There were definitely some lame comedies in the 1960's but this one soured the cream at the top of the cake that appeared in all those classic MGM musicals. Sandra Dee needed strong comic or dramatic support no matter what type of film she was doing, and even with the presence of the Oscar winning Celeste Holm as her mother and George Hamilton as her leading man, what she ends up with is a very sour lemon meringue pie where the whip cream curdled and the audience could taste it right off.
With a stage mother practically worse than Mama Rose of "Gypsy" fame, Dee is lousy with screen dignity as a hopeful singer (who can't sing) and ends up secretary to the very staid George Hamilton, a robot of a boss who is attractive but empty headed as far as noticing the opposite sex in the office. In fact, it seems like this film is basically "How to Get out of the Office by marrying the Boss" and what results is a completely unfunny sex comedy that makes the audience ask lf MGM was kidding in thinking this was worth the 35 mm film it was printed on.
Bill Bixby, Dick Kallman, Dwayne Hickman and Mort Stahl are completely unfunny, and Holm gives an absolutely hideous and cartoonish performance that makes me think she was trying to play Ado Annie from "Oklahoma!" 60's style. I have to rank this as one of the worst comedies of the 60's where it was obviously not going for the mod look. A complete fiasco not worth the talent greatly abused here.
With a stage mother practically worse than Mama Rose of "Gypsy" fame, Dee is lousy with screen dignity as a hopeful singer (who can't sing) and ends up secretary to the very staid George Hamilton, a robot of a boss who is attractive but empty headed as far as noticing the opposite sex in the office. In fact, it seems like this film is basically "How to Get out of the Office by marrying the Boss" and what results is a completely unfunny sex comedy that makes the audience ask lf MGM was kidding in thinking this was worth the 35 mm film it was printed on.
Bill Bixby, Dick Kallman, Dwayne Hickman and Mort Stahl are completely unfunny, and Holm gives an absolutely hideous and cartoonish performance that makes me think she was trying to play Ado Annie from "Oklahoma!" 60's style. I have to rank this as one of the worst comedies of the 60's where it was obviously not going for the mod look. A complete fiasco not worth the talent greatly abused here.