The Thrill of It All
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Norman Jewison |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter Martin Melcher |
| Written by | Larry Gelbart (story) Carl Reiner |
| Starring | Doris Day James Garner Arlene Francis |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Editing by | Milton Carruth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 17, 1963 |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Thrill of It All (1963) is a romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, and ZaSu Pitts. The screenplay was written by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner. Reiner also plays a cameo as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles.
Reiner had originally conceived the project for Judy Holliday, who developed cancer and had to bow out of the project, according to Reiner's reminiscence during his videotaped "Archive of American Television" interview. (Holliday died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 43.)
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[edit] Plot summary
The story centers around suburban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful gynecologist and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star in a television commercial advertising soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for $80,000 per year to appear in weekly TV commercials. Soon the TV studio places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald becomes jealous of the fact that she is now out-earning him, and their relationship slowly deteriorates until she decides to return as a housewife.
[edit] Production
During the scene when Dr. Boyer (James Garner) drives his car into the pool, the car is pointed towards where the garage was oriented. Later in the film, when they use a crane to lift the now soaked car out of the pool, it is facing the opposite direction towards the street. The car that was driven in was a black 1958 Chevrolet Convertible. In the beginning of the movie, he was seen driving a black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible.
When the Boyers (Doris Day and James Garner) are being driven to the Fraleighs' (Arlene Francis and Edward Andrews), the limo driver looks at them in the rear view mirror, but the image is not reversed. Mrs. Boyer is still on the right of Dr. Boyer which is impossible, if it was seen in the mirror the image would have shown Mrs. Boyer on the left of Dr. Boyer.
[edit] 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 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
- Hayden Rorke as Billings
- Alex Gerry as Stokely
- Robert Gallagher as Van Camp
[edit] External links
- The Thrill of It All at the Internet Movie Database
- The Thrill of It All at AllRovi
- The Thrill of It All at the TCM Movie Database
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner interview at Archive of American Television
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