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Tells the story of an uptight interior decorator who must share a party line with a laid-back playboy. But the real connection is made when the two meet and he starts wooing her with late-night calls while pretending to be someone else.

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Corporate Authors:	Universal-International (Firm), Arwin Productions, Inc, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Gordon, Michael, 1909-1993 (Film director), Shapiro, Stanley (Screenwriter), Richlin, Maurice (Screenwriter), Hunter, Ross (Film producer), Melcher, Martin (Film producer), Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985 (Actor), Day, Doris, 1922-2019 (Actor), Randall, Tony (Actor), Ritter, Thelma (Actor), Kirgo, Julie (Commentator), Redman, Nick (Commentator), Bond, Jeff, 1960- (Commentator), Arling, Arthur E., 1906-1991 (director of photography.), Carruth, Milton (Editor of moving image work), DeVol, Frank (composer (expression)), Rouse, Russell, Greene, Clarence
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Studios : [Distributed by] Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Ã2009.
Edition:	50th anniversary edition.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Interior decorators > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Composers > Drama. Telephone calls > Drama. DVDs. Romantic comedy films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. National Film Registry. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Comedy films.
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Summary:	Tells the story of an uptight interior decorator who must share a party line with a laid-back playboy. But the real connection is made when the two meet and he starts wooing her with late-night calls while pretending to be someone else.
Item Description:	Based on a story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
Awards:	Named to the National Film Registry in 2009 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - written directly for the screen (Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin), 1960 Academy Awards (USA) ; Winner, Top Comedy, Top Female Comedy Performance (Doris Day), 1960 Laurel Awards ; Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Doris Day), Best Supporting Actor (Tony Randall), 1960 Golden Globes ; Nominee, Best Acress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Art Direction - Color (Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt), Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Frank de Vol), 1960 Academy Awards (USA).
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Arthur E. Arling ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; music, Frank DeVol.
ISBN:	1417006099 9781417006090 0783233469 9780783233468
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. (Bowker Author Biography)