Academy Awards, USA 1964
| Nominated Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Edith Head |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by John Rich
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
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Down and out writer Van Johnson becomes suddenly wealthy when his novel is published. He moves his wife Janet Leigh and young daughter to the suburbs where they indulge in every imaginable vice. He spends most of his time drinking and going to parties with his literary agent, while his wife flirts with a playboy actor back at home. They separate and are on the verge of divorce before putting down the alcohol and realizing that maybe they love each other after all. Ludicrous melodrama filled with sexist dialogue, Johnson overreaches but Leigh somehow manages to hold it all together.
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