Best Comedy Films of 1957

Desk Set

Based on the Broadway ... the right mood to forgive him--and doesn't need to consult her research files to come up with this decision. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Paris Holiday

Two of filmdom's finest ... to be indulging in such nonsense. Film buffs will enjoy the brief, unbilled appearance by famed producer-director-writer Preston Sturges. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on ... the three elderly employees tearfully reveling in a nostalgic screening of the 1924 silent film Comin' Thro' the Rye. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Love in the Afternoon

Gary Cooper more or ... bath. Love in the Afternoon was adapted by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from the novel Ariane by Claude Anet. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

The Prince and the Showgirl

The title of the ... "washed up" in films -- at least until her spectacular comeback in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959). [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Les Girls

Les Girls is the ... for the short-lived 1963 TV series Harry's Girls, which starred Larry Blyden, Susan Silo, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Pal Joey

The John O'Hara/Richard Rodgers/Lorenz ... performed, but don't expect the bite of the original play, or the John O'Hara short stories which preceded them. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Designing Woman

Vincente Minnelli directed this ... her husband Humphrey Bogart was suffering from the last stages of the cancer that would soon claim his life. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

The Naked Truth

Released in the U.S. ... purpose. Though second-billed, the real star of The Naked Truth is Peter Sellers as a smarmily "sincere" TV personality. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Doctor at Large

The third of the ... of Goldfinger fame. Like its predecessors, Doctor at Large was based on characters created by real-life medico George Gordon. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Leave It to Beaver: Season 01

The first season of ... admirably during its freshman season, though ratings-wise it lagged behind its ABC competition The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

The Pajama Game

The Broadway musical Pajama ... that Warners immediately went to work on the filmization of the second (and last) Adler/Ross Broadway collaboration, Damn Yankees. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

El Bolero de Raquel

The beloved Mexican funnyman ... gets his first emergency call, it soon becomes obvious that he doesn't know the first thing about rescuing swimmers. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

Meet Mr. Kringle

Christmas is decommercialized by ... elderly man who thinks he is Santa Claus. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]

El Campeon Ciclista

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The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir

This satiric military comedy ... of well-intending soldier Schweik, who never fails to drive his superiors mad despite having only the best of intentions. [ best comedy films - 1957 ]