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When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems.

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Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Euterpe, Inc, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Pasternak, Joe, 1901-1991, Walters, Charles, 1911-1982, Day, Doris, 1922-2019, Niven, David, 1910-1983, Paige, Janis, Byington, Spring, 1886-1971, Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985, Lennart, Isobel, Kerr, Jean
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2005, 1959.
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Doris Day collection.
Subjects:
Kerr, Jean > Film adaptations.
Theater critics > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Domestic relations > Drama.
Country life > Drama.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
"Based on the book by Jean Kerr."
Includes theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:Not rated by MPAA.
Production Credits:Music score, David Rose ; director of photography, Robert Bronner ; editor, John McSweeney, Jr.
ISBN:0790746662
9780790746661
Author Notes:Doris Day was born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 3, 1922. At the age of 17, she began singing at a local club in Los Angeles. After a few months as a singer with Bob Crosby and His Bobcats in Chicago, she joined Les Brown and His Blue Devils. In 1945, she released one of her first records Sentimental Journey.

Her first movie, Romance on the High Seas, was released in 1948. She starred in about 40 movies during her career including Teacher's Pet, The Tunnel of Love, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Calamity Jane, April in Paris, The Pajama Game, Young Man With a Horn, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Love Me or Leave Me, Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, That Touch of Mink, The Thrill of It All, and With Six You Get Eggroll. Her CBS comedy, The Doris Day Show, ran for five years. She retired from acting in 1973.

She founded The Doris Day Animal Foundation. During the 1985-86 television season, she was the host of Doris Day's Best Friends on the Christian Broadcasting Network. In 2008, she received a lifetime achievement Grammy Award. In 2011, she released her first album in almost 20 years, My Heart. The book, Doris Day: Her Own Story by A. E. Hotchner based on a series of interviews he conducted with Day, was published in 1976. She died on May 13, 2019 at the age of 97.

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