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I”m not a huge fan of The Best Man although my husband is. I love Dr. Strangelove because it is just very silly as well as hilarious - what a performance from Peter Sellers! My favorite is Advise and Consent with my beloved Walter Pidgeon and Charles Laughton. With a very good performance from NYC actor, George Grizzard!

I, like you husband, really like THE BEST MAN; though I can't stand Fonda's character and have NEVER seen him as a "good" man and that was long before I knew that Vidal had sort of molded the character on Stevenson. And once I learned that Robertson's character was supposed to be Nixon, I was infuriated by that! Still and all, I DO think that the film is pretty close representation of D.C./political life back then and probably before and after the early '60s.

Dr. STRANGELOVE is a hoot of a parody/sendup/ black comedy! It skewers so many different, very recognizable people/groups of that time and really doesn't belong on the brief list I posted.

And then there were the Broadway musicals and one straight play...OF THEE I SING, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D RATHER BE RIGHT, and SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO...all silly tosh and re the last one, fictionalized history.

ADVISE AND CONSENT had a spectacular cast, great writing, great acting, just 100% great all around!

Oh my...I'm a HUGE fan of Walter Pigeon; everything he ever was is, is a gem; including his turn on Broadway in TAKE ME ALONG! :-)