Thursday 20 August 2015

Phffft! (1954 Mark Robson)

Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon reunited immediately after It Should Happen to You, with Jack Carson and - despite top billing - Kim Novak for about 12 minutes (doing a sort of Marilyn). George Axelrod wrote it, and the title sound is that of the marriage being over, not the bed, which comes out of the wall with a trademark Axelrod "Shhhht"!

Not that funny, although it has its moments e.g. creep who acts on her TV show, French teacher trying to get her to say "eu", Judy growling at Jack.

Charles Lang shot it and it has the familiar Columbia credits. Like It Should Happen... features lots of on location NY footage.

Judy died most unfairly at age 43 (1965), from breast cancer.

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