On this day in movie history – Pillow Talk (movie & novel) (1959)

Pillow Talk

directed by Michael Gordon,

written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1959.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Karen Norris, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Lee Patrick, Mary McCarty, Alex Gerry, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart.

Recommended reading:

Pillow Talk

by Marvin H. Albert.

Published by Gold Medal.

Published 1959.

ASIN: B000ARHC90

Vintage paperback

Filmed as Pillow Talk (1959), directed by Michael Gordon.

Back cover description:

Good connections.

Doris Day plays the interior decorator who has designs on men.

Rock Hudson and Tony Randall are the men who fall for her, hook, line and sinker.

On this day in movie history - Lover Come Back (1961)

Lover Come Back

directed by Delbert Mann,

written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning,

was released in the United States on December 20, 1961.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Karen Norris, Jack Albertson, Charles Watts, Donna Douglas, JoAnne Ludden-Paige.

Recommended reading - Lover Come Back

 

Lover Come Back

by Marvin H. Albert.

Novelization.

ASIN: B000WLAQ8I

Published by Gold Medal.

Published 1962.

Description:

She was only the hottest item on Madison Avenue, that’s all. Carol Templeton, the huckster’s dream, the consumer’s morsel. And the sharpest thorn in the side of Jerry Webster, the slickest operator ever to spend a million bucks on a phony advertising campaign. Carol would do almost anything to beat this handsome devil at his own game – even if it meant bearding the beast in his own bedroom. Lover Come Back is based on the hilarious screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning. Starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall, the motion picture was produced byThe 7 Pictures Corp, Nob Hill Productions, Inc., Arwin Productions, Inc., and released by Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

On this day in movie history - Undertow (1949)

Undertow

directed by William Castle,

written by Arthur T. Horman and Lee Loeb,

based on a story by Arthur T. Horman,

was released in the United States on December 3, 1949.

Music by Milton Schwarzwald.

Cast:

Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow, Bruce Bennett, Gregg Martell, Robert Anderson, Dan Ferniel, Rock Hudson, Charles Sherlock, Anne P. Kramer, Robert Easton.

Born on this day – Rock Hudson:

Rock Hudson

Actor

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

On this day in movie history - Send Me No Flowers (1964)

Send Me No Flowers

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Julius Epstein,

based on the play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1964.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde, Clint Walker, Hal March, Edward Andrews, Clive Clerk, Patricia Barry, Dave Willock.