"Mad Men"-- Movies & Shows that anticipated "Mad Men"
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- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyMelvyn DouglasA man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.
- DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsGregory PeckJennifer JonesFredric MarchAn ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.In approach, this plays the most like Mad Men. Topical for its time, it seems to tackle controversial issues rather gingerly by today's standards. Gregory Peck plays a talented PR executive with a secret from his experiences in World War II. He clashes with his English manager over creative issues but bonds with the company's aging top man, who shares his interest in drink even as his personal life falls apart.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurrayA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.A struggling employee lends out his apartment to philandering executives. Fred McMurray plays a proto-Draper.
- CreatorSol SaksStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDick YorkDick SargentA witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.Haven't you always imagined that McMahon and Tate's Advertising Agency was located a hop, skip & a jump away from Sterling Cooper? A contemporary 1960s TV take on the changing roles of marriages and women. Samantha is nearly all powerful, but she remains a devoted housewife.
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsRobert MorseMichele LeeRudy ValleeArmed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.Plays like "Mad Men: The Musical." Robert Morse (yes, that Robert Morse) plays a talented fraud who quickly schemes his way from window washer to Advertising Executive. Features a buxom secretary who's having an affair with the boss, a sniveling backstabber who's the hero's arch nemesis, a doddering, aging Ivy League president, etc.
- DirectorGene KellyStarsWalter MatthauInger StevensSue Ane LangdonA man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on his wife without being caught.This one's all about the infidelity. Funny comedy on successful men and their misadventures as they cheat (or try to cheat) on their wives. If "How To Succeed" didn't qualify Robert Morse for Mad men, this would have.
- DirectorRobert Downey Sr.StarsArnold JohnsonStan GottliebAllen GarfieldThe board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.