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Up Your Teddy Bear

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  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
175
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Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
ComedyFantasyRomance
Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchante... Read allClyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchanted by King's hand-carved toys, and she delegates the recruitment of the toy-maker to her se... Read allClyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchanted by King's hand-carved toys, and she delegates the recruitment of the toy-maker to her second-in-command, Lyle "Skippy" Burns. However, King will not join her company as she remin... Read all
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
175
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Don Joslyn
  • Writer
    • Don Joslyn
  • Stars
    • Julie Newmar
    • Wally Cox
    • Victor Buono
  • Director
    • Don Joslyn
  • Writer
    • Don Joslyn
  • Stars
    • Julie Newmar
    • Wally Cox
    • Victor Buono
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    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Julie Newmar
    Julie Newmar
    • Toy Company Director, a.k.a. "Mother"
    Wally Cox
    Wally Cox
    • Clyde King
    Victor Buono
    Victor Buono
    • Lyle "Skippy" Ferns
    Claire Kelly
    Claire Kelly
    • Miss Boota, sculptress
    Angelique Pettyjohn
    Angelique Pettyjohn
    • Miss Honeysuckle
    • (as Angelique Pettijohn)
    Thordis Brandt
    Thordis Brandt
    • Debra Sur
    Valora Noland
    Valora Noland
    • Girl Lifting Dress (in flashback)
    • (as Valora Nolan)
    Amy Thomson
    Amy Thomson
    • Nightclub Waitress
    • (as Amy Thompson)
    Viki Ellison
    Kathy Wakefield
    Barbara Gabrielle
    Anne McClain
    Joan Harold
    Pat Livingston
    Karen Teichmann
    Peggy Remmington
    Kim
    Dodie Thomson
    • Director
      • Don Joslyn
    • Writer
      • Don Joslyn
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Valora Noland does not appear in the narrative of the film, just in a brief flashback to Clyde King's childhood.
    • Quotes

      Skippy: This... is for the children of America. The little tots. The little kiddies, hm? The tots of Newark. Do it for Newark?

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    3/10
    Dull, Slow-Moving and Redundant
    As the director of the largest toy manufacturer in the world, "Mother" (Julie Newmar) is always looking for new products which will excite children. So when she happens to see an imaginative man by the name of "Clyde King" (Wally Cox) making simple gadgets which impress her target audience even more than those made by her company she decides to hire him at all costs. To do that she turns to her subordinate "Lyle 'Skippy' Burns" (Victor Bruno) who has discovered his primary weakness-attractive women. So he hires several beautiful women to try to get him to sign a contract by seducing him. What none of them know is that, although Clyde is very attracted to women, he is very inexperienced and as a result he prefers to just follow them around-and nothing else. Needless to say, this leaves both Mother and Lyle quite frustrated. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film had a number of things going for it with the presence of Julie Newmar being a definite asset as she always adds a certain level of beauty and charm to whatever role she accepts. Likewise, having several attractive women like Claire Kelly (as "Miss Boota"), Angelique Pettyjohn ("Miss Honeysuckle") and Thordis Brandt ("Debra Sur") certainly didn't hurt the scenery in any way either. Unfortunately, rather than rely more heavily upon these positive factors the director (Don Joslyn) chose to center the film around both Wally Cox and Victor Bruno. This turned out to be a bad decision on both counts as neither were capable of carrying the brunt of this film in any meaningful manner. As a result, rather than a witty and spry comedy everything became rather dull, slow-moving and redundant. In short, although this film certainly had potential, it wasn't achieved and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Below average.
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    • Oct 16, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1970 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hot Mother
    • Production company
      • Joslyn Films
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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