Pillow Talk (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Gordon |
| Producer(s) | Ross Hunter, Martin Melcher, Edward Muhl (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Top Topics | Battle of the Sexes, Career Women, Courtship / Dating, Mistaken Identity, New York, Playboys, Romance (Comic) |
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Pillow Talk Overview:
Pillow Talk (1959) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Michael Gordon and produced by Ross Hunter, Martin Melcher and Edward Muhl.
SYNOPSIS
The first film pairing of Hudson and Day as romantic leads. Day shares a party line with Hudson, a playboy songwriter whose lines with women she's forced to hear on the line. He assumes she's a nagging old scold, but gets a pleasant surprise when she shows up with beau Randall. He dons a silly disguise as a guileless Texan to woo her. A prime example of '50s screen comedy.
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.Pillow Talk was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2009.
Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Doris Day | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Thelma Ritter | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Frank DeVol | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin | Won |
BlogHub Articles:
Doris and Rock Engage in Pillow Talk
By Rick29 on Aug 17, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeDoris Day as Jan. Interior designer Jan Morrow shares a party line with composer Brad Allen--and that's a problem. You see, Brad (Rock Hudson) is a lothario who uses the telephone to woo his admirers. When Jan (Doris Day) complains to the telephone company, it sends a female representative, who imm... Read full article
COMEDY GOLD #15: Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959)
By Carol Martinheira on May 17, 2019 From The Old Hollywood GardenCOMEDY GOLD #15: Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959) On May 17, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized We sadly lost the great Doris Day on Monday, so I’ve decided to talk about one of my favourite performances of hers, and the only Oscar nomination she received, in the magni... Read full article
The Style Essentials - Doris Day Makes a Statement in Jean Louis for 1959's PILLOW TALK
on Apr 3, 2019 From GlamAmorThis year's TCM Classic Film Festival is almost upon us, including my Fashion in Film of TCMFF 2019 talk, so I wanted to make sure to share something here on GlamAmor to entertain you while I was away. I could think of nothing better than 1959's Pillow Talk. The film celebrates its 60th anniversary ... Read full article
From the Archives : Pillow Talk ( 1959 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 7, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversDoris Day offers Tony Randall some candy during a break in between filming scenes from Pillow Talk ( 1959 ) in this "candid" publicity photo. This was the first of three films Day and Randall would make together. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverb... Read full article
Pillow Talk (1959)
By Cameron on Feb 20, 2017 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4363/Pillow-Talk/#tcmarcp-1008398-1008399 ?Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Pillow Talk?was the first of three films starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. It was also one of the earliest “sex comedies,” a genre that would flo... Read full article
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Quotes from
Jonathan Forbes: Marry me and I'll smother you with private phones!
(after Jan and Rex/Brad kiss)
Jan: If you'll excuse me, I better go to the powder moon. I mean room. Fix my lipstick.
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Facts about
Towards the end of the movie Rock Hudson picks up Doris Day and carries her through the lobby and down the street. After many takes, Hudson's arms were hurting, so they created a sort of sling which held Day in a crate-like device and hooked over Hudson's shoulders to evenly distribute her weight.
Ross Hunter wrote that after he made this film, no theatre managers wanted to book it. Popular movie themes at the time were war films, westerns, or spectacles. Hunter was told by the big movie chains that sophisticated comedies like "Pillow Talk" went out with William Powell. They also believed Doris Day and Rock Hudson were things of the past and had been overtaken by newer stars. Hunter persuaded Sol Schwartz, who owned the Palace Theatre in New York, to book the film for a two-week run, and it was a smash hit. The public had been starved for romantic comedy, and theatre owners who had previously turned down Ross Hunter now had to deal with him on HIS terms.
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