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Lover Come Back [1961]


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Rock Hudson and Doris Day had one of the sweetest chemistries in the movies--as demonstrated in several light comedies, including this film's predecessor, 1959's Pillow Talk. The two similar films feature a handsome, duplicitous Hudson duping--then falling for--an earnest Day. In Lover Come Back, the two play Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton, rival advertising agents, vying for the same clients--until Jerry makes up a product, Vip, to get out of a scrape. As Madison Avenue catches Vip fever, Jerry falls deeper into the façade-and into love with Carol, who schemes to steal the nonexistent account away from him. Tony Randall plays Peter Ramsay, Webster's hapless boss. While Day and Hudson are as adorable as ever (and would continue to be in 1964's Send Me No Flowers), a standout is fellow Pillow Talk and Send Me No Flowers costar Randall. He's an effective foil--both comically and physically (as he stands next to the much taller Hudson). Their brands of humor blend charmingly: Hudson's sardonic coyness, Day's innocent sweetness, and Randall's nervous edginess. Look for a pre-Brady Bunch Ann B. Davis as Mille, Carol's loyal assistant, and a pre-Beverly Hillbillies Donna Douglas as Ramsay's secretary. --N.F. Mendoza


Just a touch mam
Review date: 2008-08-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is an explosive tale. Rock and Doris are rival advertising execs with different approaches to doing business. Carol Templeton (Doris) thinks Jerry Webster (Rock) is unethical in his business practices and while trying to catch him at it is also trying to steel his next account. Jerry on the other hand is just trying to catch Carol and parries her attack with the VIP girl. While he is occupied with the chase, Peter 'Pete' Ramsey proceeds to sell VIP. Things just heat up from there. My favorite part is where Tony Randall uses a moose call and gets what he wants.

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love TO SEE THIS MAKE A COMEBACK
Review date: 2008-07-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

it is impossible for current movies to come up with anything so sophisticated ,smart and entertaining .

Rock hudson looks and acts better than any current hunk in his role as devilishly charming advertisement executive and he plays it with a gleam in his eyes which goes from a gentle gaze to a wicked glint ,he has a persona to match and the script has conjured a really complex yet siimpe character to empathise and like despite his obvious flaws.

Doris day has a wholesome charm and she is cast perfectly as the self -righteous rival who is having a delicious misunderstanding.

The comedy is based on a shakespearean twist of mistaken identities and just as funny .

The movie is slick and funny like a bauble and yet tasteful with immaculate costumes ,totally serene sexual innuendoes which are naughty enough to laugh at but inoffensive.

the sex battle and the party scene in manhattan is depicted without showing female or male flesh in tonnes like today's sex comedies .

This is style and content in a great concoction and roch hudson is the pinnacle here as the tender ,devious playboy with a lovely foil played by day and the supporting cast is very clever with their great cameos,but it is the script that brings every character to life in a whimsically funny manner ,they could never make this in today's hollywood .

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"He's the last guy I would have figured..."
Review date: 2007-03-12 Rating: 8 out of 10

Doris Day-Rock Hudson romcom Lover Come Back reworks aspects of Pillow Talk in a plot that sees them as rival advertising execs fighting over the account for a non-existent product in a surprisingly and engagingly smutty satire that goes out of its way to mock the void between the two stars screen images and reality. Rock Hudson seems heroically determined to invite rumors by pretending to be unsure of his sexuality ("Just because you can light a stove doesn't mean you can cook") and even creeping back into his apartment wearing nothing more than a woman's fur coat ("He's the last guy I would have figured..." notes one onlooker) while a somewhat sidelined Doris Day gets married as she's rushed into the delivery room. Along the way Tony Randall practically invents both of the Crane brothers and sets up about three seasons worth of plots for Frasier as his neurotic boss. Great fun.

Universal's DVD boasts a good 1.85:1 widescreen transfer with the original theatrical trailer.

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Actor(s):
Tony Randall
Rock Hudson
Doris Day
Jack Oakie
Edie Adams

Creators:
Edie Adams (Primary Contributor)
Rock Hudson (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582057300
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-10-02
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 103 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1961
Language: English (Original Language)

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