However, not all message pictures are entirely serious, and there are also films spoofing the genre (Sullivan's Travels, for example).
[2] Dore Schary was famous for his message pictures at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the late 1940s and early to mid-1950s.
Among these were Tea and Sympathy, Bad Day at Black Rock, and Blackboard Jungle.
[3] Other famous message pictures by other parties include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night[4] (the former directed by Stanley Kramer, who was also well known for numerous message films).
Examples include Kanoon (against capital punishment), Naya Daur (importance of labour), Waqt (importance of time and destiny), Nikaah (against triple talaq (divorce) among Muslims), etc.