schwammy
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The death of Tony Randall, along with a recent Roger Ebert reivew of "Down With Love," made me curious to see the movies Randall made with Rock Hudson and Doris Day. I would have regarded these as 'girl movies' beforehand, but I sort of enjoyed "Down With Love," mostly because of David Hyde Pierce, and the review said that 1959's "Pillow Talk" (after which "Down With Love" was patterned) was even better. Unfortunately, our local video stores didn't have it.
Providentially, a girl at our church happened to lend us a boxed set of all three Hudson/Day movies. I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend "Pillow Talk." It's a great movie, mostly because of Tony Randall. The second movie, 1961's "Lover, Come Back" is almost as good, though Tony Randall isn't quite as funny. Still, I was surprised how much my wife and I both laughed out loud. The third one, 1964's "Send Me No Flowers," wasn't nearly as good. But I do recommend the first two titles. Knowing what we now know about Rock Hudson didn't diminsh my enjoyment of these films at all. He was a very convincing leading man. And Tony Randall was very funny.
Or did I already say that?
Providentially, a girl at our church happened to lend us a boxed set of all three Hudson/Day movies. I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend "Pillow Talk." It's a great movie, mostly because of Tony Randall. The second movie, 1961's "Lover, Come Back" is almost as good, though Tony Randall isn't quite as funny. Still, I was surprised how much my wife and I both laughed out loud. The third one, 1964's "Send Me No Flowers," wasn't nearly as good. But I do recommend the first two titles. Knowing what we now know about Rock Hudson didn't diminsh my enjoyment of these films at all. He was a very convincing leading man. And Tony Randall was very funny.
Or did I already say that?