Lauren bacall and gregory peck in designing woman 1957 lauren bacall and gregory. Niestety, ten film nie ma jeszcze porzadnego opisu. A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150 years of new. November 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message. Vincente minnellis designing woman 1957 was marketed as a zany, actionfilled romantic comedy, but it has a subtext that was unique for its time indeed, the original trailers description of the movie as riotously revealing was almost unintentionally frank. Designing woman now on bluray family choice awards. Designing woman is a genderswapped cinderella story. In fact the opening sequences of the film take place on the west coast. This film is set in 1957 and the main characters are the stylishly elegant, lauren bacall and the down to. Designing woman 1957 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A sportswriter and a fashiondesigner marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common.
Designing woman from 1957 starring the beautiful lauren bacall and the great leading man gregory peck. Designing woman is a 1957 american metrocolor romantic comedy film, in cinemascope, about two young, whirlwindromanced newlywed professionals and their misadventures in adjusting to each others lifestyles. They say that designing woman, which came to the music hall yesterday, is based upon a. Designing woman 1957 is a fashion comedy, romance movie starring gregory peck and lauren bacall. A big cinemascope affair, the image held up well over the last 61 years. Dore scharys last film for mgm, designing woman is an odd entry in the great filmmakers long list of credits in that it is pure entertainment with no underlying. A vincente minnellidirected romantic comedy, designing woman 1957 stars gregory peck as sportswriter mike hagen and lauren bacall as fashion designer mirella brown. We actually have a number of regular customers based in the us, canada and australia who never have problems with our region 2 discs. The art of entertainment contemporary approaches to film and media. The movie centers on a wealthy and very high scoiety lady bacall and a very mans man peck. I have been wanting to see this film and finally watched it recently and loved it. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations.
The films production occurred while bacalls husbands health was. Aside from the dubbing issue, the only way this film couldve been better is if it had featured the leads in a musical number. Designing woman 1957 happy birthday to one of my favorite actresses, lauren bacall. The life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. Gregory peck tries to explain himself to an upset lauren bacall in a scene from the 1957 film designing woman. Designing woman is like the best tracyhepburn movie that tracy and hepburn never made, and it seriously gets better with every viewing. Vincente minnelli directed the picture, which stars gregory peck, lauren bacall and dolores gray, and features sam levene and chuck connors. Designing woman 1957 05161957 us comedy, romance 1h 58m user score.
A lot of dvd players around now are region free which play any dvd region. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. One poster that caught my eye though was this alternative poster for designing woman 1957 the better known version is this. It no longer seems very funny, but its certainly fun watching the classy, natural lauren bacall. One of the things that makes it funny is that the guy in the story doesnt realize its a genderswapped version until about a quarter of the way through the film. Both films were directed by vincente minnelli, a personal friend of bacall and her husband, humphrey. Designing woman 1957 was a perfect occasion for helen rose to show her tremendous range, great style and skill. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Gregory peck, lauren bacall, dolores gray, sam levene, tom helmore, mickey shaughnessy, jesse white, chuck connors, edward platt. The film boasted wonderful sets and minnellis meticulously recreated world of high fashion. Gallery of movie poster and cover images for designing woman 1957. Minellis movie is very much an essay on manhood and the way it is perceived, by those who flaunt it and those. Its your usual opposites attract, guy meets girl and they fall madly in love hard and fast kind of film, but what sets it apart for me is the. Gregory peck can be called a good sport in his role, and thats about it. Designing woman 1957 gregory peck lauren bacall youtube. Family guy season 11 dvd 20 this is 100% genuine product. Small spanish film poster for the 1957 mgm comedy film. Fashion month designing woman 1957 ever since her movie debut in to have and have not in 1944, at the age of nineteen, and winning the heart of humphrey bogart, lauren bacall has been captivating audiences for many years with her husky voice, sultry beauty and her prevailing cultism, which has made her the. Softness affected some wider shots, though not on a consistent basis. The comedy series designing women was a joint production of bloodworththomason mozark productions in association with columbia pictures television for cbs. This film received just one academy award nomination, for best original screenplay.
But even with all that chemistry, they find out that their lives are very different. On a vacation, sports journalist mike meets designer marilla. Buy designing woman movie posters from movie poster shop. The art of entertainment contemporary approaches to film. Before i dive into the film, i want to talk about the interesting framing device it employs.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of designing woman with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Designing woman by vincente minnelli gregory peck, lauren. Designing woman new dvd manufactured on demand for sale. Designing woman 1957, directed by vincente minelli and starring lauren bacall and gregory peck, is an enjoyable, light comedy about the problems encountered by a sports writer and fashion designer who are married after knowing each other only a few days on vacation. Designing woman dvd, 2002, widescreen for sale online ebay. Designing woman 1957 part 2 of 2 video dailymotion. Designing women is an american sitcom television series created by linda bloodworththomason that aired on cbs from september 29, 1986, until may 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. Lauren bacall is a designing woman in this vibrant, sophisticated 1957 comedy directed by vincent minnelli and starring gregory peck, delores gray, sam levene, tom helmore, mickey shaughnessy, jesse white and chuck connors. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Small spanish film poster for the 1957 mgm comedy film designing woman directed by vincente minelli and starring gregory peck and lauren bacall with dolores gray. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The film also fai led to score wi th aud ie nce s, in part bec ause it was competing with the latest tracyhepburn pa iring, des k set 1957, which opened in new york one day after designing woman. But the story is wonderful, about these two people from such different realities, and all the mishaps that occur when their worlds collide. Little house on the prairie tribute videos by me 1,676,514 views.
Minnellis 1957 romantic comedy is an account of shifting gender roles in postwar america, with peck as a manlyman sportswriter tossed into the metrosexual world of his new wife, a successful designer bacall. Minnellis skill set usually left him with material that straddled the border between the fine focus of the womens picture and the bigbudget spectacular, and designing woman is one of the clearest examples of that combination, telling a relatable story of malefemale friction imbued with frantic grandiosity. Designing woman 1957 in the good old days of classic. The romantic comedy designing woman 1957 starred gregory peck as a sportswriter and bacall as a fashion designer. For developing a method of producing and exhibiting widefilm motion pictures known as the toddao system.
Designing woman appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2. When it won the award, eyebrows were raised because it was generally acknowledged that designing woman 1957 was an unofficial retread of an earlier mgm film, woman of the year 1942. They fall in love after a whirlwind romance in california and get married. Check winners and nominations of 1957 academy awards. The movie won the academy award for best writing, story and screenplay directly for the screen. We were talking about vincente minnelli, and i forgot to mention one of my favorites of his films, which, by coincidence, will be on tcm this sunday at 8 a. This mildley entertaining comedy is a reworking of the superior stevens 1942 woman of the year, with gregory peck in the spencer tracy.
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