Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Send Me No Flowers (1964), 7+

A hypochondriac believes he is dying, and makes plans for his wife which she discovers and misunderstands.
1h 40min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 14 October 1964 | Color, WS
Director: Norman Jewison
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Clint Walker.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058571/

This is better than I remembered.

Because they're already married, we don't get the fun of the chase. But the misunderstandings mount up, and it is funny to have RH as a hypochondriac.

If we got a number of years they've been married, I missed it. They live in the suburbs, and make it sound like they've been there since before their 1st anniversary. Children aren't mentioned, nor any fertility issues/concerns. Seems like a strange place to live if you're not planning on kids.

Hard to imagine TR having wife and children, but they're away for vacation during this film.

Paul Lynde as the cemetery salesman is a plus.

Weird to have Edward Andrews as RH's doctor, since he played the expectant father in The Thrill of It All ('63).

Universal, dir. Jewison; 7+