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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
330 Views


he threw last night.

You mean the revival meeting?

Mr. Webster held a revival?

Revival is right! Everyone

there had to be revived.

You're making some

very serious charges

against a man who is not here

to defend himself.

And that's a very interesting point.

Why isn't he here?

Miss Davis, do you know

where Mr. Webster is?

Oh, yes. He's at the Red

Cross, donating his blood.

Oh, well, that does it. They wouldn't

take his blood. It's 86 proof!

And why would he be there

at this particular moment?

That's where he's meeting

with his Boy Scout troop.

He's a Scout leader?

He's taking them on a hike

to Inspiration Point.

The top of

the Chrysler Building.

The top of the Chrysler Building

is not Inspiration Point.

Why, it is to Mr. Webster.

It looks down on Madison Avenue.

Miss Templeton, have you

anything further to say?

Yes.

I'd like my body

sent back to the agency.

That was quite a performance

you gave in there, Miss Davis.

You ain't mad at me?

Oh, no!

You should be an actress.

I am. I'm going to Hollywood, just as

soon as I'm famous as the VIP girl.

The VIP girl? What's VIP?

It's a brand-new product. Mr.

Webster's trying to get the account.

Oh?

This is gonna be my big chance.

And mine!

Millie,

drop whatever you're doing.

We're going

after the VIP account.

The what account?

VIP. V-I-P.

Never heard of it.

Well, then find out about it.

All I know is Jerry Webster's

trying to land it,

but we're gonna beat him to it.

Are you sure you wanna tangle

with him again? He fights rough.

Then we'll fight rough!

This is war, Millie!

That means liquor, wild parties,

getting the sponsor girls, right?

Right.

Good.

I'd like to volunteer

for frontline duty.

Well, my boy, we did it.

We have been completely

absolved by the Ad Council.

Yes.

We really put that Templeton

woman in her place, too.

Yes, we did.

And we deserve a reward.

A vacation.

We're going up to Dad's old hunting lodge

in Canada and do nothing but relax.

No radio, no television,

no telephones.

A thousand miles

from the nearest sponsor.

That sounds great.

Is it all right for you

to be away from Dr. Melnick?

Must be. He's the one

who suggested it.

Well, what do you say

you go upstairs and pack?

No, I'm going down to the office first.

Gotta check on things.

You go pack. I'll handle

things at the office.

You?

Melnick says I've gotta

start making decisions.

Well, good, grand.

That man has worked

miracles with me. Miracles!

You know, everyone should

go through analysis.

Not everyone can afford it.

That's the tragedy of it.

Look at these poor people.

They go through life,

contented, happy, laughing,

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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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