Director Charles Walters' sweet-tart comedy, based on Jean Kerr's bestseller, boldly engages both the domestic fronts and theater-world trenches. Professor Larry McKay (David Niven) divides his time between being a respected academic and serving as an influential Manhattan drama critic. His supportive wife, Kate (Doris Day), stuck in close urban quarters with four bratty boys, longs to move to the wide open spaces of suburbia and wishes her husband had recused himself from reviewing musical produced by their family friend, Alfred North (Richard Haydn). After reading his pan, the show’s voluptuous leading lady, Deborah Vaughn (Janis Paige), publicly slaps her harshes...
Released:
1960
Rated:
NR
Length:
111 mins