Directed by Charles Walters
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Frank Sinatra is a talent agent in NYC living like a playboy in his bachelor pad. Pal David Wayne shows up from his small hometown contemplating divorce, amazed at the parade of women in his friend's selfish lifestyle. Debbie Reynolds is an old-fashioned girl who auditions for one of Frank's shows and he can't resist making advances, even when she makes it clear she is only interested in marriage. Franks wants it both ways, so he hides his real life from Debbie while seducing her on her couch. He gives in to her demands and they get engaged, but he also proposes to one of his regular girls. Don't worry, there is the tacked-on happy ending. Preposterous story is based on a popular Broadway play and feels like it: flat direction that rarely leaves the apartment gives it a stage-bound, claustrophobic feel. Sexist attitudes that may have been the norm in 1955 will offend most today.
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