Looking for Love (1964)

After being in Hollywood for a month with lots of compliments but no offers, girl next door Libby Caruso decides to give up on having a singing career and focus on what she believes is her ... See full summary »

Director:

Don Weis

Writer:

Ruth Brooks Flippen

Stars:

Connie Francis, Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Connie Francis	...	Libby Caruso
Jim Hutton	...	Paul Davis
Susan Oliver	...	Jan McNair
Joby Baker	...	Cuz Rickover
Barbara Nichols	...	Gaye Swinger
Johnny Carson	...	Johnny Carson
George Hamilton	...	George Hamilton
Yvette Mimieux	...	Yvette Mimieux
Paula Prentiss	...	Paula Prentiss
Danny Thomas	...	Danny Thomas
Jay C. Flippen	...	Ralph Front
Jesse White	...	Tiger Shay
Charles Lane	...	Director
Joan Marshall	...	Miss Devine

Storyline

After being in Hollywood for a month with lots of compliments but no offers, girl next door Libby Caruso decides to give up on having a singing career and focus on what she believes is her destiny: to be a wife, hopefully to a doctor. To nab a husband, she believes she has to get a job where many eligible bachelors would notice her, that job despite she having no skills besides singing. Away from her job as a Girl Friday at a brokerage firm, Libby, upon seeing him, believes she is destined to marry Paul Davis, who works at the product development company where Libby's best friend and roommate Jan McNair works, and who believes he is God's gift to the world, if only anyone would notice. Jan knows that Libby isn't Paul's type, he who didn't even notice her. However, who may be Libby's type, but who she in turn didn't really notice is Cuz Rickover, part-time supermarket stock-boy and part-time bass player among some other part-time activities. Ultimately, Paul believes he can help Libby ...

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Plot Keywords:

invention | showbiz | singing | 

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Taglines:

Looking for Romance? Looking for Music? Looking for Fun?

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Genres:

Musical

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Notorious as the only feature film in which Johnny Carson ever appeared (albeit, playing himself). Carson often joked that this film was so awful that its makers specifically requested that it be transferred to flammable nitrate filmstock.

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Quotes

Gaye Swinger: Invented what?
Mr. Ralph Front: The Lady Valet.
Gaye Swinger: Oh, the who's it, I'm suppose to, whatchamacallit?

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Connections

References The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

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Soundtracks

Looking for Love
Written by Hank Hunter and Stan Vincent

User Reviews

they don't make them like they used to...

As I've gotten older, I've begun to realize that the saying, 'not like it used to be' is a fallacy with regard to music and visual media. The truth is there has always been a ton of bad work, it's just that the lens of history whittles out the chaff. What's left? The great, the good, and at times the really really bad. One has to really look for the average to just below average films - generally to fill out some niche of fanaticism regarding an actor or director.

Why watch this movie? The Jonny Carson scene is amazing. First, he plays himself, but actually acts and performs - and that youthful look! This scene should be a clinic on how you direct a talk show host. This scene is generally butchered in more recent films.

The film stock - my goodness these colors! I will never understand why this saturated film look is lost. The astonishing primary colors and shining eyes of the performers - this movie has a absolute visual glow.

Acting is awful. And some of the casting - listening to these shrieking voices will make you scramble for the volume remote just to end the pain. And yet...

The numbers (music performances) are pretty good, certainly entertaining - and back to my original point; this isn't a good movie, but it so much better than contemporary bad films. Films that actually bring nothing to the table.

Wow, maybe they don't make them like they used to?

intentionally over rated 6/10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 1964 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Em Busca do Amor

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Euterpe, Framnet

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1