Directed by vincente minnelli, designing woman 1957 tells the story of mike hagen gregory peck and marilla brown lauren bacall. Blurays and dvds gregory peck and lauren bacall star in designing woman, a fun film from 1957 directed by vincente minnelli. A sports writer and a fashion designer reconcile their incompatible lifestyles after getting married on a lark. Designing woman is a genderswapped cinderella story. Starring gregory peck, lauren bacall, dolores gray, and sam levene.
Designing woman is like the best tracyhepburn movie that tracy and. Publication date 1957 topics 50s, lauren bacall, gregory peck. Designing woman 1957 part 1 of 2 video dailymotion. Designing woman 1957 grace kellys decision to abandon her film career and become princess grace of monaco provided a career boost for lauren bacall, who inherited roles originally planned for kelly in two mgm movies. Watch shrek the third 2007 full movies online gogomovies. Title sequence from designing woman 1957, directed by vincente minnelli, starring gregory peck, lauren bacall, dolores gray, sam levene, tom helmore. They marry on a whim, only to come to the shocking realization that they have very little in common.
Designing woman is a film directed by vincente minnelli with gregory peck, lauren bacall, dolores gray, tom helmore, year. Designing woman arrives on bluray via the warner archive wac in a simply gorgeouslooking 1080p remaster, sure to impress. 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. Cole was also asked to choreograph the films dance numbers, as he had done for minnellis kismet. Designing woman is a 1957 american metrocolor romantic comedy film, in cinemascope, about two young, whirlwindromanced newlywed professionals and. The mgm cover artwork harks back to the 40s as well its done in a. After the fashionistas see this film theyll want to know a lot more about helen rose and maybe think about how much we all lost when america adopted the androgynous gear of jeans, indecent minis and sweats. Designing woman vincente minnelli 1957 by vincente minnelli. Mgm wasnt the most current studio in 1957, as can be seen by this throwback. Sports reporter mike gregory peck and clothes designer marilla lauren bacall meet and fall in love while on vacation. They marry on a urge, only to come to the shocking understanding. Designing woman 1957 this is a very funny movie starring gregory peck and lauren bacall in a film with a setup similar to the hepburntracy classic woman of the year 1942. Designing woman was producer dore scharys first comedy and last film for mgm, the studio at which he had been head of production since the late 1940s.
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. Gregory peck and lillian powell at an event for designing woman 1957 lauren bacall and. They say that the idea for the film came from the mgm head costume designer, but it was in fact based on woman of the year and everyone who saw the movie starring katharine hepburn and spencer tracy can tell. 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. Film illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the best. However back at home they realize that theyre living in different worlds and know nothing about. Designing woman 1957 in the good old days of classic. 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. But when mike writes a tellall piece about a boxing promoter edward platt with mob ties. The bridge on the river kwai topped the years box office in north america, france, and germany, and won the academy award for best picture. Designing woman 1957 august 27, 2018 at one of the toughest times in her life, the legendary lauren bacall created one of her most memorable films in designing woman. 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 message.
The romantic comedy designing woman 1957 starred gregory peck as a sportswriter and bacall as a fashion designer. Designing woman 1957 title sequence the movie title. A sportswriter and a fashiondesigner marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common. Miss rose must have been reading old scripts and recollecting old movies, such as woman of the year. 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 epitome of fashion. Lauren bacall in designing woman designing woman was a designers dream come true, said helen rose in an interview. 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. Although some modern sources claim that designing woman is a remake of the 1942 mgm film woman of the year and the filmss characters and theme bear some similarities, the stories are different. With humphrey bogart, she made such notable movies as to have and have not, the big sleep, dark passage, and key. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. 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.
Marilla and mike fall in love but no one, including them, can understand why. Being that this is a minnelli movie, even the decor picks on poor mike hagen. Watch designing woman online stream full movie directv. The movie won the academy award for best writing, story and screenplay directly for the screen. Both films were directed by vincente minnelli, a personal friend of bacall and her husband, humphrey bogart. Barely two weeks into the new year of 1957, on january 14th, lauren bacall lost the love of her life, husband humphrey bogart, to esophageal cancer. It deservedly won george wells his only oscar on his only nomination for best writing story and screenplay written directly for the screen and was directed by vincente minnelli. 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. Designing woman 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
For this pseudosophisticated romance, in which gregory peck. While designing woman isnt as famous as other romantic classics, like pillow talk or woman of the year, theres a lot to love about this hidden gem from 1957. Bogie and bacalls son, steven humphrey, had just turned eight on january 6th. Film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1. This movie is a pros master class about what true chic is all about and how a woman, not a girl, carries it off. She had recently completed designing woman, directed by vincente minnelli and costarring her good friend gregory peck. The romantic comedy designing woman somehow earned the oscar for. Designing woman from 1957 starring the beautiful lauren bacall and the great leading man gregory peck. George wells celebrity profile check out the latest george wells photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. 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. Humphrey bogart funeral in beverly hills 18 january 1957 duration. Designing woman begins with one of those whirlwind romances that arent completely unknown in hollywood.
Lauren bacall, american actress known for her portrayals of provocative women who hid their soft core beneath a layer of hardedged pragmatism. On a vacation, sports journalist mike meets designer marilla. Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. Vincente minnelli directed the picture, which stars gregory peck, lauren bacall and dolores gray, and features sam levene and chuck connors. The movie sees gregory peck and lauren bacall play the roles of mike and marilla, a sports reporter and a clothes designer who meet and fall in love while on vacation. Oscarwinners spencer tracy pat and mike, adams rib and katharine hepburn the philadelphia story, the african queen make their first feature film appearance together in this classic oscarwinning romantic comedy about a marriage between two opposites a sophisticated political columnist and a sports writer whose combative union is held together with their love for each other. Although they knew each other before costarring in this film, it was while making this. The art of entertainment contemporary approaches to film and media. The comedy series designing women was a joint production of bloodworththomason mozark productions in association with columbia pictures television for cbs. On a sad note, humphrey bogart was dying during the filming of this movie. Worst of all are the film s dated notions of what a woman even one as successful, independent, beautiful, and popular as bacall will do to snag and keep a man.
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