A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Louisa May Foster | |
| Paul Newman | ... | Larry Flint | |
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Rod Anderson, Jr. | |
| Dean Martin | ... | Leonard 'Lennie' Crawley | |
| Gene Kelly | ... | Pinky Benson | |
| Robert Cummings | ... | Dr. Victor Stephanson (as Bob Cummings) | |
| Dick Van Dyke | ... | Edgar Hopper | |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Painter | |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | Mrs. Foster | |
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Lou Nova | ... | Trentino |
| Fifi D'Orsay | ... | Baroness | |
| Maurice Marsac | ... | Rene | |
| Wally Vernon | ... | Agent | |
| Jane Wald | ... | Polly | |
| Lenny Kent | ... | Hollywood Lawyer | |
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This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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black comedy | exclamation point in title | punctuation in title | husband wife relationship | death of husband |Taglines:
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Larry Flint: Ah, yes. Pauvre Ludwig. I think he'd be very pleased.
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Following the death of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor was briefly attached to the film before Shirley MacLaine got the part. See more »Goofs
Robert Mitchum takes off and flies a 707 jetliner. There is no way a pilot would attempt a operate a four-engine a jet alone. At the least, a co-pilot and really needs an engineer. See more »Quotes
Woman at art show: If only Beethoven were alive to just hear this painting.Larry Flint: Ah, yes. Pauvre Ludwig. I think he'd be very pleased.
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Country:
USARelease Date:
26 June 1964 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
I Love Louisa See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power - 111 N Hope St, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$20,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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This was a film which, like many in the old days, used to come on 'regular' commercial television as a weekend matinée. Now, of course, it is nowhere to be found on television and is just itching to be released on home video. In retrospect, it impresses even more as a dark comedy; how much darker can you get when the central character is a four-time widow? And what a cast: Dick Van Dyke at the height of his TV popularity; Paul Newman (one of the biggest movie stars of the 1960's); and veterans Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, and Gene Kelly. And the fantasy vignettes!! Some viewers have commented that they don't like them, but I think they add to the insane atmosphere of the film: MacLaine's union with Newman viewed as a black-and-white, slightly X-rated, Italian film or her life with Kelly imagined as a Hollywood musical (a clever way, incidentally, to show off her own talent as a dancer- not to mention those long, magnificent legs). My favorite one (isn't it everyone's?) is the fantasy sequence with husband Robert Mitchum- which shows off a spectacular Edith Head fashion show. I don't know who is sitting on the rights to this film, but it would be a wonderful gift for the movie-loving public to see this released to the masses ASAP.