Romance Movies of 1957

Desk Set

Based on the Broadway play by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Desk Set represents the eighth screen teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn plays the head of a TV network research department; Tracy plays an efficiency ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Love in the Afternoon

Gary Cooper more or less repeats his international-roue characterization from 1938's Bluebeard's Eighth Wife ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

The Prince and the Showgirl

The title of the Anglo-American The Prince and the Showgirl could well have alluded to the genuine stations in life of stars Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Based on the Terence Rattigan ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Kiss Them for Me

Luther Davis' racy wartime comedy Kiss Them for Me was ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Bonjour Tristesse

Francoise Sagan's bittersweet novel Bonjour Tristesse is given a sumptuous Riviera-filmed screen treatment. David Niven plays a wealthy playboy, the father of teenaged ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Funny Face

This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Designing Woman

Vincente Minnelli directed this sophisticated comedy, which owes a debt to Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn vehicles. Sportswriter Mike Hagen (Gregory Peck) and fashion designer ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Peyton Place

Grace Metalious' once-notorious bestseller Peyton Place is given a lavish -- and ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember, director Leo McCarey's scene-for-scene remake of his own 1939 film Love Affair, isn't really an improvement on the original, but it's equally as enjoyable. Cary Grant and Deborah ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]

Sayonara

Sayonara takes its own sweet time to unfold; in so doing, it permits us to make intimate acquaintance with its characters, so as to better understand their multitextured motivations. The film is set in Japan during the Korean War. While on leave, ... [ Romance movie - 1957 ]