Move Over Polly
Move Over Polly
I couldn't believe it when I watched the last episope of Desperate Housewifes to see Polly Bergen (Move Over Darling) - did anyone else see it? She is such a good actress - and still working!
Desp H/W
Yes, and she is great although it is sad [but inevitable] she is older.
However, much as I love seeing actresses [and actors] do these stints; it makes me so grateful Miss Day does not! Sorry, but that is how I feel. Had Doris been 'desperate' to cling on to fame [which she never was] - she may just be popping up.
However, much as I love seeing actresses [and actors] do these stints; it makes me so grateful Miss Day does not! Sorry, but that is how I feel. Had Doris been 'desperate' to cling on to fame [which she never was] - she may just be popping up.
Polly
Yes, I didn't recognise her at first but the voice was familiar - it took me a few minutes before I made the connection.
Polly Bergen
Doesn't Doris look great in that pic?
Just found this:
Some nice pics on that site: http://film.virtual-history.com/cigcard.php?seriesid=80
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Was she really?? I didn't even realize that! I love Geena Davis and used to watch that show. Its a shame they took that break, it was doing well until then and then after they came back they just lost all the momentum... rather unfortunate. Glad you mentioned that, I would've never have known!Polly was also on that cancelled Geena Davis as woman president show. She played her mother and was on quite a bit.
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I have been looking for a region 2 dvd copy of Move over darling, because I love this film. Has anybody managed to get a copy on region 2?
Move ove Darling
Looked everywhere, including HMV:
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/simpleSearc ... earch.y=10
No sign of it in Region 2 - that is so annoying - we can't get the recently released in the US ones, "Romance on the High Seas", etc over here either.
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/simpleSearc ... earch.y=10
No sign of it in Region 2 - that is so annoying - we can't get the recently released in the US ones, "Romance on the High Seas", etc over here either.
Regions
I think I have the software to copy any region to my computer and then make a DVD - I say 'think' because I've never had the chance
to test a Region 1 DVD - so if there are any Desperate Houswives or Househusbands out there with time on their hands,
send me a copy of your DVD Region 1 and I'll see if it works - the software is (almost) free
so it might be a solution for those of us who can't access another Region.
webmaster@dorisday.net
to test a Region 1 DVD - so if there are any Desperate Houswives or Househusbands out there with time on their hands,
send me a copy of your DVD Region 1 and I'll see if it works - the software is (almost) free
so it might be a solution for those of us who can't access another Region.
webmaster@dorisday.net
Move Over Darling
DVD Verdict:
A small piece of comic business won me over to Move Over, Darling early on. When Doris Day as Ellen tries to call Nicky from a pay phone, she first finds that the price of a call has doubled from a nickel to a dime, then discovers that the operator is nothing more than a recording. Yeah, Day can get laughs from a slapstick battle with Polly Bergen or a trip through a car wash in a convertible, but the small stuff is trickier, and she handles it well, too.
James Garner's familiar cowardly-con-artist persona gets put to use in a different context here as he tries to break the news of his first wife's return to Bianca, then tries to engineer a confrontation with Ellen because she didn't tell him about her musclebound island mate.
These two also are adept at warmer scenes, such as when Day mists up as she sees her daughters again for the first time or when Garner tells Ellen about the memorial service he had for her. Their pairing doesn't make the unlikely plot real, but gives it more of a grounding in reality than you'd expect for a risque 1960s farce.
The supporting cast plays it broader than the two leads, bringing in most of the silliness you'd expect. Polly Bergen (Commander In Chief) isn't sympathetic—she's cast as the unworthy "other woman" from the moment she jangles a noisy bracelet in the courtroom in the opening scene—but she has good comic timing in her reactions as the bewildered bride Bianca. The best of the bit players is Edgar Buchanan as the judge who just wants to get this bizarre case out of the way, though Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk) as Nicky's mom who can't help butting in, Chuck Connors as the vain muscleman, Don Knotts (The Andy Griffith Show) as a shoe clerk who tries to help Ellen out, John Astin (The Addams Family) as the insurance agent with shocking news for Nicky, and Fred Clark (Boys' Night Out) as a moralizing hotel manager all shine in small roles.
The picture has been digitally restored. I saw a brief flicker of a spot on the film once, but otherwise it appeared to be a pretty good job. Same with the soundtrack. If you want proof, the DVD offers a restoration comparison for this movie and two other Doris Day flicks.
Two featurettes—"The Amazing Road to Move Over, Darling" and "Doris vs. Marilyn"—offer a few glimpses of Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin in Something's Got to Give as film historians talk about the differences between the two blonde movie sweethearts. You'll want more, though, if you know there's a chunk of that lost movie pieced together somewhere out there. On the other hand, you do get a chunk of the silent Enoch Arden, which shows its title character stranded on the island. A short interview with Polly Bergen reveals that Doris Day had a soda fountain in her trailer.
The little booklet that accompanies the DVD has some good trivia fragments, including the scoops on Doris Day's injury on the set and the title tune, which was banned on the BBC for being too suggestive back in the 1960s, then made a reappearance on the U.K. charts in 1987. It's doubtful you'll find anything too naughty in the lyrics to "Move Over, Darling" if you're listening with relatively contemporary ears, though.
The extras also include three original trailers, including one in Spanish. With selling lines like "Watch them unscramble the torrid triangle," these promise a lot more naughtiness than the movie delivers.
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/moveoverdarling.php
A small piece of comic business won me over to Move Over, Darling early on. When Doris Day as Ellen tries to call Nicky from a pay phone, she first finds that the price of a call has doubled from a nickel to a dime, then discovers that the operator is nothing more than a recording. Yeah, Day can get laughs from a slapstick battle with Polly Bergen or a trip through a car wash in a convertible, but the small stuff is trickier, and she handles it well, too.
James Garner's familiar cowardly-con-artist persona gets put to use in a different context here as he tries to break the news of his first wife's return to Bianca, then tries to engineer a confrontation with Ellen because she didn't tell him about her musclebound island mate.
These two also are adept at warmer scenes, such as when Day mists up as she sees her daughters again for the first time or when Garner tells Ellen about the memorial service he had for her. Their pairing doesn't make the unlikely plot real, but gives it more of a grounding in reality than you'd expect for a risque 1960s farce.
The supporting cast plays it broader than the two leads, bringing in most of the silliness you'd expect. Polly Bergen (Commander In Chief) isn't sympathetic—she's cast as the unworthy "other woman" from the moment she jangles a noisy bracelet in the courtroom in the opening scene—but she has good comic timing in her reactions as the bewildered bride Bianca. The best of the bit players is Edgar Buchanan as the judge who just wants to get this bizarre case out of the way, though Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk) as Nicky's mom who can't help butting in, Chuck Connors as the vain muscleman, Don Knotts (The Andy Griffith Show) as a shoe clerk who tries to help Ellen out, John Astin (The Addams Family) as the insurance agent with shocking news for Nicky, and Fred Clark (Boys' Night Out) as a moralizing hotel manager all shine in small roles.
The picture has been digitally restored. I saw a brief flicker of a spot on the film once, but otherwise it appeared to be a pretty good job. Same with the soundtrack. If you want proof, the DVD offers a restoration comparison for this movie and two other Doris Day flicks.
Two featurettes—"The Amazing Road to Move Over, Darling" and "Doris vs. Marilyn"—offer a few glimpses of Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin in Something's Got to Give as film historians talk about the differences between the two blonde movie sweethearts. You'll want more, though, if you know there's a chunk of that lost movie pieced together somewhere out there. On the other hand, you do get a chunk of the silent Enoch Arden, which shows its title character stranded on the island. A short interview with Polly Bergen reveals that Doris Day had a soda fountain in her trailer.
The little booklet that accompanies the DVD has some good trivia fragments, including the scoops on Doris Day's injury on the set and the title tune, which was banned on the BBC for being too suggestive back in the 1960s, then made a reappearance on the U.K. charts in 1987. It's doubtful you'll find anything too naughty in the lyrics to "Move Over, Darling" if you're listening with relatively contemporary ears, though.
The extras also include three original trailers, including one in Spanish. With selling lines like "Watch them unscramble the torrid triangle," these promise a lot more naughtiness than the movie delivers.
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/moveoverdarling.php
Desperate Housewives
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry ... /800015586In the grand tradition of casting the absolute best veteran actors in the business to play the parents of the characters, in came the fabulous Polly Bergen as Stella, Lynette's estranged alcoholic mother. I have been a fan of Polly's — without exaggeration — my entire life, ever since my parents had me watch the Doris Day/James Garner film Move Over, Darling as a child. (Please rent it — you won't be sorry.) Stella is a tough cookie, but I was glad Lynette didn't kick her out like she had planned. Since Stella survived breast cancer when Lynette was 13, it will be a tough-love learning experience to have Stella around during the next three months of chemo. That line of Stella's was a real kick in the ass for Lynette: "You can fight me or you can fight the cancer. Trust me — you won't have the strength to do both." Stella bonding with Kayla was great, pumping her for info about Lynette and Rick. Stella got her groove back with that earlier line to Tom asking him not to tip the cab driver because "the SOB wouldn't let me smoke." It made me laugh and think of several of my aunts and friends of my own mother.
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