The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968 George Axelrod & scr, prod)

Funnily enough we find ourselves back in High Fidelity territory with its central character - here Anne Jackson - telling us the audience about her love life and how husband Patrick O'Neal is too busy 'having lunch' to notice her. He's also an even heavier drinker ('I had somewhere between 12 and 20 drinks...') than film star Walter Matthau, for whom he works in PR.

Ultra rare film seems only to have been issued on VHS in the US*, which is a shame as the leads are in fine form and the film - though somewhat static in its second half - is a lot of fun, with amusing fantasty and flashback scenes.

Shot by Leon Shamroy (not that you'd notice through the haze).

Edy Williams, the sexy PTA member, later married and starred in Russ Meyer films, and was inevitably a Playboy model.

Love the way Matthau says things like 'lunchipoo'.

* P.S. On 4 January 2017, I received Fox's swift and helpful answer to this question:
'Many thanks for your recent [sic] email however, we are unable to help with your request at this time.'