Please Don't Eat the Daisies

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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
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NR,1hr 51min
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March 31, 1960
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MGM
Synopsis: In this entertaining comedy by Charles Walters, everyone seems to get in on the act, even the dog and especially the four overactive kids in a wildly challenging family. David Niven co-stars with Doris Day as Lawrence and Kate Mackay, distinctive parents struggling with home, life, and family. Lawrence opts for leaving his job teaching at Columbia University in New York for a post as a drama critic for a Gotham newspaper, bringing new problems to the pile the family already owns. First, they are ... Full Synopsis
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Its premise (Broadway as seen through the eyes of a major theatrical critic) aside, Please Don't Eat the Daisies could easily have been indistinguishable from any number of 1960s family comedies. Yet, while it's not a classic film for all time, Daisies is surprisingly bright, genial, and, yes, genuinely funny and charming. Credit surely must go to screenwriter Isobel Lennart, but pinning down exactly ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Kate Mackay
Larry Mackay
Deborah Vaughn
Suzie Robinson
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