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The Thrill of It All
The Thrill of It All
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Written by	Larry Gelbart (story); Carl Reiner
Produced by	Ross Hunter; Martin Melcher
Starring	Doris Day; James Garner; Arlene Francis
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Music by	Frank De Vol
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date	July 17, 1963;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$11,779,093

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The Thrill of It All (1963) is a romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, and ZaSu Pitts. The screenplay was written by Larry Gelbart and Carl Reiner.

Reiner had originally conceived the project for Judy Holliday, who developed cancer and had to bow out of the project, according to Reiner's reminiscence during his videotaped "Archive of American Television" interview. (Holliday died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 43.)

Plot summary

The story centers around suburban housewife Beverly Boyer and her husband, a successful obstetrician and devoted family man, Gerald. Beverly is offered the opportunity to star in a television commercial advertising Happy Soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for nearly $80,000 per year ($796,200 today) to appear in weekly TV commercials.

Soon the soap company places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald resents the fact that the appearances are taking up an increasing amount of her time, and becomes jealous of the level of attention that her new-found stardom has brought her. Their relationship slowly deteriorates, and Gerald leaves her after unintentionally driving his 1958 Chevrolet convertible into the surprise $5,000 ($49,800 today) swimming pool the soap company built where their garage used to be. Gerald later returns, only to enact psychological warfare, making Beverly jealous by pretending that he is drinking and carousing with multiple women. Beverly decides to give up her lucrative career and return to her "philandering" husband and her life as a rich doctor's housewife.

Cast

Doris Day as Beverly Boyer
James Garner as Dr. Gerald Boyer
Arlene Francis as Mrs. Fraleigh
Edward Andrews as Gardiner Fraleigh
Reginald Owen as Old Tom Fraleigh
ZaSu Pitts as Olivia
Elliott Reid as Mike Palmer
Alice Pearce as Irving's Wife
Kym Karath as Maggie Boyer
Brian Nash as Andy Boyer
Lucy Landau as Mrs. Goethe
Paul Hartman as Dr. Taylor

Carl Reiner, one of the two screenwriters of the film, makes brief appearances as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles (World War II German Officer / Cad / Cowboy).

Reception

The Thrill of It All was the 16th biggest hit of the year, grossing $11,779,093 domestically.^[1] It earned $6 million in US theatrical rentals.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Box Office Information for The Thrill of It All. The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69

External links

[numbers-1] Box Office Information for The Thrill of It All. The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2013.

[2] "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69

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 [[Carl Reiner]], one of the two screenwriters of the film, makes brief appearances as a character actor appearing on TV in various nasty roles (World War II German Officer / Cad / Cowboy).
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 ''The Thrill of It All'' was the [[1963 in film|16th biggest hit of the year]], grossing $11,779,093 domestically.<ref name="numbers"/> It earned $6 million in US [[Gross rental|theatrical rentals]].<ref>"All-Time Top Grossers", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 8 January 1964 p 69</ref>