Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Sept 30, 2018 6:16:36 GMT
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, (1968). Directed by Fielder Cook, with Dean Martin, Stella Stevens and husband and wife duo Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. DVR'd from recent TCM telecast. First-time viewing.
Cleverly scripted "matrimonial misunderstanding" comedy that seemed more than a little similar to some of those early-60s comedies featuring Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall. It would've been no stretch at all to have seen Hudson, Day and Randall quite easily slide into the roles which here were performed by Dean Martin, Stella Stevens and Eli Wallach. It's worth noting that writer Stanley Shapiro, who penned two of those aforementioned Hudson-Day-Randall films (Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back) also wrote this one. Also of note: Marilyn Monroe was originally slated to play the main female role (Carole), but the project was shelved due to her death; the part ultimately went to Stella Stevens.
All in all a fun 60s-era comedy: lots of witty dialogue, great supporting cast, beautiful wide-screen cinematography. Worth watching again.
Cleverly scripted "matrimonial misunderstanding" comedy that seemed more than a little similar to some of those early-60s comedies featuring Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall. It would've been no stretch at all to have seen Hudson, Day and Randall quite easily slide into the roles which here were performed by Dean Martin, Stella Stevens and Eli Wallach. It's worth noting that writer Stanley Shapiro, who penned two of those aforementioned Hudson-Day-Randall films (Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back) also wrote this one. Also of note: Marilyn Monroe was originally slated to play the main female role (Carole), but the project was shelved due to her death; the part ultimately went to Stella Stevens.
All in all a fun 60s-era comedy: lots of witty dialogue, great supporting cast, beautiful wide-screen cinematography. Worth watching again.