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Synopsis: Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are both in the advertising business, but for different agencies. Annoyed by Jerry's methods of using alcohol and women to ensure contracts for his agency, Carol tries to get him thrown out of his profession. To avoid this Jerry bribes the girl who'd testify against him, by starring her in a TV commercial for a product named VIP that he's just made up. By accident these commercials are broadcasted and to keep his job, Jerry has to come up with VIP for which he enlists the help of Doctor Linus Tyler. Carol goes to see the Doctor to try and get the VIP account, but because she and Jerry have never met, she mistakes Jerry for the Doctor. Jerry then takes advantage of this situation to win her.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Delbert Mann
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
APPROVED
Year:
1961
107 min
327 Views


The key that would have opened

the golden door to Hollywood.

And you turned it down.

No, I didn't!

Jerry! Jerry, wait.

Honey! Honey!

I didn't turn it down.

Same thing.

We're filming the VIP

commercials at 1:00.

I've got to pick out

another girl.

Oh, no, you don't!

I wanna be the VIP girl.

Forget it, you had your chance.

Oh, honey, please. Don't go. Come back.

Give me another chance.

I'll do anything you say.

Please!

Well, I...

Please.

Well, all right.

It's him!

Let's face it, Charlie. Either

you've got it or you haven't.

He's got it.

VIP commercial, number 3.

Okay, Rebel, action.

Hi there, I'm the VIP girl.

Everything I've got,

I owe to VIP.

I'm just a slave to any man

who uses VIP.

Good things have been happening

to me since I discovered VIP.

I got my man when I got VIP.

Oh, yes, folks,

everything I got...

I owe to VIP.

Cut. Okay,

Rebel, that's it.

Wrap it up.

Thanks, Bob.

What do you want done with these

commercials, Mr. Webster?

Put them on the shelf.

On the shelf?

Call me about it later, will you?

Rebel, you were fabulous.

Do you think they'll

like me on television?

Honey, single-handed. You may

bring in the 40-inch screen.

When are they going to be on?

Well, I...

I haven't got the deal

locked up yet.

But as soon as the sponsor

sees you, it's in the bag.

Now hurry and get dressed. You're

due at the Ad Council at 3:00.

But I don't want to

testify against you.

Don't worry, you won't.

But they'll ask me questions.

Here are the answers.

Memorize this.

And wear this around your neck.

Couldn't I just not show up?

That won't stop Templeton.

But this will.

And don't worry, honey. I'll

tell you every move to make.

Wait, what is this?

"Veritas et..."

Veritas et robitas super omnia.

That's Latin. That means,

truth and honor, above all.

You say

that's Mr. Webster's motto?

That's the code

by which he lives.

Many is the night

he's walked me to my door,

bowed, kissed my hand

and said, "Rebel,

"Veritas et robitas

super omnia."

This is ridiculous!

Miss Templeton, will you please

stop challenging your own witness?

Obviously, she has been coached.

Or bribed.

He gave you something,

didn't he?

Sit down!

It's true.

He did give me something.

This.

He asked me to wear it over my heart.

He got it in the army.

Gentlemen,

it's the Good Conduct Medal.

Oh, well!

Would you care to look?

Yes, indeed.

Most inspiring.

May I?

Oh, sure.

Takes me back a few years

to my own army days.

Magnificent!

Miss Templeton, would you...

Would you move on, please?

Gentlemen, if we're through admiring Mr.

Webster's trophies,

I'd like to ask

Miss Davis to tell us

about that wild party

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Stanley Shapiro

Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 – July 21, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for South Sea Woman in 1953. His work for Day earned him Oscar nominations for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy. more…

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