The Thrill of It All (1963)

Cast

James Garner
as Dr. Gerald Boyer
Doris Day
as Beverly Boyer
Kym Karath
as Maggie Boyer
Paul Frees
as TV Announcer

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Genres & Description

Comedy Romance

7.0 / 10

The Happy Soap Company is owned and managed by the Fraleigh family. Although he is more of a company figurehead than an active participant in the company's day-to-day business, anything that family patriarch Tom Fraleigh wants for the company he usually gets. What he wants is Beverly Boyer - the wife of his daughter-in-law's obstetrician, Dr. Gerald Boyer - to appear as the company spokesperson when Beverly, who he meets at a small dinner party, mentions a personal and true story about how Happy Soap saved her life. She is to appear in a live commercial spot during a Happy Soap sponsored television show telling her story just as she told Tom. Despite Beverly's performance going poorly in her own mind, Tom loved it and how refreshing and honest Beverly came across to the viewer. So Tom signs her to a one year, $80,000 contract to continue doing the same. This move is questioned by Happy Soap's own managers and its advertising company. But it is questioned even more by Gerald, who ...

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Carter Benton Jr

I seen this movie the first time on t.v. in the 70s when I was in elementary school on a Saturday night. I loved it. Every time I try to catch it when on t.v. - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 1:54 AM

Don Schmidt

Thank you, Mr. Arkush, for those wonderful comments. I loved your description of past summers and what a fun summer movie used to be. I just saw this movie again on TCM. I hadn't seen in in one sitting for a very long time and I think I appreciate it more than ever. I think Doris Day and James Garner worked well together. He was really funny. I miss good character acting, and this movie has it! - @Sunday, June 5, 2016 11:41 PM

Jack Grattan

You just can't have one of these glitzy, early '60's rom-coms without Edward Andrews lurking about, playing some variety of smug, pompous weasel. - @Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:29 PM

63LAURIE

Here here - re- sentiments about Doris Day! - @Saturday, November 2, 2013 12:42 PM

Oppeldeldoc1

One actor not on that list is Rod Taylor. He and she were really great together. It isn't every day that someone calls her a feminist symbol, but it's true. - @Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:41 PM

AwesomelyAwsome

"Which is actually the way they make trailers today." Oh, like they never did that back then? - @Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:42 PM