Come September (1961)

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writers:

Stanley Shapiro (screenplay) and
Maurice Richlin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

9 August 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Quiet hideaway... A Secret rendezvous... then the teen-agers barged in!

Plot:

Younger generation vs. "older" folks on vacation at an Italian villa.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Italian Villa | Female To Male Footsie Playing | Generation Gap | Footsie Under The Table

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rock Hudson	...	Robert L. Talbot
Gina Lollobrigida	...	Lisa Helena Fellini
Sandra Dee	...	Sandy Stevens
Bobby Darin	...	Tony
Walter Slezak	...	Maurice Clavell
Brenda de Banzie	...	Margaret Allison
Rossana Rory	...	Anna
Ronald Howard	...	Spencer
Joel Grey	...	Beagle
Ronnie Haran	...	Sparrow
Chris Seitz	...	Larry
Cindy Conroy	...	Julia
Joan Freeman	...	Linda
Nancy Anderson	...	Patricia
Michael Eden	...	Ron
Claudia Brack	...	Carol
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Liliana Celli	...	Seamstress (uncredited)
Robert De Bernardis	...	Bus Driver (uncredited)
Pietro De Vico	...	Poliziotto (uncredited)
Liana Del Balzo	...	Mother Superior (uncredited)
Charles Fawcett	...	Warren (uncredited)
Betty Foa	...	Elena (uncredited)
Giacomo Furia	...	Poliziotto (uncredited)
Katherine Guilford	...	Claire (uncredited)
Franco Leasi	...	(uncredited)
Anna Maestri	...	Maria - Maid (uncredited)
Renato Malavasi	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Edy Nogara	...	Lisa's Maid (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli	...	Commissario (uncredited)
Milko Skofic Jr.	...	(uncredited)
John Stacy	...	Douglas (uncredited)
Helen Stirling	...	Katherine (uncredited)
Francesco Tensi	...	Robert's Secretary (uncredited)
Stella Vitelleschi	...	Teresa - Maid (uncredited)
Milena Vukotic	...	Melinda - Maid (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Mulligan

Writing credits
Stanley Shapiro		(screenplay) and
Maurice Richlin		(screenplay)
Stanley Roberts		(story) and
Robert Russell		(story)

Produced by
Robert Arthur	....	producer
Henry Willson	....	associate producer
Raoul Walsh	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Hans J. Salter

Cinematography by
William H. Daniels		(director of photography) (as William Daniels)

Film Editing by
Russell F. Schoengarth

Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration by
John P. Austin

Costume Design by
Morton Haack		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Jack Freeman	....	makeup artist
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ernest B. Wehmeyer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph E. Kenney	....	assistant director (as Joseph Kenny)

Art Department
Italo Tomassi	....	manager of art department (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sash Fisher	....	sound
Waldon O. Watson	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Léo L. Fuchs	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Universal International Pictures (UI) (as Universal International)
• 7 Pictures (as The 7 Pictures Corporation)
• Raoul Walsh Enterprises (as Raoul Walsh Enterprises Inc.)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Universal Studios Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• ClassicLine (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (2005) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Pacific Title  special optical effects
• Pacific Title  titles
• Panavision  photographic lenses
• Schuberth of Rome  executor of gowns

Also Known As:

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:AL | Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL (orginal rating)

Filming Locations:

Ostia Antica, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

The movie was filmed mostly on location and due to weather conditions it took almost 12 months to shoot.

Quotes:

Anna:Love is like an empty bottle of champagne: you don't refill it, you get a new bottle.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010) (V)

Soundtrack:

Multiplication

Great early 60s fun!

For some reason, this lightweight comedy from 1961 became something of an icon in India, where I come from. We were kids when it was first released but Bobby Darin's theme music became so popular that it was played practically everywhere for the next few years. I think the film was re-released three times between 1961 & 1964 in Bangalore, with the locally edited trailers mistakenly adding footage from other films of the era like Palm Springs Weekend! I first saw the film as an 8-year old in 1963, but had to wait 28 more years before I saw it as an adult - on British TV in 1991. On the whole, I like this film as a period piece of what some people call "Kennedy era entertainment" - lightweight, fluffy comedies that are nice to watch now and then.