Max Showalter’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Max Showalter has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
Recurring themes

Smiles of a Summer Night
1955
Comedy · Romance

Hobson's Choice
1954
Comedy · Drama

Love in the Afternoon
1957
Comedy · Romance

The Grass Is Greener
1960
Comedy · Romance

My Fair Lady
1964
Comedy · Romance

The Ladykillers
1955
Comedy · Crime

Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
Comedy · Romance

A New Leaf
1971
Comedy · Romance

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband.
Dir. Richard Quine · With Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
Dir. Joshua Logan · With Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek