1h 42min | Comedy, Romance | 7 October 1959 | Color, WS
Director: Michael Gordon
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053172/
6 songs in the Soundtracks, but this is not a musical.
1st of 3 pairings of DD & RH. She's an interior decorator, he's a songwriter.
Previously rated 8, but today I'd call it a 7. I'm not thrilled with her surrender to him because he ~proposes, telling her after she turns his apartment into a nightmare that he has called all his girls to announce his marriage. Did she dislike him or not? She liked "Rex Stetson", but Brad Allen disgusted her. Now she's ready to marry Brad Allen, who was not only a womanizer, but deceived her very intentionally, in part as revenge over their party line (ancient telephone technology). And let's not forget that Brad is also intentionally stealing his friend's (Tony Randall) beloved, although it's unrequited by DD.
Because I've watching this so often, the jokes are less funny. Also, Nick Adams, as the client's son with lascivious designs on DD, is rather disgusting in a #MeToo way. So I'm tempted to downgrade this to a 7, but will wait for another negative viewing for that.
Arwin Prod., distr. Universal, dir. Gordon; 8-
