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19 November 1958 (USA)
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Tom Winston, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia...
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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2 nominations
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Comedy Writer/Director/Producer Shavelson Dead at 90
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(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 August 2007)
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"The sound of music" in miniature.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Cary Grant | ... | Tom Winters |
 | Sophia Loren | ... | Cinzia Zaccardi |
 | Martha Hyer | ... | Carolyn Gibson |
| Harry Guardino | ... | Angelo Donatello |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... | Arturo Zaccardi |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Capt. Alan Wilson |
| Mimi Gibson | ... | Elizabeth Winters |
| Paul Petersen | ... | David Winters |
| Charles Herbert | ... | Robert Winters |
| Madge Kennedy | ... | Mrs. Farnsworth |
| John Litel | ... | Mr. William Farnsworth |
 | Werner Klemperer | ... | Harold Messner |
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| Peggy Connelly | ... | Elizabeth Wilson (scenes deleted) |
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110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Cary Grant initially accepted his role in Houseboat (1958) because he was dating Sophia Loren, whom he was madly in love with. After she married someone else, Grant, heartbroken, wanted to back out. He couldn't, but the director made sure the production was a smooth one.
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Errors in geography: Tom's apartment is in Washington, D.C., but when he's shown driving his kids to the concert at the Watergate, he approaches the area from the Virginia side of the Memorial Bridge, the opposite direction from which he should logically have been coming.
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Tom:
[after yelling at his son] Now where were we?
Cinzia Zaccardi: [She turns on the spray paint and sprays him in the face on purpose] Oops.
Tom: Thank you, Michelagelo.
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Cinzia Zaccardi: [She turns on the spray paint and sprays him in the face on purpose] Oops.
Tom: Thank you, Michelagelo.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Olivia Newton-John (#7.20)" (1982)
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That's Amore
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Almost a decade before Robert Wise's blockbuster,this fairly entertaining little comedy had almost everything that was brought to epic proportions in the sixties:a widower(Grant)with three "charming" children -"sound of music is an improvement on it for that with seven brats-,a chic lady(Hyers) who is the equivalent of the baroness and an Italian Cinderella(Loren)-complete with magnificent dress and ball- who's hired by Grant to take care of his offspring.And Sophia Loren does sing,and her voice is so nice that the children do backing vocals.Like Julie Andrews.
Will Grant marry his strait-laced sister-in-law?Will he fall for Sophia's mediterranean charms?You will have to see this movie for that. Most of the story happens on a revamped "houseboat" .Hence the title.