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Great Movie

posted 17 years ago by dawnm5
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I usually enjoy Sandra Dee movies, especially Gidget and Imitation of Life. The Tammy movies were kind of silly, though. I really wasn't expecting much with this one, I guess because George Hamilton was in it. But, it really was good...it touched on real life issues that I wasn't expecting from a comedy with Sandra Dee. Wow the opening scene, Sandra Dee pregnant and NOT married.

The cast was great too. Celeste Holm and Bill Bixby and that guy from Doby Gillis. Bill Bixby was so cute in the 60's.

[–] bcrumpacker 11 years ago

Agreed, an enjoyable movie. Saw this as a kid and didn't quite understand the "who's the daddy" angle then. I thought she'd slept with all of her suitors, but that would have been a very different movie. Sandra Dee looks great here and was so charming and funny that it's hard to believe her movie career ended that year. PS Bill Bixby's character's name is Dick Bender, and he gets most of the action. Classic!

[–] JacksCatGirl 11 years ago

Sandra Dee an unwed expectant mom with three potential fathers, what a hoot that opening scene was, Sandra Dee a promiscuous girl....you can't get more revolutionary than that (even if it turned out she really only slept with one man and it was an out of character one time blue moon firework event, abortion was never on the table, and she wasn't 1/10 the slut Bill Bixby's character was)

Oh how I wished her world was real, where men chase after pregnant girls desperately wanting to marry them, finatially support, and father babies that aren't theirs, where scoring $750 a week gig is easy even after you irresponsibly and disrespectfully bail on them and twice, where your mother doesn't scream, bawl, and kill you because you got pregnant while still living under her roof, where that super rich hot boss you unprofessionally slept with is unmarried and eagarly willing to commit to you, his replaceable secretary, after one night and never once mentions a prenup, ah if only.

Jacks

[–] hka-3 9 years ago

Sandra Dee looks great here and was so charming and funny

I absolutely agree.

it's hard to believe her movie career ended that year.

It seems like too many talented people during that time weren't getting quality film roles. I've heard that due of a lot of things going on in the world, Hollywood was trying to move away from "feel good" movies. I recall an interview with Kurt Russell in which he said something about generally being frowned upon because he was doing Disney movies around that time.

PS Bill Bixby's character's name is Dick Bender, and he gets most of the action. Classic!

 So true. Before I watched the movie I was already laughing at his name.

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.