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Happy Anniversary

  • 1959
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
292
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Happy Anniversary (1959)
Comedy

A happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV sc... Read allA happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV screens being kicked in and everybody being angry.A happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV screens being kicked in and everybody being angry.

  • Director
    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Joseph Fields
    • Jerome Chodorov
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Mitzi Gaynor
    • Carl Reiner
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    292
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Joseph Fields
      • Jerome Chodorov
    • Stars
      • David Niven
      • Mitzi Gaynor
      • Carl Reiner
    • 12User reviews
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    Carl Reiner and Monique van Vooren in Happy Anniversary (1959)
    David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor in Happy Anniversary (1959)
    David Niven, Patty Duke, and Mitzi Gaynor in Happy Anniversary (1959)
    David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor in Happy Anniversary (1959)

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    David Niven
    David Niven
    • Chris Walters
    Mitzi Gaynor
    Mitzi Gaynor
    • Alice Walters nee Gans
    Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner
    • Bud
    Loring Smith
    Loring Smith
    • Arthur Gans…
    Monique van Vooren
    Monique van Vooren
    • Jeanette Revere
    Phyllis Povah
    Phyllis Povah
    • Lillian Gans…
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    • Millie the Maid
    Patty Duke
    Patty Duke
    • Debbie Walters
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    • Ockie Walters
    Don Grusso
    • Johnson TV delivery man
    William Dwyer
    David Doyle
    David Doyle
    • Hotel Earle Desk Clerk
    • (as David F. Doyle)
    Don De Leo
    John Call
    John Call
    Sam Locante
    The Four Lads
    • Title song singers
    Joseph Sirola
    Joseph Sirola
    • Waiter at El Morocco
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Joseph Fields
      • Jerome Chodorov
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The lead role was offered to Doris Day but she (or her husband Martin Melcher) declined after fearing it would damage her pure screen image.
    • Crazy credits
      Animated anniversary cards are opened in between the opening credits.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Red Circle (1960)
    • Soundtracks
      I Don't Regret a Thing
      Music by Robert Allen

      Lyrics by Al Stillman

      Sung behind the credits by chorus

    User reviews12

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    3/10
    Shrill
    The real question is how the source material, a play by these screenwriters called "Anniversary Waltz," managed to captivate Broadway audiences for 18 months and tour extensively. (MacDonald Carey and Kitty Carlisle must have helped.) It's a prurient, shrill sex comedy about how a happily married couple with two 1950s-adorable kids endure a domestic crisis involving a) television's entry into their home and b) the revelation to her parents that they enjoyed premarital sex. It's smug and leering, and so's this loud film version, with a rather clueless David Niven and a posturing Mitzi Gaynor, directed by the seldom-reliable David Miller. The stately black-and-white photography (including some sumptuous 1959 NYC locations) helps, as does Carl Reiner in a capable best-friend supporting turn, as does Patty Duke as the daughter. Phyllis Povah and Loring Smith, as the parents, are tedious, as is the rest of the supporting cast, as is a screenplay that seemingly chuckles at how naughty it's being. You get to see Niven smash a bunch of television screens, and Gaynor does attractively croon one song. But it's 1950s sex comedy at its most lascivious and boring, at the same time.
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    • marcslope
    • Oct 27, 2015

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    • Release date
      • March 24, 1960 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ehegeheimnisse
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Fields Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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