi, adapted from Arthur Laurents' play The Time of the Cuckoo and shot on location in Venice.
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor is a 1957 Universal-International romantic comedy directed by Joseph Pevney, starring Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, and Walter Brennan; its hit song "Tammy" topped Billboard for five weeks and spawned a film and TV franchise.
Teacher's Pet (1958 film)
Teacher's Pet (1958) is a Paramount romantic comedy directed by George Seaton, starring Clark Gable as editor James Gannon and Doris Day as journalism professor Erica Stone; Oscar-nominated screenplay and Gig Young supporting role.
The Caddy
The Caddy (1953) is a Norman Taurog comedy starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as golfers driven into show business, the first York Pictures release, and the film that introduced Martin's Oscar-nominated signature song That's Amore.
The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise is a 1953 British comedy directed by Anthony Kimmins, starring Alec Guinness as a bigamous Gibraltar-to-Morocco ferry captain with wives played by Celia Johnson and Yvonne De Carlo; Oscar-nominated story by Alec Coppel.
The Card
The Card (US title The Promoter) is a 1952 British comedy directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness as Denry Machin, adapted by Eric Ambler from Arnold Bennett's 1910 Five Towns novel, with Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, and Petula Clark.
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Fuller Brush Girl is a 1950 Columbia Pictures slapstick comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Lucille Ball as door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman Sally Elliott opposite Eddie Albert, a follow-up to The Fuller Brush Man with a Red Skelton cameo.
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth (1958) is a British comedy directed by Ronald Neame, adapted by Alec Guinness from Joyce Cary's 1944 novel, starring Guinness as painter Gulley Jimson; Oscar-nominated screenplay, Venice Best Actor, paintings by John Bratby.
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 Paramount comedy starring Bob Hope as a racetrack tout who must repay a gangster $10,000 by Christmas via a fake Santa charity, loosely based on Damon Runyon's short story and introducing "Silver Bells."
The Long, Long Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 MGM comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as honeymooners towing a 36-foot Redman New Moon trailer cross-country, adapted from Clinton Twiss's 1951 book.
The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit is a 1951 Ealing Studios satirical science-fiction comedy directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness as chemist Sidney Stratton, whose indestructible, dirt-repelling fabric unites mill owners and unions against him; Oscar-nominated screenplay.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind (1952) is a George Cukor comedy-drama, written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, starring Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray as a working-class couple recounting their marriage in divorce-court flashbacks.
The Mating Game
The Mating Game (1959) is an MGM romantic comedy directed by George Marshall, starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, and Paul Douglas, loosely based on H. E. Bates's novel The Darling Buds of May, about an IRS auditor who falls for a farmer's untaxed daughter.