Barbara Feldon & Bruce Dern in Smile (1975)

Obscurity factor: 7

Beauty pageants are the subject of this black comedy by director Michael Ritchie. Brenda (Feldon) is a former winner and the organizer of the Young American Miss pageant in Santa Rosa, California. She's having an extramarital affair with Big Bob (Dern) who sponsors the pageant. The film follows the fortunes of Brenda, Big Bob and the contestants as they compete to win the crown.

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This film is something of a forerunner of what was to come in film comedy in the 1970's, featuring a comedy style that foreshadows the mega-hit Animal House (1978) but with an ennui more reminiscent of an Altman film. Look for a young Melanie Griffith as one of the contestants.

There's something of a cult following for this film. It's available on DVD and can be found in part on YouTube. The trailer is above, uploaded by robatsea2009.

Obscurity factor: 7 (not well remembered by the general public, has cult following, on DVD)

Dick Van Dyke & Barbara Feldon in Fitzwilly (1968)

Obscurity factor: 8

Heiress Miss Victoria Woodworth (Dame Edith Evans) lives a comfortable life in the family home and wants for nothing. This is entirely due to the larcenous efforts of her staff, headed by her butler, Fitzwilly (Dick Van Dyke), because her father left her only $200. She is kept blissfully unaware of this fact, however. This house of cards is poised to come tumbling down when Miss Vicky hires Juliet Nowell (Feldon) as her personal assistant. She inadvertently foils several plots and puts the household in debt. To make up the balance Fitzwilly devises a plot to rob Gimbles department store of it's entire Christmas Eve revenue. Will they pull it off, and will the burgeoning romance between Fitzwilly and Juliet survive?

This is one of those frenetic 60's comedies with great cast of character actors including Ms. Evans, Norman Fell and Cecil Kellaway. It's not available on DVD, and there is absolutely no video of it available online that I can find. It appears to have been scrubbed, which may mean a DVD release is imminent...

Obscurity factor: 8 (not on DVD, not available on the web)