Move over Darling being shown on uk tv bbc2 thisafternoon at 3pm. See Bobs review on page 1
Cheers, Bill ... I may record this again. I made a DVDr of the film back in 2007 but at LP (rather than SP) its quality is probably not great ... if it still plays at all.
As for the film, it's not DD's best but it has so many good scenes that it's worth a re-visit ... I've seen it four or five times. The opening ten minutes or so (admittedly before DD appears on screen) are some of the funniest moments I've seen in any film: the dialogue interplay between James Garner and Edgar Buchanan, with Polly Bergen's interruptions, is wonderful ... almost so good that the rest of the film struggles to stay at this level. That said, James Garner's take on the hotel lift closing door scene is even better than Cary Grant's original. Mitch
Eve Arden steals every scene she in! She should have won at least 10 Oscars for Best Supporting Actress.
??? Eve ??? ... do you mean (character) Grace Arden ... as played by Thelma Ritter? If so, indeed, she was a superb actress (in this playing the role normally taken by Tony Randall).
Your detailed information on Doris Day and her films is meticulous with one exception.
"With Six You get Eggroll" as Doris pointed out in her best-selling 1975 autobiography written with A.E. Hotchner, was the exception to the series of films that her husband had signed her to do. She actually praised "Eggroll" and very much enjoyed the experience of working on it.
I think that comes through clearly with the warm and real performance that she gives. She was finally offered the opportunity to play someone near her own age and she ran with it. I also think that contributed toward the film being her biggest moneymaker in almost 5 years.
When we initially met in 1973, after writing back and forth for many years, I "gushed" to her that "I've seen 'With Six You Get Eggroll' 54 times!!"
Your detailed information on Doris Day and her films is meticulous with one exception.
"With Six You get Eggroll" as Doris pointed out in her best-selling 1975 autobiography written with A.E. Hotchner, was the exception to the series of films that her husband had signed her to do. She actually praised "Eggroll" and very much enjoyed the experience of working on it.
You are correct. That comment was supoposed to have been included under Day's prior film, "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?", and somehow ended up under "With Six You Get Egg Roll" by mistake.
