The Thrill of It All (film)
The Thrill of It All | |
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Directed by | Norman Jewison |
Screenplay by | Carl Reiner |
Story by | Larry Gelbart Carl Reiner |
Produced by | Ross Hunter Martin Melcher |
Starring | Doris Day James Garner Arlene Francis |
Cinematography | Russell Metty |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Music by | Frank De Vol |
Distributed by | Universal-International |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $11,779,093[1] |
The Thrill of It All is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Doris Day and James Garner, with a supporting cast featuring Carl Reiner, Arlene Francis, Reginald Owen and ZaSu Pitts. The screenplay was written by Carl Reiner from a story by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner.
Reiner had originally conceived the project for
Plot
The story centers around suburban housewife Beverly Boyer and her husband, a successful
Soon the soap company places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald resents the fact that the appearances are taking up an increasing amount of her time, and that his position as
Cast
- Doris Day as Beverly Boyer
- James Garner as Dr. Gerald Boyer
- Arlene Francis as Mrs. Fraleigh
- Edward Andrews as Gardiner Fraleigh
- Reginald Owen as Old Tom Fraleigh
- ZaSu Pitts as Olivia
- Elliott Reid as Mike Palmer
- Alice Pearce as Irving's Wife
- Kym Karath as Maggie Boyer
- Brian Nash as Andy Boyer
- Lucy Landau as Mrs. Goethe
- Paul Hartman as Dr. Taylor
- Burt Mustin as the Fraleighs' butler
Carl Reiner, one of the two screenwriters of the film, makes brief appearances as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles (World War II German Officer / Cad / Western Gunslinger).
Production
The film was announced in 1962. Hunter wanted to reunite Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald by having them play support parts.[2]
Doris Day and James Garner played the leads as a married couple in another theatrical film later that same year titled
Reception
The Thrill of It All was the
Garner wrote the film was "better than it should have been... because of Doris."[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Box Office Information for The Thrill of It All. The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ FILMMAKER TALKS ABOUT 5 PROJECTS: Hunter, Here in Visit, Tells of MacDonald-Eddy Plan 'Tammy Takes Over' Is Next Joanne Woodward to Star British Film Opens Today 7 Vie for Golden Laurel Albert Lamorisse Visits By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times 16 May 1962: 33.
- ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
- ^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 254.
External links
- The Thrill of It All (1963) at IMDb
- The Thrill of It All at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Thrill of It All! (1963) at AllMovie
- The Thrill of It All at the TCM Movie Database
- The Thrill of It All at Trailers from Hell