Definitely good movie


There's no discussion over this really good movie yet, and I just feel that I have to fill the blank space.

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i just saw this movie on tMc last night Sweet movie

Hugs

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I agree, it was great watching Lucille Ball and Bob Hope together in one film.

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Anyway the activity in this thread indicates how often they run the movie on TCM.

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I'm watching it on TCM now...I'm surprised that I like it, I thought it would be very hokey.

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How times have changed. People actually 'dressing up' in ties, suits, dresses, and hats to go out to dinner, the club, or for travel. Now, people look like they're going to 'slop the hogs' when eating out at a nice restaurant or traveling. What a shame.

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Boy, do I agree with your statement, west37! I was thinking the same thing as I watched the movie last night on TCM. Both Lucy and Larry's wife (her name escapes me at the moment!) in dresses and heels while eating dinner, the men looking dapper...too bad we'll never see that again in this lifetime!

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They've even taken away the tradition on cruise ships!

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Watching it on TCM now - sweet film, good portrayals by the leads, Lucille Ball and Bob Hope. In fact, it's nice to see Hope acting well semi-dramatically (he started mugging for the camera in his later 60's romps with Phyllis Diller, etc.).. can anyone name a better performance by Hope in a sensitive role?

agree with the comments about proper dress: 1960 -- ya see: we weren't rebelling yet...! (--:

and the theme is timeless: married couples need to spend time together, and zealously refrain from starting romantic ties outside -- "In a New York minute -ooh ooh oooh - everything can change..."

:-) canuckteach (--:

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I was really impressed with this movie. I was expecting a fun romp with Bob and Lucy, and it was certainly that, but also a lot more. Aside from being a completely hilarious comedy, it also featured a very thoughtful story, with an excellent performance by Bob Hope, and looking at love and relationships with the more middle-aged characters. To me, it was just as insightful a look at relationships as Woody Allen's ANNIE HALL.

Matt

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An interesting companion piece to this (I agree) underrated movie is another serio-comic look at relationships by the same guys, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, "A Touch of Class." 13 years later, they had the ability to be more frank (pardon the pun) in their depiction of infidelity, and attracted the services of two stronger actors, and the result is most watchable. Some thought that Glenda Jackson's Oscar, her second, went to the best of a weak lot of performances, but I find her to be deft with the comedy and ferociously real when the story turns to drama. It was a very canny choice on the Academy's part. A couple watching either "Facts of Life" or "Touch of Class," or preferably both, will have much to talk about before bed...

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just watched the movie on tcm. funny stuff

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Good, entertaining film with some underlying truth pertaining to relationships and marriage.

I kept thinking as I was watching this movie that I really really wished they had done it in color. One thing I really enjoy about movies from this era, beyond the stories, are the fashion and decor and fabulous colors.

Whadda ya hear, whadda ya say!

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I really like this movie too and to answer one person's question... has anyone seen Hope in a sentimental role? How about The Seven Little Foys? He was good in that too.

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Beautiful movie Indeed

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