Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

David Swift

Writers:

Lawrence Roman (play)
David Swift (writer)

Release Date:

23 October 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance. |

Plot Keywords:

Landlord | Student | Sex | Professor | Platonic Love

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.

Cast

Jack Lemmon	...	Hogan
Carol Lynley	...	Robin Austin
Dean Jones	...	Dave Manning
Edie Adams	...	Dr. Irene Wilson
Imogene Coca	...	Dorkus Murphy
Paul Lynde	...	Murphy
Robert Lansing	...	Dr. Charles Howard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Army Archerd	...	Writer (scenes deleted)
John Indrisano	...	Boxing Instructor (scenes deleted)
Erskine Johnson	...	Writer (scenes deleted)
Almira Sessions	...	Woman (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Sonnis

Trivia:

Adapted from a Broadway play by Lawrence Roman. Dean Jones was in the original Broadway cast, and Gig Young played Hogan. The stage production opened Nov 16, 1960 at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York and ran for 173 performances.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Good Cast in a Bad Situation

Jack Lennon (as Hogan) is a promiscuous landlord who loves to rent apartments to hot prospects, like young Carol Lynley (as Robin); trouble is, she moves her fiancée Dean Jones (as David) in for a platonic "try-out" living arrangement. Mr. Lemmon spends much of the movie lecherously peeping at the young couple, while plotting how to seduce Ms. Lynley.

The cast is very nice, but the story is really, really dumb. Mr. Lemmon is a terrific actor, but this role just doesn't work for him; you have to wonder about all of his peeping. This movie might have worked if the Lemmon character were unsuccessfully promiscuous, in a supporting role, and without the peeping (like a Dudley Moore or Don Knotts role). Mr. Jones and Ms. Lynley are very likable, but they want to undress, and tease each other so quickly. The orange cat was a (sex?) joke I didn't get.

** Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) David Swift ~ Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones