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A wonderful romp of a romantic comedy starring Doris Day as the woman back from the (presumed) dead to spoil her husband's new honeymoon! James Garner co-stars; Alex Davidson enjoys.
The history of Move Over, Darling is almost better known than the film itself - it was to be Marilyn Monroe’s comeback film, a remake of the Cary Grant screwball My Favourite Wife, but following her death the project was rapidly recast. The film became a vehicle for Doris Day, and the title number (banned by the BBC for its sauciness!) would become one of her most beloved songs. But what of the film itself?
It’s great fun. Day thrives in frantic romantic comedies, and she is given a great role in Move Over, Darling, as a wife who, after being declared legally dead after being lost at sea for five years, returns to find her husband (James Garner) married to another (Polly Bergen on bitchy form). He premise offers Day some marvellous set pieces – masquerading as a Swedish masseuse and, most famously, having an unforgettable encounter with a carwash. The film is packed with wonderful comedy cameos, from Thelma Ritter as Garner’s sardonic mother to Edgar Buchanan as an exasperating judge. All this and a delightfully kitsch tropical island fantasy scene too. It’s a hoot.
A wonderful romantic comedy romp, Move Over, Darling stars Doris Day as the long-lost wife who is rescued and returns home on the same day her husband is remarried.
Ellen (Day) and Nicholas Arden (James Garner) were both involved in a plane crash which saw Nicholas rescued, and Ellen presumed dead. After five years waiting for Ellen to return, Nicholas has her declared legally dead, and decides to move on on with his life by marrying Bianca (Polly Bergen). On hearing the news, Ellen immediately heads for the happy couple's honeymoon spot, where there just might be troubled waters.
