Rock Hudson & Doris Day Romance Collection (Pillow Talk / Lover Come Back / Send Me No Flowers)

DORIS DAY AND ROCK HUDSON ROMANTIC COMEDY COLLECTION [1959 / 1961 / 1964 / 2016] [Blu-ray] Three Comedies! Two Legends! One Classic Collection! HD Picture and Theater Quality Sound!Hollywood screen couple Doris Day and Rock Hudson light up the screen with laughter in three delightful comedy gems! Join them as they fall in, out, and back in love again in a series of misadventures including ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Lover Come Back’ and ‘Send Me No Flowers.’ Co-starring the hilarious Tony Randall, the Doris Day and Rock Hudson Romantic Comedy Collection captures one of cinema’s most popular and enduring couples at their very best!FILM FACT No.1: ‘Pillow Talk’ Awards and Nominations: Academy Awards®: Win: Best Writing for Original Screenplay. Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role for Doris Day. Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Thelma Ritter. Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color forRichard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt. Nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Doris Day sings three songs in the film ‘Pillow Talk’ during the opening credits, "Roly Poly" in the piano bar with Rock Hudson, and "Possess Me" on the drive up to Jonathan Forbes's cabin. Singer Perry Blackwell performs three songs in the piano bar: "I Need No Atmosphere", "Roly Poly" (in part), and "You Lied" a song directed at Rock Hudson's character, Brad Allen.FILM FACT No.2: ‘Lover Come Back’ Awards and Nominations: Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Screenplay for Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning. Golden Globe® Awards: Nominated: Best Supporting Actor for Tony Randall. Although not a musical, the film contains two songs sung by Doris Day: "Lover Come Back" during the opening credits, and "Should I Surrender" as she contemplates what to do with her feelings for Jerry Webster.FILM FACT No.3: ‘Send Me No Flowers’ title tune was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. The film was the last comedy for Doris Day and Rock Hudson and received mixed reviews.Pillow Talk Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Lee Patrick, Mary McCarty, Alex Gerry, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart, Perry Blackwell, Muriel Landers and William SchallertLover Come Back Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Karen Norris, Jack Albertson, Charles Watts, Donna Douglas, Ward Ramsey and John LitelSend Me No Flowers Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde, Clint Walker, Hal March, Edward Andrews, Clive Clerk, Patricia Barry and Dave WillockDirectors: Michael Gordon, Delbert Mann and Norman JewisonProducers: Martin Melcher, Ross Hunter, Robert Arthur, Stanley Shapiro and Harry KellerScreenplay: Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Julius J. Epstein, Carroll Moore (play) and Norman Barasch (play)Composer: Frank De VolCinematography: Arthur E. Arling and Daniel L. FappVideo Resolution: 1080p [Eastman Color and Technicolor]Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 [CinemaScope] and 1.85:1Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo and English: 2.0 Dolby Digital StereoSubtitles: English SDH, Spanish and FrenchRunning Time: 102 minutes, 106 minutes and 99 minutesRegion: All RegionsNumber of discs: 3Studio: Universal Studios Home EntertainmentAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: Hollywood screen couple Doris Day and Rock Hudson light up the screen with laughter in three delightful comedy gems! Join them as they fall in, out, and back in love again in a series of misadventures, especially co-starring with the hilarious Tony Randall. Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the romantic comedy was synonymous with two names: Doris Kapplehoff and Roy Sherer Jr., better known to audiences as Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Though the pair only made three films, that included ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Lover Come Back’ and ‘Send Me No Flowers,’ all included on this ‘DORIS DAY AND ROCK HUDSON ROMANTIC COMEDY COLLECTION’ and they helped define the genre for a generation.Born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff on 3rd April, 1924, in Cincinnati in Ohio and her ambitions was to be a dancer were destroyed when she broke her leg during a road accident as a teenager. She went on to get herself a job as a singer before being persuaded by her second husband to do a screen test, after which she landed a part in the 1948 film ‘Romance On The High Seas.’ But with her career has always been known as the All-American quintessential girl, Doris Day, continues to be revered by her fans, whilst the media still relates to the actress/singer and her Hollywood “girl next door” image. Rock Hudson, born Roy Scherer. He was a postman, truck driver and mechanic before changing his name and trying his luck in the film. Rock Hudson with his good looks won him a bit part in the 1948 film ‘Fighter Squadron,’ and was spotted, given acting lessons, had his teeth capped, and the rest, as they say, is history.Are the films dated, of course they are, but in a very charming way. These are sex romps without the sex, innuendo without the indecency. One of the funniest quips ever made about Doris Day came from comedian-pianist Oscar Levant, who remarked, “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Doris Day’s onscreen performance was virginal, even in ‘Send Me No Flowers,’ when Doris Day and Rock Hudson play a married couple. The writers and directors changed, but all three films followed a tradition that dates back to Shakespeare by incorporating double entendre, confusion over disguises, mistaken identities, or misunderstandings, and minor characters whose job it is to prod and push the main characters toward a chaotic quasi-screwball climax. The Eastman Color and Technicolor are deliciously oversaturated compared to today’s colour films and the lifestyles and the moral values are pure 1950s.‘PILLOW TALK’ [1959] This is the one that started it all is still the best, but the concept might take some explaining. An interior decorator Jan Morrow [Doris Day] who shares a party line with a womanising songwriter Brad Allen [Rock Hudson] ends up being romanced by him as he pretends to be a shy Texan, first to have fun at her expense, and then to seduce her. But of course love and decency win out. As Brad Allen begins to fall for her and realises he has no chance with her if she finds out his true identity, the plot twists even more so. It helps to know that in the age of rotary dial phones there were only so many private phone lines available. As a result, many people had to share a party line and sometimes work out use patterns between them, while others opted for the party line to save money. The script is very clever and all of the actors have a lot of fun with it. Tony Randall is hilarious as a rich client of Doris Day who also happens to know Rock Hudson character and serves as his confidante, while the brilliant Thelma Ritter plays Doris Day’s maid, the obligatory hungover heavy drinker that turns up in almost every 1950s and 1960s comedy. Running Time: 102 minutes‘LOVER COME BACK’ [1961] The formula returns in this follow-up film, with Doris Day and Rock Hudson playing rival Madison Ave. ad executives competing for accounts. Always the wholesome one, she pitches ideas, while he uses women and booze to win accounts and win accounts and has plenty of “conquests” himself. To keep one of them from going to the ethics board Jerry Webster [Rock Hudson] invents a non-existent product called “VIP” and keeps her in line by telling her he’ll make her the VIP girl. When Doris Day’s character gets wind of the new product, she tries to find out more about it and goes to Nobel Prize-winning chemists that she suspects her competitor has hired. Here’s where the mistaken identity comes in: Doris Day walks in just as the chemist went into the back room, leaving Rock Hudson in his lab coat. And Rock Hudson decides to play the part, again to have some fun at her expense and to keep her occupied so she can’t cause him any trouble. The bonus for fans of classic TV is that Donna Douglas appears as the secretary of the CEO Tony Randall at the firm Rock Hudson’s character works for, while Ann B. Davis plays Doris Day’s secretary, and other familiar faces also turn up, like Joe Flynn and Jack Albertson. ‘LOVER COME BACK’ is slightly more risqué, though nothing is shown, insomuch as the two main characters wake up in bed together after a wild party. There’s more drinking and smoking in this one than in the first, but the mistaken identity formula works just as well, and in the end, it’s awfully tame compared to today’s films, yet just as entertaining. Running Time: 106 minutes‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS’ [1964] Universal Pictures decided to switch it up for the third outing. In this one, Rock Hudson plays a hypochondriac who, after mistakenly overhearing his doctor talk about the results X-rays of a dying man, and Rock Hudson thinks he has only two weeks to live. Rock Hudson’s first thought is, of course, for his wife, and after talking to his best friend and neighbour Tony Randall he decides the best thing to do is to try to find another husband for her, so she won’t be all alone after he’s gone. There are plenty of twists and allusions in this one, with Clint Walker riding on a horse to save Doris Day from a runaway golf cart. It turns out that he’s her old college sweetheart, and a little too familiar with her for the jealous Rock Hudson, who nonetheless reminds himself that he is, after all, looking for a replacement husband. Norman Jewison [‘Moonstruck’ and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’] directed this one, which also offers a fun amount of familiar faces. The acerbic Paul Lynde plays a cemetery director, while veteran character actor Edward Andrews (who guest starred in so many TV sitcoms it’s hard to name them all) also appears. The third and final on-screen teaming of Rock Hudson and Doris Day, ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS’ positively sparkles and are definitely "top performers and are in top form." Running Time: 99 minutesBlu-ray Video Quality – Universal Studios Home Entertainment has now presented us with the classic ‘PILLOW TALK,’ ‘LOVER COME BACK’ and ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS’ Doris Day and Rock Hudson films that are something really special, and especially with all three films that has now been re-issued and remastered with the most ultimate image visual explosion of spectacular Eastman Color and Technicolor lush colours with a superb 1080p image transfer that has given you the three films that look as if they were made today. On top of that you have equally spectacular 2.35:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratios, so all in all three transfers’ looks absolutely fantastic and all the elements are in great shape, but again I cannot complement the stunning colours enough, all here again explode off the screen all of the time. Reds are especially vibrant in this presentation, and in fact come perilously close to blooming more than once. Fine detail is quite pleasing throughout the film, especially in close-ups. With my original Blu-ray DigiBook of ‘PILLOW TALK’ it had some really ghastly DNR [Digital Noise Reduction] that gave you a really nasty grain image resolution, but with these new re-issue remastered films, that make this Blu-ray collection is a definite must have.Blu-ray Audio Quality – Universal Studios Home Entertainment has just got two standard audio presentations of 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo and 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo. The audio experience is top notch, and the dialogue comes through sparklingly clear and the song cues and underscores all sound really brilliant. The sound mix for all three films are very well prioritised, and while this is obviously the three films are largely dialogue driven piece with occasional musical interludes, the tracks on the three films are pleasantly presented and not overly ambitious and a very nice audio experience and is rendered with the best clean and clear sound, to make it the best I have heard for these three films and it is definitely the ultimate audio presentation ever.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Special Feature: Back in Bed with ‘PILLOW TALK’ [2009] [480i] [1.37:1] [21:57] This is a documentary that discusses the risqué sexual subject matter of the film and how it was tailored for an audience in the 1950s so as to not seem so vulgar. This feature was originally from the 2009 DVD and it gets into more of the cultural resonance of the film, as well as a discussion of the careers of the cast. The film discussed both as a product of the end of the 1950s and as a forerunner for what will come in the 1960s, as well as having some elements that could still be considered current. The independent female career woman led, for example. The irony of Rock Hudson’s life is discussed, including the obvious reference within the film itself during one of the phone calls. The presence of Tony Randall as the third point on the triangle gets a good discussion as does the career of Thelma Ritter, who famously held an Oscar party after her nomination here to “Come and Watch Me Lose!” With this documentary we get a plethora of contributors and they are Samantha Cook [Author of “The Rough Guide to Chick Flicks”]; David Thomas [Film Critic and Author]; Judith Roof [Author and Professor of English] and Daniel M. Kimmel [Author of “I’ll Have What She’s Having”].Special Feature: Chemistry 101: The Film Duo of Doris Day and Rock Hudson [2009] [480i] [1.33:1] [5:12] Here is a follow up to the previous special feature with another very interesting short documentary about the relationship between Rock Hudson and Doris Day, on and off set, is discussed here. This brief piece was originally available from the 2009 DVD, and it focuses specifically on the three films to feature Rock Hudson and Doris Day: ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Send Me No Flowers’ and ‘Lover Come Back.’ And of course, all three films featured Tony Randall. There’s a brief discussion about how they referred to each other onset as Eunice and Ernie, since neither particularly cared for their stage names. With this particular documentary we get more contributors and they are Samantha Cook [Author of “The Rough Guide to Chick Flicks”]; David Thomas [Film Critic and Author] and Daniel M. Kimmel [Author of “I’ll Have What She’s Having”].Audio Commentary: Commentary with Film Historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman: Here with this commentary featuring Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo from the Twilight Time Blu-ray label and also Jeff Bond, a writer for Geek Monthly Magazine and The Hollywood Reporter. The three of them share a roundtable type of atmosphere with Nick Redman taking up the majority of the time as the defector host of the whole shindig. It's a very informative commentary touching on the themes of the Doris Day and Rock Hudson’s popularity, and the love the audiences of that time had for its stars. The three of them has a lot of fun with the film itself, with the backstage stories, and with the history behind it all. Among other things, they discuss the whole idea of the “party line” and how this was already anachronistic by 1959. When the film gets into the final garish explosion of colour, the gang laughs out loud and notes that this is actually predating the wild colours to be seen in 1960s films in just a few minutes. Julie Kirgo offers a pretty good explanation as to what the pillows in the end titles actually signify. Besides commenting on how important clothes and décor were to the female audience of the time, Julie Kirgo has plenty to say about the way Doris Day's character represents the dawning of liberation for professional women, at least in the arena of public discourse. There's also a discussion about the peculiar situation faced by Rock Hudson. The actor hid his personal life and played along with a fake marriage to keep his career on track. As one of his deceptions in the film, Hudson's Brad behaves in a conventionally gay manner. The situation is almost absurd: a gay actor is playing a straight man pretending to be gay. It's not far removed from the film ‘Victor, Victoria.’ The easy-going Rock Hudson played a risky career game, and the fickle public at large was never the wiser. As a technical note, the three of them note that you can always tell when a split screen moment is about to happen as the amount of grain onscreen suddenly increases, except that with this new re-issue remastered transfer, this is no longer the case. This is a typically informative Nick Redman hosted commentary and fans of commentaries will know that Nick Redman was one of the founders of the "round table" form of audio commentaries, with everything from what a party line is to the obvious chemistry between Rock Hudson and Doris Day being discussed.Theatrical Trailer [1959] [480i] [1.37:1] [2:20] This is the original Theatrical trailer for the film ‘PILLOW TALK.’ This has got to be the most atrocious quality trailer I have seen in a very long time and looks like it was copied from a VHS tape and Universal Pictures should be totally ashamed of adding this to the Special Features.Theatrical Trailer [1961] [480i] [1.37:1] [0:00] This is the original Theatrical trailer for the film ‘LOVER COME BACK.’ Despite the slightly grainy image, it is a totally brilliant presentation that really has got plenty of “VIP.”Theatrical Trailer [1964] [480i] [1.37:1] [0:00] This is the original Theatrical trailer for the film ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS.’ Sadly, this is another atrocious quality trailer that looks like it has been copied from a VHS tape release of ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS.’Special Feature: 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics [2012] [1080p] [1.78:1] [9:14] Universal Pictures commemorates its centennial in 2012 with the full restoration and Blu-ray release of select films including ‘All Quiet on the Western Front;’ ‘Jaws;’ ‘Dracula;’ ‘Frankenstein;’ ‘Bride of Frankenstein;’ ‘The Birds’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ In this video, film preservationists and technicians discuss the painstaking process of restoring these popular films using sophisticated digital technology. This is a beautiful documentary that is always offered as a supplement on most other 100th Anniversary of Universal Pictures Blu-ray releases.Special Feature: 100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era [2012] [1080p] [1.78:1] [8:42] Universal founder Carl Laemmle and his vision for the future of cinema. A century later, that vision still resonates. It covers some of the great achievements of Carl Laemmle’s work, but falls short when it comes to explaining the end of that era and why it happened. Contributors: Steven J. Ross, Jeff Pirtle, Jon Wilkman, Robert S. Birchard and Carla Laemmle. Here is another of the same kind of documentary that has graced other 100th Anniversary releases. It is a really well done feature; albeit awfully brief piece highlighting Universal Pictures founder and his family.Special Feature: 100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters [2013] [1080p] [1.78:1] [8:19] Revisits Universal Pictures most memorable heroes, villains, comedians and screen legends. This is yet another featurette commemorating Universal Pictures centennial which has been showing up on several recent releases, this one dedicated to many of the iconic characters that have populated Universal films. The gallery includes various horror movie monsters from ‘Dracula’ to ‘Jaws’ to ‘Jurassic Park,’ and moves on to cover memorable performances by Al Pacino [‘Scarface’], Christopher Lloyd [‘Back to the Future’] and Jeff Bridges [‘The Big Lebowski’].Special Feature: My Scenes: The usual Blu-ray bookmarking feature is available here, allowing the viewer to set their own bookmarks throughout the film.Finally, this Triple Blu-ray set sees the Hollywood screen couple Doris Day and Rock Hudson light up the screen with laughter in three delightful comedy gems! Join them as they fall in, out, and back in love again in a series of misadventures including ‘PILOW TALK;’ ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS’ and ‘SEND ME NO FLOWERS.’ Co-starring the hilarious Tony Randall, and Doris Day and Rock Hudson can now be seen in this brilliant and spectacular romantic comedy beautiful presentation Blu-ray disc set of this spectacular ‘DORIS DAY AND ROCK HUDSON ROMANTIC COMEDY COLLECTION’ and captures one of cinema’s most popular and enduring couples at their very best! Very Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film FanLe Cinema ParadisoWARE, United Kingdom

Grade: B+Entire family: No1959-64, 310 min., ColorUniversalNot Rated (Would be PG-13 for drinking, smoking, and innuendo)Aspect ratio: 1.85:1, 2.35:1Featured audio: DTS-HDMA 2.0Bonus features: B-Trailer (Pillow Talk)Amazon linkBack in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, the romantic comedy was synonymous with two names: Doris Kapplehoff and Roy Sherer Jr., better known to audiences as Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Though the pair only made three films—Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, and Send Me No Flowers, all included on this Doris Day and Rock Hudson Romantic Comedy Collection—they helped define the genre for a generation.Are the films dated? Of course. These are sex romps without the sex, innuendo without the indecency. One of the funniest quips ever made about Doris Day came from comedian-pianist Oscar Levant, who remarked, “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Her onscreen performance was virginal, even in Send Me No Flowers, when she and Hudson played a married couple. The writers and directors changed, but all three films followed a tradition that dates back to Shakespeare by incorporating double entendre, confusion over disguises, mistaken identities, or misunderstandings, and minor characters whose job it is to prod and push the main characters toward a chaotic quasi-screwball climax. The colors are deliciously oversaturated compared to today’s color films, and the lifestyles and the moral values are pure ‘50s. Yet, as my teenage son said—and he gave all three films high marks for entertainment value—“These are great!”Pillow Talk (1959) A-The one that started it all is still the best, but the concept might take some explaining. An interior decorator (Day) who shares a party line with a womanizing songwriter (Hudson) ends up being romanced by him as he pretends to be a shy Texan, first to have fun at her expense, and then to seduce her. But of course love and decency win out. As Brad begins to fall for her and realizes he has no chance with her if she finds out his true identity, the plot twists even more so.It helps to know that in the age of rotary dial phones there were only so many private phone lines available. As a result, many people had to share a line—a party line—and sometimes work out use patterns between them, while others opted for the party line to save money.The script is clever and all of the actors have a lot of fun with it. Tony Randall is hilarious as a rich client of Day’s who also happens to know Hudson’s character and serves as his confidante, while Thelma Ritter plays Day’s maid, the obligatory hungover heavy drinker that turns up in almost every ‘50s and ‘60s comedy. TV’s Johnny Yuma, The Rebel, appears as an all-hands college boy, while Hayden Rorke (who played Dr. Bellows on TV’s Bewitched) also has a small role. In 2009 Pillow Talk made it into the National Film Registry because of its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.”Lover Come Back (1961) B+The formula returns in this follow-up, with Day and Hudson playing rival Madison Ave. ad executives competing for accounts. Always the wholesome one, she pitches ideas, while he uses women and booze to win accounts and has plenty of “conquests” himself. To keep one of them from going to the ethics board he invents a product (VIP) and keeps her in line by telling her he’ll make her the VIP girl. When Day’s character gets wind of the new product, she tries to find out more about it and goes to a Nobel Prize-winning chemists that she suspects her competitor has hired. Here’s where the mistaken identity comes in: Day walks in just as the chemist went into the back room, leaving Hudson in his lab coat. And Hudson decides to play the part, again to have some fun at her expense and to keep her occupied so she can’t cause him any trouble.The bonus for fans of classic TV is that Donna Douglas (Ellie Mae on The Beverly Hillbillies) appears as the secretary of the CEO (Tony Randall again) at the firm Hudson’s character works for, while Ann B. Davis (Alice on The Brady Bunch) plays Day’s secretary, and other familiar faces also turn up, like Joe Flynn (McHale’s Navy) and Jack Albertson (Chico & the Man). Lover Come Back is slightly more risqué (though nothing is shown) insomuch as the two main characters wake up in bed together after a wild party. There’s more drinking and smoking in this one than in the first, but the mistaken identity formula works just as well, and in the end, it’s awfully tame compared to today’s movies, yet just as entertaining.Send Me No Flowers (1964) B+Universal decided to switch it up for the third outing. In this one, Hudson plays a hypochondriac who, after overhearing his doctor talk about the x-rays of a dying man, thinks he has only two weeks to live. His first thought is, of course, for his wife, and after talking to his best friend and neighbor (Tony Randall) he decides the best thing to do is to try to find another husband for her, so she won’t be all alone after he’s gone.There are plenty of twists and allusions in this one, with TV’s Cheyenne (Clint Walker) riding on a horse to save Day from a runaway golf cart. It turns out that he’s her old college sweetheart, and a little too familiar with her for the jealous Hudson, who nonetheless reminds himself that he is, after all, looking for a replacement husband. Norman Jewison (Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof) directed this one, which also offers a fun amount of familiar faces. The acerbic Paul Lynde plays a cemetery director, while veteran character actor Edward Andrews (who guest starred in so many TV sitcoms it’s hard to name them all) also appears.All three of these films share the same winning formula, and while there are dated elements, the core ingredients are timeless. Families with older teenage children should enjoy these together. They’d probably merit a PG-13 rating today, for their use of tobacco and alcohol and sexual innuendo—though again, it all seems so tame compared to today’s movies. But all three of these romantic comedies still work. Fans might hope that the next “collection” Universal releases will be the Doris Day and James Garner Romantic Comedy Collection. Though the pair only did two films together (The Thrill of It All, Move Over Darling) they’re as much fun as the Day-Hudson romps.

Excellent movies, but this review is not about the movies its about the blu ray disc. I owned all 3 of these films already and was unsure as to whether or not to upgrade to the blu ray, but I took a chance and ordered from the US. I am so pleased I did!!! The picture quality is amazing, so clear and perfect and the sound is excellent too, all 3 films are brilliant quality and I watched on a 48" Sony LCD and Sony Blu Ray player and it was a lovely watching experience for all 3. Also a note to the wise, these are US release Blu Ray and not released in the UK however, this is a region free Blu Ray box set and so therefore will play on UK players without a hitch. I am glad I ordered mine!

It was for a gift

Arrived today, a bit late than I expected but well worth it yo watch this brilliant duo in blu ray. Brilliant thanks.

Does it get any better than Doris Day and Rock Hudson, too much sexy for 1 film so they made 3. I miss these type of comedy's nowadays. Doris and Rock emit a sex appeal that goes beyond just the physical, you can certainly tell they enjoyed each other's company. I miss the days of comedy when they didn't have to fill a scrip with foul words and nudity to 'get a laugh'. I am by no means a prude when it comes to those such things however there is such a thing as too much and whatever happened to leaving something to the imagination. Movie makers in today's industry must consider the audience's quite lazy and lay everything out on the screen for them.When it comes down to it I will always treasure these films when you could watch a movie and enjoy it from beginning to end. Thank you Doris Day and Rock Hudson for 3 wonderful movies, my only wish is that they had made more together.

I first saw this movie when I was in my teens, and what I remember about it is surprisingly different than what I experienced watching it again now on DVD. I suppose my quest for romance somehow dimmed my honest evaluation of the movie when I was young. Now, the whole movie seems shallow and beyond the realm of believable. The storyline was nonsense, the dialogue even worse. There really isn't much good I can say about it, except that I'm glad I've matured past liking the silliness in this story. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know.