List of the best Melville Shavelson movies: The Five Pennies(1959), Yours, Mine and Ours(1968), Houseboat(1958), On the Double(1961), Cast a Giant Shadow(1966), It Started in Naples(1960), The War Between Men and Women(1972), The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962), Mixed Company(1974), A New Kind of Love(1963) ... ...
Musical
USA
1959
117 Minutes
Director
Danny Kaye Barbara Bel Geddes Bob Crosby Harry Guardino Susan Gordon Tuesday Weld Valerie Allen Ray Anthony Shelly Manne Bobby Troup Ray Daly
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Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1968
111 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball Henry Fonda Van Johnson Tom Bosley Tim Matheson Morgan Brittany Tracy Nelson Mitch Vogel Eric Shea
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A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.
Romance
USA
1958
110 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Sophia Loren Martha Hyer Harry Guardino Edward Ciannelli Murray Hamilton
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A widower, his three young children, and a bombshell nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Director
Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Wilfrid Hyde-White Margaret Rutherford Diana Dors Allan Cuthbertson Jesse White Gregory Walcott Terence de Marney Rex Evans Edgar Barrier
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At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.
War
USA
1966
142 Minutes
Director
Kirk Douglas Senta Berger Angie Dickinson John Wayne Frank Sinatra Yul Brynner James Donald Luther Adler Topol
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In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
Romance
USA
1960
100 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Marietto Paolo Carlini Claudio Ermelli Giovanni Filidoro
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Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.
Comedy
USA
1972
110 Minutes
Director
Jack Lemmon Barbara Harris Jason Robards Herbert Edelman Lisa Gerritsen Lisa Eilbacher Severn Darden
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for an eye-catching brunette, a single mother of three and the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions, and eventually proposes and moves in with her.
Comedy
USA
1962
101 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Elsa Martinelli Harry Guardino Salvatore Baccaloni Marietto Gabriella Pallotta
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In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.
Comedy
USA
1974
109 Minutes
Director
Barbara Harris Joseph Bologna Lisa Gerritsen Ariane Heller Haywood Nelson Eric Olson Jina Tan Stephen Honanie
Joseph Bologna portrays a racially prejudiced basketball coach who is persuaded to adopt three (more!) kids of mixed ethnic backgrounds. Frustrated and angry at first, his feelings soon turn to love. In HD.
Comedy
USA
1963
110 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Thelma Ritter Eva Gabor George Tobias Marvin Kaplan Robert Clary Jan Moriarty Joan Staley Robert F. Simon Valerie Varda
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The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Joanne Woodward is a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession.