Move Over Darling

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A man makes the highly unexpected discovery that he has two wives in this romantic comedy. Widower Nick Arden (James Garner) has just set off on his honeymoon with his new wife Bianca (Polly Bergen) when his mother Grace (Thelma Ritter) receives a very unexpected guest -- Nick's late wife Ellen (Doris Day). While Ellen was proclaimed legally dead five years after her plane disappeared in a flight over the Pacific Ocean, in truth her flight crash-landed on a desert island where she was stranded with Stephen Burkett (Chuck Connors) and only now has managed to return to civilization. When Grace informs Ellen that Nick has just left town with his new wife, Ellen heads out to the resort where the newlyweds are staying, and comic confusion ensues. Move Over, Darling began life as a project called Something's Got to Give, which was the film that Marilyn Monroe was working on at the time of her death; besides Monroe, the original cast included Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse, and Phil Silvers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Subtitle: Eng/Spa
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Screen: Letterbox for TV
• Features:
  • The Amazing Road to Move Over, Darling featurette
  • Doris vs. Marilyn featurette
  • A Conversation With Polly Bergen featurette
  • Photo gallery
  • D.W. Griffith's Enoch Arden: Part II the 1911 film based on the original poem which inspired Move Over, Darling
  • Restoration comparison

AWARDS

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com - 1963 (Doris Day)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Doris Day - Ellen Wagstaff Arden
       James Garner - Nick Arden
       Polly Bergen - Bianca Steele Arden
       Chuck Connors - Stephen Burkett (Adam)
       Thelma Ritter - Grace Arden
       Fred Clark - Mr. Codd
       Don Knotts - Shoe Clerk
       Elliott Reid - Dr. Schlick
       Edgar Buchanan - Judge Bryson
       John Astin - Clyde Prokey
       Pat Harrington, Jr. - District Attorney
       Eddie Quillan - Bellboy
       Max Showalter - Desk clerk
       Alvy Moore - Waiter
       Alan Sues - Court Clerk

• Director:

  Michael Gordon

• Producer:

  Martin Melcher, Aaron Rosenberg

• Screenwriter:

  Hal Kanter, Leo McCarey, Jack Sher, Bella Spewack

• Play Author:

  Bella Spewack

• Screenwriter:

  Samuel Spewack

• Play Author:

  Samuel Spewack

• Cinematographer:

  Daniel L. Fapp

• Composer (Music Score):

  Lionel Newman

• Editor:

  Robert L. Simpson

• Art Director:

  Hilyard M. Brown, Jack Martin Smith

• Set Designer:

  Paul S. Fox, Walter Scott

• Costume Designer:

  Moss Mabry

• Makeup:

  Ben Nye, Sr.

• Special Effects:

  L.B. Abbott, Emil Kosa, Jr.