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Houseboat

1958 · 110 min · Director: Melville Shavelson ★ IMDb 6.6 · 10,617 ratings

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An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

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Houseboat (1958) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 25%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Love
20%Smile
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Smile20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Empathy
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Love
Empathy
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveEmpathyHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness57 %9 %53 %21 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy47 %10 %41 %27 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor39 %13 %31 %33 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor43 %20 %36 %31 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Empathy52 %23 %42 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor56 %21 %34 %47 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor54 %18 %25 %53 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor53 %19 %34 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Empathy56 %25 %48 %37 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Humor58 %26 %41 %47 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Humor61 %24 %36 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Empathy66 %34 %53 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Empathy62 %44 %57 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Love55 %48 %40 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Love54 %45 %31 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 85′Humor56 %41 %36 %42 %
82.5 %≈ 91′Love58 %44 %44 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 96′Empathy61 %46 %53 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 102′Love66 %55 %58 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 107′Love72 %67 %57 %25 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Sophia Loren

Cinzia Zaccardi

MG
Mimi Gibson

MG
Mimi Gibson

Elizabeth Winters

PP
Paul Petersen

CH
Charles Herbert

WK
Werner Klemperer

MK
Madge Kennedy

Mrs. Farnsworth

JL
John Litel

Mr. William Farnsworth

Bess Flowers

Wedding Guest

Kathleen Freeman

Laundromat Gossip

MW
Marc Wilder

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

RB
Ralph Brooks

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

BC
Beulah Christian

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

OC
Oliver Cross

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

RD
Roy Damron

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

KG
Kenneth Gibson

Country Club Patron (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Melville Shavelson
Written by
Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Betsy Drake
Type
Movies
Released
1958
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 10,617 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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