[.ca] Please Don't Eat the Daisies

One of the Best Doris Comedies of all time.:
This movie was made in the era of Beenie Boppers and Rock Hudson . This movie was a breath of fresh air after all of the other movies that were going on like Bikini Beach, Pajama Party and all of that stuff. This film starred Hollywood Classics. Doris Day & David Niven. This is about a family that lives in New York. The Mackay Family. Well they have 4 little boys that are considered the monsters. Lawrence MacKay (David Niven) is an aspiring PlayWright that was just put in charge as cheif columnist on Movie Review in their local Newspaper. Well Mrs. MacKay (Doris Day) is trying to keep her family together but it is kind of hard when you have 4 little boys that favorite activity is throwing paper bags filled with water out of the window hitting the paserbies on the sidewalk that goes past the apartment building that they live in. Well Mrs. Macakay finally convinces Lawrence that they need to movie out to the country. Well they do but Mr. Mackay has the urge to move out of the country. But Doris won't let him so he stays in a ritzy hotel in New York City close to his office during the week then he comes home on the weekend. Well he meets The beautiful and Seductive Miss Deborah Vaughn (Janis Page) whot tries to get him to movie in with her and have an affair. Well Doris saves the day and the movie ends happily ever after. This movie features the following hit Doris Day Songs. Don't Eat The Daisies Anyway The Wind Blows Kay Sara Sara Great Movie. Makes a great movie for those nights. When you and your family are huddled around the Television.

A family of six move to the country.:
Doris Day is the mother of four rambunctous children (Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston and Flip Mark). Her husband (David Niven) is a playwriter who has been hired by a newspaper as a play critic. Not everyone likes him now, but now that he is getting publicity he prefers to stay in the city. Doris Day's dream is to buy a house in the country. That is what they have been planning. They finally buy a big house in the country, but adjusting to country life is different for everyone. Kathryn Card ("I Love Lucy") has a small role. Doris sings "Que Sara Sara" which she first sang in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). The song was later used in the tv series The Doris Day Show. Please Don't Eat The Daisies became a tv series (1965-67) starring Pat Crowley and Mark Miller with Kim Tyler, Brian Nash, Jason Fithian and Jeff Fithian. Ellen Corby played the maid.

Please Put Please Don't Eat the Daisies on DVD!:
Please Don't Eat the Daisies is a cute movie starring Doris Day and David Niven. It is about a theater critic, his wife and their 4 rambunctious sons who move into a large fixer upper house in the country. I saw this movie on some channel that shows classic movies and I enjoyed watching it and would like to see this movie on DVD. As a child I remember watching reruns of the TV show based on this movie and though I remember that I liked it I think this movie is better. Also look for a young Stanley Livingston from My Three Sons, He played Chip in that classic sitcom and in this movie he plays Doris Day's and David Niven's son Gabriel.

Big disappointment!:
While I remain a fan of Doris Day in her great comedies (Pillow Talk, Send me no Flowers, Lover Come Back), I must say this one was a big disappointment! The plot is lacking dramatic logic, the puns are stale, and the protagonists are not credible.

Awful:
Hideous film. The whole film is about poor Doris Day and her "challenges". What challenges? This film was not at all funny or engaging. Rent/buy it only if you're a Doris Day or (yawn!) David Niven fan. Fans of the great comic actress Patsy Kelly beware - she only has a small part and that role is wasted. What a shame, perhaps had Patsy Kelly been better utilized, this would have been a funny movie.