| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | |
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 Theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Charles Walters |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Isobel Lennart Jean Kerr |
| Starring | Doris Day David Niven Janis Paige Richard Haydn Spring Byington |
| Music by | David Rose |
| Cinematography | Robert J. Bronner |
| Editing by | John McSweeney Jr. |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | March 31, 1960 |
| Running time | 112 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5.5 million (US/ Canada rentals) [1] |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) is a comedy film starring Doris Day and David Niven, made by Euterpe Inc., and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak, with Martin Melcher (Day's husband) as associate producer.
The screenplay, partly inspired by the book of the same name by Jean Kerr, a collection of humorous essays, was by Isobel Lennart.
The film also features Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, and Jack Weston. Its story follows a newly-instated drama critic, his wife and four young sons who leave the city for a big country house.
A television series starring Patricia Crowley and Mark Miller premiered five years later and ran for 58 episodes.
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Cast [edit]
- Doris Day ... Kate Robinson Mackay
- David Niven ... Lawrence Larry Mackay
- Janis Paige ... Deborah Vaughn
- Spring Byington ... Suzie Robinson
- Richard Haydn ... Alfred North
- Patsy Kelly ... Maggie
- Jack Weston ... Joe Positano
- John Harding ... Reverend Norman McQuarry
- Margaret Lindsay ... Mona James
- Carmen Phillips ... Mary Smith
- Mary Patton ... Mrs. Hunter
- Charles Herbert ... David Mackay
- Stanley Livingston ... Gabriel MacKay
- Flip Mark ... George MacKay
- Baby Gellert ... Adam McKay
References in other media [edit]
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" is played in the background of the beginning of the Liam Kyle Sullivan internet music videos "Shoes" and "Text Message Break-up".
References [edit]
- ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69
External links [edit]
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies at the Internet Movie Database
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies at AllRovi
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies at the TCM Movie Database
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) at Rotten Tomatoes
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