Sinatra always played himself as a selfish and ruthless about women,but this time he was an acceptable behavior wthout to be lewd with 497 girlsfriends in New York,when suddenly arrrives a best friend called Joe the great David Wayne,since then all things became upside down,and all women starting leaves him to accept serious and real engagements,indeed the quartet leading roles are amazing,Frank Sinatra, Wayne,Reynods and the gorgeous Celeste Holm,funny and a bit moralist sexy comedy,but easily watchable in new brand DVD with classi dubbed version, just as l like..............Amuzing!!!Resume: First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

Because this comedy with music portrays the now dated male-female role viewpoints of the 1950's, it's a less than satisfying experience today. Perhaps the best that can be said about it is that it features the Academy Award nominated Jimmy Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn title song.Frank Sinatra is too old to play the swinging bachelor that attracts the prematurely "set in her ways" and too young bachelorette wannabe married gal that Debbie Reynolds plays. There is never anything that can remotely be called chemistry exhibited between the two in this movie. Ironically, Sinatra would be even older when he played a similar role in a much better film, Come Blow Your Horn (1963). This was directed by Charles Walters; Julius Epstein's screenplay was based on the Max Shulman-Robert Paul Smith play.I've never been able to warm up to David Wayne nor the characters he plays, and his "Indiana married man experiencing a mid-life crisis that comes to visit childhood pal (Sinatra) in New York" in this one is no different.On the other hand, Celeste Holm was practically auditioning for the Liz Imbrie part (successful thirty-something career woman longing for marriage but second choice for Sinatra's character whom she adores) she would play in High Society (1956) the following year; she's terrific in both roles. Carolyn Jones, who plays Sinatra's dog walker, is the most notable other actor in the cast.

Hard to say this film set women's rights back 100 years because it portrays a no nonsense woman who knows what she wants and won't settle for less. You do not see this type of behavior at ALL these days. Most women accept that men have a double standard and let them be treated like chattel. Maybe marriage, kids, and loving your husband is an antiquated goal in life but for some this film shows gumption.I found the dialog witty and entertaining, the women most beautiful, and Frank's singing divine. I guess I am a big sucker for any project involving Debbie Reynolds, she is a mega talent. It all started when I first saw her in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and was mesmerized.So even if you find this movie's message subservient, I found it uplifting and inspirational. Be strong with your aspirations and let those dogs lay sleeping. Whipit good DR!! haha

Incredibly lame Sinatra vehicle teaming him with Debbie Reynolds in a real oil and water mix. It wants so-hard-it-hurts to be an urbane comedy in the Tracy / Hepburn vein with supposedly extra added glamour centred as it is on the lifestyles of show-people but falls flatter than a trodden-on pancake. Sinatra gets an easy part as the rake the "dames" as he would no doubt call them can't get enough of whose life is spiced up by the arrival of old chum, David Wayne as a disillusioned married man and then Debbie Reynolds as a priggish and to my eyes anyway, boyish looking new girl in town who of course reels her man in by the simple expedient of actually saying "No" to him. All it is, is a dressed up homily to marriage, although personally I'd run a mile from Reynolds' hubby-hunting ingénue. There's no chemistry between the leads at all, Sinatra is unquestionably, as Reynolds herself tells him at one point, much too old for her. Celeste Holm and David Wayne get to mug and swoon in the background to no telling effect plus the production is so stage-bound, you can almost hear the line-prompter from off-stage feeding the actors. Its one redeeming feature is the well-known title song which is inserted into the movie not periodically enough but really on the whole this is sloppy Hollywood film-making of the worst kind, almost embarrassing to watch, particularly in these thankfully more enlightened times.