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That Certain Feeling

  • 19561956
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
381
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That Certain Feeling (1956)
Comedy
Divorced comic strip cartoonist Francis X. Dignan is hired as a ghost-writer by pompous client Larry Larkin who happens to be the fiancé of Dignan's ex-wife.Divorced comic strip cartoonist Francis X. Dignan is hired as a ghost-writer by pompous client Larry Larkin who happens to be the fiancé of Dignan's ex-wife.Divorced comic strip cartoonist Francis X. Dignan is hired as a ghost-writer by pompous client Larry Larkin who happens to be the fiancé of Dignan's ex-wife.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
381
YOUR RATING
    • Melvin Frank
    • Norman Panama
  • Writers
    • William Altman(screenplay)
    • Eleanor Brooke(play "Knave of Hearts")
    • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bob Hope
    • Eva Marie Saint
    • George Sanders
    • Melvin Frank
    • Norman Panama
  • Writers
    • William Altman(screenplay)
    • Eleanor Brooke(play "Knave of Hearts")
    • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bob Hope
    • Eva Marie Saint
    • George Sanders
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    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Bob Hope and Eva Marie Saint in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Eva Marie Saint in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Bob Hope and Eva Marie Saint in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Bob Hope and Eva Marie Saint in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Eva Marie Saint and Pearl Bailey in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Bob Hope in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    George Sanders in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    George Sanders in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Pearl Bailey in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Eva Marie Saint in That Certain Feeling (1956)
    Bob Hope and Jerry Mathers in That Certain Feeling (1956)

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    Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
    • Francis X. Dignan
    Eva Marie Saint
    Eva Marie Saint
    • Dunreath Henry
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • Larry Larkin
    Pearl Bailey
    Pearl Bailey
    • Augusta aka Gussie
    David Lewis
    David Lewis
    • Joe Wickes
    Al Capp
    Al Capp
    • Al Capp
    Jerry Mathers
    Jerry Mathers
    • Norman Taylor
    Herbert Rudley
    Herbert Rudley
    • Doctor Summers
    Florenz Ames
    Florenz Ames
    • Senator Winston
    Eric Alden
    Eric Alden
    • TV Technician
    • (uncredited)
    Valerie Allen
    Valerie Allen
    • Model
    • (uncredited)
    Jacqueline Beer
    Jacqueline Beer
    • Model
    • (uncredited)
    Jan Bradley
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    James Cross
    • TV Technician
    • (uncredited)
    Lawrence Dobkin
    Lawrence Dobkin
    • Prop Man
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Dubov
    Paul Dubov
    • Hal Kern - TV Director
    • (uncredited)
    Chuck Hamilton
    Chuck Hamilton
    • Hotel Doorman
    • (uncredited)
    Jeff Hayden
    • TV Technician
    • (uncredited)
      • Melvin Frank
      • Norman Panama
    • Writers
      • William Altman(screenplay)
      • Eleanor Brooke(play "Knave of Hearts")
      • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Bob Hope's adopted daughter, Linda Hope, briefly appears; however, she had no lines and was standing at a filing cabinet with her back to the camera.
    • Goofs
      To get the little boy out of the way so Dunreath and Francis can have dinner together at Larkin's apartment, Gussie asks, "Norman, honey, how'd you like to spend the evening up at Billie's?" Larkin lives in a penthouse. No one lives above.
    • Quotes

      Augusta aka Gussie: That certain feeling - that's what caused all the trouble around here.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Patti Page Show: Episode #1.2 (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      That Certain Feeling
      Music by George Gershwin

      Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

      Performed during the opening credits by Pearl Bailey, later reprised by Bob Hope

    User reviews7

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    10/10
    Feels Like Fun
    This well-acted mid-nineteen fifties comedy with its star-studded cast is engaging and full of funny lines and situations. In the case of Pearl Bailey, still looking young, slim and attractive in her late thirties, it is also well sung. Her humorous asides to Eva Marie Saint's character ("Are you all right, Honey?") as she serenades Dignan (Bob Hope) and Dunreith after dinner, in the role of their maid, Gussie, are very amusing. The song she sings is "Zing! went the strings of my heart." A very young Jerry Mathers will tug at your heartstrings as a little boy being adopted by a famous cartoonist. George Sanders acted the part of the self-deceiving and self-promoting cartoonist Larry Larkin to the limit and beyond, but it all comes together in this light-hearted and entertaining movie. One memorable scene has Bob Hope, with a ukulele and straw hat, sitting in a canoe on a very long sofa, preparing to sing the title tune. If you missed the film when it came out, it's well worth a look, fifty years later.
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    • Aug 3, 2006

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    • Release date
      • July 1956 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hope Enterprises
      • P & F
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes

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