History Film / PillowTalk

''Pillow Talk'' is a 1959 comedy film directed by Michael Gordon (you've heard of his grandson, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt). It was the first of three films starring Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson.

''Pillow Talk'' is a 1959 film directed by Michael Gordon (you've heard of his grandson, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt). It was the first of three films starring Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson. It concerns Jan Morrow, a career woman, and Brad Allen, a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her phone line is connected to his through a party line; his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related phone call. When he meets her for real, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works since she's never seen him, but can it last?

* BrickJoke[=/=]ChekhovsGun: In an early scene, one of Peirot's clients is admiring an African-looking sculpture until Jan informs her that it's a fertility goddess. Towards the end, Jan uses it as a finishing touch when [[spoiler:decorating Brad's apartment. (Judging by the final scene and end credits, it must've been effective!)]]
* TheCasanova: Brad.

* CrowdSong: "Roly Poly".
* DeconfirmedBachelor[=/=]LadykillerInLove
* DistractedByTheSexy
* DramaticIrony
* DrivingADesk: To and from Connecticut.
* DoubleEntendre: The movie is full of them.
* HangoverSensitivity: Brad, after his excursion with Alma.

* MisterSeahorse: oddly enough...Brad ducks into an obstetrician's office to avoid Jan and Jonathan and ah, claims to need an appointment for himself. Becomes a RunningGag because the doctor really wants to see him just in case a miracle of science has occurred.
* OhCrap: Brad, when Jan finds out the truth.

* SplitScreenPhoneCall

''Pillow Talk'' is a 1959 film directed by Michael Gordon[[note]]Creator/JosephGordonLevitt's grandfather[[/note]]. It was the first of three films starring Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson. It concerns Jan Morrow, a career woman, and Brad Allen, a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her phone line is connected to his through a party line; his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related phone call. When he meets her for real, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works since she's never seen him, but can it last?

''Pillow Talk'' is a 1959 film directed by Michael Gordon.[[note]]Creator/JosephGordonLevitt's grandfather[[/note]] It was the first of three films starring Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson. It concerns Jan Morrow, a career woman, and Brad Allen, a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her phone line is connected to his through a party line; his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related phone call. When he meets her for real, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works since she's never seen him, but can it last?

Released in 1959, ''Pillow Talk'' was the first of three films starring Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson. It concerns Jan Morrow, a career woman, and Brad Allen, a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her phone line is connected to his through a party line; his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related phone call. When he meets her for real, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works since she's never seen him, but can it last?

Often considered the TropeCodifier for the RomanticComedy all the way up to today, it solidified many of the staples of the genre throughout the years: a serious career gal who's too busy for love, a dashing playboy who [[LadyKillerInLove falls in love]] with one of his attempted conquests, a masquerade made to deceive a love interest, BelligerentSexualTension, slapstick comedy, DoubleEntendre up the ying-yang, etc etc. For many scholars of the genre, this is ''the'' RomanticComedy. The film ''DownWithLove'' is an AffectionateParody of this film and the tropes it popularized.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Brad's deliberately absurd cowboy persona, Rex Stetson.

Released in 1959, ''Pillow Talk'' was the first of three films starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. It concerns Jan Morrow, a career woman, and Brad Allen, a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her phone line is connected to his through a party line; his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related phone call. When he meets her for real, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works since she's never seen him, but can it last?

* PullTheThread: Jan deduces Rex's real identity when she plays a few bars of the song she kept hearing on Brad's calls.

* BathKick

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jan to Brad (after finding out his ruse), where she states that at least her "bedroom problems" can be solved in one bedroom, his couldn't be solved in a million!

* CureYourGays: As Rex, Brad feigns being gay to attract Jan, to try to get her to "cure" him. The ironic subtext was that Brad was played by Rock Hudson, who even played this scene at parties for friends who knew he was gay.

* TheCastShowoff: Day and Hudson each get to perform songs in the film, both separately and together.

* OhCrap: Brad, when Jan finds out the truth.

->'''Jan Morrow:''' I have no bedroom problems. [[DoubleEntendre There's nothing in my bedroom that bothers me]].

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The film depends entirely on "party lines," which can make it pretty confusing today.
* ThrowItIn: The diner patron was supposed to fake decking Tony Randall, but he ended up knocking Randall out for real. That was the take used in the film.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Lover Come Back'' (1961) and ''Send Me No Flowers'' (1964) reunited Day, Hudson, and Randall for further comedic escapades, albeit as different characters in each.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Lover Come Back'' (1961) and ''Send Me No Flowers'' (1964) reunited Day, Hudson, and Randall for further comedic escapades (albeit as different characters in each).

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Lover Come Back'' (1961) and ''Send Me No Flowers'' (1963) reunited Day, Hudson, and Randall for further comedic escapades (albeit as different characters in each).

* SuspiciouslyAproposSong: "You Lied". The singer even looks at Rex.

* MisterSeahorse: oddly enough...Brad ducks into an OBGYN's office to avoid Jan and Jonathan and ah, claims to need an appointment for himself. Becomes a RunningGag because the doctor really wants to see him just in case a miracle of science has occurred.

* CureYourGays: see example

* TakeThat: How she redesigns his apartment.