RIP Kirk, you have had a wonderful life and brought so much pleasure to millions of people's you will live on forever in your movies thank you xx...Thank you for sharing this movie.
What a fantastic film! I really enjoyed that and I think the humour is still funny today. This film is a timeless classic! I wish black and white films like this would make a big come-back. Good clean fun humour is what the world needs in today's stressful world.
I'm mad at those old movies every detail remind me of people I love dad and mum the way they dressed the furniture...hairstyles. its happiness seeing the old days with all the beauty and elegance....
-Karen Blackwood- -Blaine Charlie- Brings great pleasure to hear about two individuals who had the finer things in this life reinforced by their respected parent & grandparent !!! I was blessed to view & discuss these marvelous types of films with my Dad who just passed 2 years ago this month -October 2018-... I miss him so much. Watching & talking about films such as “My Favorite Secretary “ and so many others, in comedy-drama-adventure-tragedy-mystery-musicals-... ALL genre gave us a way to discuss the problems & challenges as well as sorrows, perplexities & triumphs happening in my life but also my Father’s life and my Mother’s life ... How we can relate differently to same circumstances, how we can feel and act or react in the vast variety of situations so well written, directed, acted-out & portrayed and effectively presented in that more golden time when good taste, elegance & style including a certain moral awareness ... all of these characteristics, traits & standards were part of producing films whether of serious matter, comedy, adventure, mystery, musical, etc. Thought provoking character portrayal & observing both excellent & not so excellent actors handle the various well written, produced & directed and badly written, produced & directed films ... including any & all combinations that ultimately end up on the silver screen ... ALL created endless opportunities for great conversation & gave ways to work through the real life stuff of kids & teenagers ... and their parents... (my siblings, me and our parents) ... created good conduits to better understanding & more empathy ... less silence more ways to keep the vital lines of communication open between generations.
KIRK, RIP, WAS CHARMING, FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, IN ALL HIS MOVIES, AND LEFT A WONDERFUL TASTE IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS, THANK THE LORD FOR PEOPLE LIKE HIM...
Susan Peters DID YOU SEE KIRK IN "THE VIKINGS"? BOTH THAT MOVIE AND "SPARTACUS" WERE KIRK DOUGLAS PRODUCTIONS AND MY FAVORITES! THIS IS KIRK AT HIS BEST!
I borrowed my brother's DVD collection, 50 movies by Timeline, got to 1 hour 32 and as soon as I heard 'psychiatrist ', the DVD froze. Tried to restore it, resigned to never knowing the outcome. Assumed Kirk and Larraine would reconnect and Keenan would marry the landlady. Thank God for TH-cam.
The comedic writing is perfect, and Keenan Wynn is great as usual. I've loved Alan Mowbray since I saw him in "My Darling Clementine"! This is a great movie to lighten your spirit during these ugly days under biden's regime!
This was full of wonderful character actors....Florence Bates...the southern guy from( More the Merrier)...the beer drinking secretary.is hilarious( did a funny role in DVDYKE)....fun movie....havent seen it years.....still funny......
I remember my mother going to the doctor dressed in the fancy clothes that she went out on ‘date night’ Saturday with my father. They dressed like that for ‘regular doings’ all their life.
@@kathykonkle1097 good point...she still looked kind of old here considering Beverly Hillbillies was filmed in the mid to late 60s i believe...an this was filmed in '48
They have her in the same type of character. Try putting her in an evening gown and makeup and the alluring role of a seductress and see how that turns out.
The actress playing Mrs Reid was in Rebecca with Joan Fontaine and Lawrence Olivier. I also saw her in an old flick last week but can't remember the it's amazing how little she's changed
Cute comedy, an icon of that era full of classic craftmanship there buddy!! lrene Ryan esp. cute and endearing the way she played her part, ha ha, like a lil kid. Gail Robins! Now that's what I call "And God created WOMAN!" I'll be her Adam any time, with vital enthusiasm! Kirk Douglas, the leader of Typical Son's of Bitches as usual in his part. One of my Boys there! Love him! "Dawn's Yearning" "Beyond Tomorrow" "Time Without Wings" Titles such of these books from many yesterdays ago were so interesting and evocative to just look at and wonder on. Fiction writers now seem not to have that certain wondrous Something to title their books in similar fashion. Oh well. Call me a sentimental slob. I ain't ashamed.
Start at 16:02- this bit makes me guffaw every time I see it! I usually start the day with watching 16:04-18:32. It puts me in a good mood and is the funniest thing that has ever been in a movie!
Seeing a woman throw away a great opportunity because of fear her delicate husband's feelings and ego would be hurt, brings back memories as a girl of the 1950's-60's. Women always telling me that I shouldn't make better grades than the boys. A guy I dated got miffed because I got a higher score when we went bowling. Asked why I didn't let him win. Lost respect for him. Thankfully Mrs. Waterbury wised up and went ahead with her book.
National Telefilm Associates failed to renew the copyright in time, and the film entered the public domain in 1977. The original negative is the property of Paramount, as part of the Melange Pictures (formerly Republic Pictures) library.
The ‘male baker’ looks like my mother making bread in the ‘50s. She wasn’t the greatest cook, I for some reason she was trying to make bread. My memory is running through a room and catching my mom slapping the gloppy bread though back in in and out of the pan like she was needing it only she need to put more flour in it to do that. I remember thinking I will never make bread when I grow up …ha ha Ha ….when we grew up my sister said “what in the world was mom doing with that bread dough?”
So funny....perhaps I’ve watched so many old Hollywood movies now that I have an eye for movie sets and backgrounds but some of them made me laugh also. Great cast though and I loved it when the cleaner broke out in song. Is that Granny from Beverley Hillbillies ?
This movie is about writers and the age old battle of the sexes. The specific question in this film is, who is the best romance writer, the man or the woman. The battle continues eternally. Romance novels world wide, sell more books than any other genre.
Kirk Douglas was a great man and wonderful man as far as I know there wasn’t any scandal about him and when it came to the witch hunt circa 1959 with that bastard Charles McArthur he stood by his friends like Dalton Trumbull, I hope I spelled it correctly.
LOL..."great man and wonderful man"...you been living under a rock? Kirk Douglas was a good actor, but he also (allegedly) raped Natalie Wood when she was a teenager. He also (allegedly) may have been involved in the murder of a bit actress who appeared in one of his movies. Even if he didn't do either of those things, he was by his own admission pretty crappy to women. Stop believing all the gloss peddled by the media and Hollywood machine. (Nice of you to stand up for the communist Trumbo though.)
Humorous, good acting, but was sorry to see how it ended. She deserved an honest, faithful, appreciative man. Her husband had none of those qualities, and was totally untrustworthy.
Is it my imagination or does Larraine Day's hair keep changing colour? In the hallway scenes she's a mid blonde then in the longer scenes with Kirk she seems to be platinum!
Kirk's wife played by Laraine Day. She married Leo Durocher in 1948, divorced 1960. She was in a lot of "Dr. Kildare" movies. Info says she was a Mormon from Utah. Irene Ryan was hardly young, 45 or 46. 14 years older than Kirk.
@ 31:46 - the "Universal Law of Attraction" "...if you keep telling yourself you're a failure, you'll be one!" (Likewise "if you keep believing you're a success, you will be one, many, abundantly Successful!") This may be a Comedy, but it has a *"real Writer's undercurrents"* - Hollywood has *always been sneaky (Deeply Artistic) that way, like the Wizard of Oz,* as it speaks to the fact that "we always have what we desire, ... within".
@@pravinasings8098 Thx! I really Focused on the "LOA". I desire Mastery of it and it requires Conscious Thoughts + Higher Mind, controlling Ego urges like reacting. ...and knowing we are Worthy. Best Wellbeing. ...
Probably one of the funniest first 20 minutes of any movie. Keenan Wynn has more one liners in that time than in most movies.
I agree‼️
RIP Kirk, you have had a wonderful life and brought so much pleasure to millions of people's you will live on forever in your movies thank you xx...Thank you for sharing this movie.
What a fantastic film! I really enjoyed that and I think the humour is still funny today. This film is a timeless classic! I wish black and white films like this would make a big come-back. Good clean fun humour is what the world needs in today's stressful world.
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.🍕🍕🍕
the energy of this movie is just phenomenal, really is nothing like it today. Kirk and cast were brilliant.
Can't imagine ,I'm watching Michael Douglas's dad's movie.
I saw Kirk Douglas debut movie
This was a fun movie! Always great to see Kirk Douglas, an awesome actor! Thanks! 🌈🌈🌈
What a wonderful classic. One I will definitely not forget any time soon.
I'm mad at those old movies every detail remind me of people I love dad and mum the way they dressed the furniture...hairstyles. its happiness seeing the old days with all the beauty and elegance....
RIP man. My mother and grandmother bought me up on films like these.
Blaine Charlie I used to sit and watch the 2pm channel 4 movies with my wee Granny Smith in my teen years, they don’t make them like they used to
@@karenblackwood5883 As true as it comes. I'm actually still a teen and when my gran died last year I re-watched all the olds with my mum.
-Karen Blackwood- -Blaine Charlie-
Brings great pleasure to hear about two individuals who had the finer things in this life reinforced by their respected parent & grandparent !!! I was blessed to view & discuss these marvelous types of films with my Dad who just passed 2 years ago this month -October 2018-... I miss him so much. Watching & talking about films such as “My Favorite Secretary “ and so many others, in comedy-drama-adventure-tragedy-mystery-musicals-... ALL genre gave us a way to discuss the problems & challenges as well as sorrows, perplexities & triumphs happening in my life but also my Father’s life and my Mother’s life ... How we can relate differently to same circumstances, how we can feel and act or react in the vast variety of situations so well written, directed, acted-out & portrayed and effectively presented in that more golden time when good taste, elegance & style including a certain moral awareness ... all of these characteristics, traits & standards were part of producing films whether of serious matter, comedy, adventure, mystery, musical, etc.
Thought provoking character portrayal & observing both excellent & not so excellent actors handle the various well written, produced & directed and badly written, produced & directed films ... including any & all combinations that ultimately end up on the silver screen ... ALL created endless opportunities for great conversation & gave ways to work through the real life stuff of kids & teenagers ... and their parents... (my siblings, me and our parents) ... created good conduits to better understanding & more empathy ... less silence more ways to keep the vital lines of communication open between generations.
@@jennifergriffiths3941 An astute observation, well expressed. Thank you.
KIRK, RIP, WAS CHARMING, FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, IN ALL HIS MOVIES, AND LEFT A WONDERFUL TASTE IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS, THANK THE LORD FOR PEOPLE LIKE HIM...
Keenan Wynn steals the show, a brilliant character actor.
Thank you for upload. Enjoying good old fashioned entertainment! So many great actors & dialogue. Love the writers' humor.
Rest in Peace...what a wonderful man! You will be missed!
Brilliant , gifted man!! Rest In Peace!!
Love the Old Classics my Late Moms Uncle Alan Mowbray the Great English Star an my Namesake is in this Great Old Vintage Hollywood Great Stars .
Lots of quick messages, quick dances, quick love and really fun ✨
Absolutely a wonderful picture ! A must see. Irene Ryan and the lovely Gail Robbins are in this fabulous cast.
Oh gosh Gail!!! She certainly made a splash after that giggly big bear ugly left!!
Never new Mr Douglas ever did Comedies like this !
Any more ?
This is charming comedy with great performances. I rate this a 10.
It's great to see Irene Ryan in this movie. She's certainly a firecracker.
Kirk Douglas was a great actor.
loved this movie and Kirk much too.. ive enjoyed watching it so much.. thx for sharing!!!
This is a good Comedy.Thanks Pizza, I didn't remember how funny Kirk D . was and good looking . 😌🙋🏽🎥🎬
Excellent movie! Kirk Douglas was definitely an outstanding actor and handsome 🎬🍿👍🏻
Here we witness why Kirk Douglas rarely attempted film comedy.
So much humour and beauty and class and talent I could go on
Kirk Douglas - 101 yrs old!!!!! And still kicking! Pretty amazing!
Igor Mishap CORRECTION HE'S THREE MONTHS INTO 102 YEARS OF AGE!
@@richardburriesci7723 Right!! 😀
Susan Peters DID YOU SEE KIRK IN "THE VIKINGS"? BOTH THAT MOVIE AND "SPARTACUS" WERE KIRK DOUGLAS PRODUCTIONS AND MY FAVORITES! THIS IS KIRK AT HIS BEST!
Well...
@@richardburriesci7723 Lust for Life is his best !!
Kirk Douglas looks so handsome n suave.Amazing.My one of all time favorite.Have not seen the movie but must be good to watch.👌💐💐💐
Kirk Douglas a Super Star.
What a riot from start to finish. Loved it, laughed so much.
I borrowed my brother's DVD collection, 50 movies by Timeline, got to 1 hour 32 and as soon as I heard 'psychiatrist ', the DVD froze. Tried to restore it, resigned to never knowing the outcome. Assumed Kirk and Larraine would reconnect and Keenan would marry the landlady.
Thank God for TH-cam.
The comedic writing is perfect, and Keenan Wynn is great as usual. I've loved Alan Mowbray since I saw him in "My Darling Clementine"! This is a great movie to lighten your spirit during these ugly days under biden's regime!
That was a lot of fun it really was good innocent humor, Quality acting simple but entertaining.
PizzaFlix Thank You very Much ,you are genius thanks for sharing this 😍😍
This was full of wonderful character actors....Florence Bates...the southern guy from( More the Merrier)...the beer drinking secretary.is hilarious( did a funny role in DVDYKE)....fun movie....havent seen it years.....still funny......
That was a lot of fun it really was good innocent humor, Quality acting simple but natural very entertaining.
That was a lot of fun it really was good innocent humor,And simple but high quality acting very natural and entertaining
I love old black/white movies you can't help to notice how well people dressed very classy for everyday wear compared to today smh
I remember my mother going to the doctor dressed in the fancy clothes that she went out on ‘date night’ Saturday with my father. They dressed like that for ‘regular doings’ all their life.
Irene Ryan without the hillbilly accent! Love to see her in something else.
Kirk Douglas might have been one of the most utmost tough guys in history but man he sure had a comedic side as well I enjoyed him!
I really enjoyed this movie. It made me laugh. They really don't make movies like this anymore. Kirk was quite handsome.
EVEN IN 1948 IRENE RYAN LOOKED LIKE GRANNY!
That's partly because she wasn't actually as old as they made her up to be in the Beverly Hillbillies. :-)
@@kathykonkle1097 good point...she still looked kind of old here considering Beverly Hillbillies was filmed in the mid to late 60s i believe...an this was filmed in '48
she has that frown
They have her in the same type of character. Try putting her in an evening gown and makeup and the alluring role of a seductress and see how that turns out.
indeed a funny film! pleasant with good actors!
Granny! I didn't notice at first saw her until I saw her frown look
Keenan Wynn was one of my favorite lovable bad guys as well he could be funny even when he was acting tough!
absolute treat to watch.
Great cast but don't forget Rudy Valle who played the part of his wife's boss. :D
ANOTHER GEM OF A MOVIE ! ! !
Well I'm 20 min into the movie and have been laughing my ass off for the last 5 so I must say hurrah 😂👍👍 !!!!!
You must look strange....
@@donnawilcock5774 my ass grew back, looking better than, well, aaah...
Rest in Heaven Mr Douglas this movie is Humerous❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The actress playing Mrs Reid was in Rebecca with Joan Fontaine and Lawrence Olivier. I also saw her in an old flick last week but can't remember the it's amazing how little she's changed
Oh, this is absolutely hilarious. Wonderful, farcical film!
Cute comedy, an icon of that era full of classic craftmanship there buddy!! lrene Ryan esp. cute and endearing the way she played her part, ha ha, like a lil kid. Gail Robins! Now that's what I call "And God created WOMAN!" I'll be her Adam any time, with vital enthusiasm! Kirk Douglas, the leader of Typical Son's of Bitches as usual in his part. One of my Boys there! Love him!
"Dawn's Yearning"
"Beyond Tomorrow"
"Time Without Wings"
Titles such of these books from many yesterdays ago were so interesting and evocative to just look at and wonder on. Fiction writers now seem not to have that certain wondrous Something to title their books in similar fashion. Oh well. Call me a sentimental slob. I ain't ashamed.
Start at 16:02- this bit makes me guffaw every time I see it! I usually start the day with watching 16:04-18:32. It puts me in a good mood and is the funniest thing that has ever been in a movie!
If you haven't watched "Lightning Jack" yet, definitely watch it. I feel like you will really enjoy it also, some really good laughs in it too
@@kennethlongsr4009 😂
A very good funny comedy!.
HAAAAAALARIOUS MOVIE!!!!!! Thank you!
Keenan Wynn is hilarious.
Yeah -- "I came here for NOTHING and now I'm WORKING " !!
"We have the three best souls in town."
What a great movie..Well worth watching!
he’s now In his 100’s and still doing writing/film stuff
And now he's dead
Seeing a woman throw away a great opportunity because of fear her delicate husband's feelings and ego would be hurt, brings back memories as a girl of the 1950's-60's. Women always telling me that I shouldn't make better grades than the boys. A guy I dated got miffed because I got a higher score when we went bowling. Asked why I didn't let him win. Lost respect for him. Thankfully Mrs. Waterbury wised up and went ahead with her book.
Loved it.
National Telefilm Associates failed to renew the copyright in time, and the film entered the public domain in 1977.
The original negative is the property of Paramount, as part of the Melange Pictures (formerly Republic Pictures) library.
Loved it 💕
Bravo⚘
Granny from Beverly hillbillies delightful
I love Keenan Wynn's role. He certainly does it well.
As yes, the creepy skirt-chaser.
Must you leave? I was just poisoning the tea!
hahhahhahhahahha!!
The ‘male baker’ looks like my mother making bread in the ‘50s. She wasn’t the greatest cook, I for some reason she was trying to make bread. My memory is running through a room and catching my mom slapping the gloppy bread though back in in and out of the pan like she was needing it only she need to put more flour in it to do that. I remember thinking I will never make bread when I grow up …ha ha Ha ….when we grew up my sister said “what in the world was mom doing with that bread dough?”
Wow! Irene Ryan was 46 when she made this film, Kirk Douglas was 32!
So funny....perhaps I’ve watched so many old Hollywood movies now that I have an eye for movie sets and backgrounds but some of them made me laugh also. Great cast though and I loved it when the cleaner broke out in song. Is that Granny from Beverley Hillbillies ?
103? What a way to go Kirk.
"Must you go? I was just poisoning the tea!" 🤣
The maid is Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies
13:14
I didn't even recognize Her. I recognize The voice now. Maybe She'll go out to the Ce- Ment Pond!
This movie is about writers and the age old battle of the sexes. The specific question in this film is, who is the best romance writer, the man or the woman. The battle continues eternally. Romance novels world wide, sell more books than any other genre.
If the writers would take the word "darling" out of the scrip, this movie would only be 10 minutes long. It's still a nice movie.
Kirk Douglas was a great man and wonderful man as far as I know there wasn’t any scandal about him and when it came to the witch hunt circa 1959 with that bastard Charles McArthur he stood by his friends like Dalton Trumbull, I hope I spelled it correctly.
LOL..."great man and wonderful man"...you been living under a rock? Kirk Douglas was a good actor, but he also (allegedly) raped Natalie Wood when she was a teenager. He also (allegedly) may have been involved in the murder of a bit actress who appeared in one of his movies. Even if he didn't do either of those things, he was by his own admission pretty crappy to women. Stop believing all the gloss peddled by the media and Hollywood machine. (Nice of you to stand up for the communist Trumbo though.)
fun and crazy movie by the best
Wow, Keenan Wynn with hair!!
I love this film❤
🍕🍕🍕
Best actor for 1948 : Keenan Wynn, best actress : Florence Bates... No doubt about it ! Sorry for the others...
Wow kirk you were born in 30 or 40s, but you seems active and energetic in 1985 s movie " the villain ".
Kirk Douglas was born in 1916.
wonderful
Irene Ryan!!!!!!! She was so young
Humorous, good acting, but was sorry to see how it ended. She deserved an honest, faithful, appreciative man. Her husband had none of those qualities, and was totally untrustworthy.
Good movie!!!
"Spartacus" in training !!
Is it my imagination or does Larraine Day's hair keep changing colour? In the hallway scenes she's a mid blonde then in the longer scenes with Kirk she seems to be platinum!
Kirk's wife played by Laraine Day. She married Leo Durocher in 1948, divorced 1960. She was in a lot of "Dr. Kildare" movies. Info says she was a Mormon from Utah. Irene Ryan was hardly young, 45 or 46. 14 years older than Kirk.
Granny !
December anyone?
@ 31:46 - the "Universal Law of Attraction"
"...if you keep telling yourself you're a failure, you'll be one!"
(Likewise "if you keep believing you're a success, you will be one, many, abundantly Successful!")
This may be a Comedy, but it has a *"real Writer's undercurrents"* - Hollywood has *always been sneaky (Deeply Artistic) that way, like the Wizard of Oz,* as it speaks to the fact that "we always have what we desire, ... within".
Nice comment and observation about the Wizard of Oz.
@@pravinasings8098
Thx! I really Focused on the "LOA". I desire Mastery of it and it requires Conscious Thoughts + Higher Mind, controlling Ego urges like reacting. ...and knowing we are Worthy.
Best Wellbeing. ...
Brilliant
That furniture had to be Billy Haines.
Love Irene Ryan so granny
His pompadour and her hat!
Very nice movie
Pretty girls always hired and employed without interview
16:08 In Heaven, everyone wears those hats. Men. Women. Babies. Pets.
Can't imagine eating at a restaurant where the tables are pictured framed. At 42:36
"Maybe they could teach me to be a moron."
And the HATS!! Where in 1949 did they get these ridiculous hats?? From the backlot of Gone With the Wind??
very entertaining