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3 | ''That Touch of Mink'' is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, starring Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/DorisDay. |
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5 | Cathy Timberlake (Day), a New York City career woman, meets womanizing executive Philip Shayne (Grant) after his Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview. Philip proposes a romantic affair, while Cathy is holding out for marriage, but Philip is insistent. Watching from the sidelines are Philip's financial manager, Roger (Creator/GigYoung), who sees a therapist because he feels guilty about helping his boss with his numerous conquests; Cathy's snarky roommate, Connie Emerson (Creator/AudreyMeadows), who knows all too well just what Philip is seeking; and sleazy unemployment clerk Everett Beasley (Creator/JohnAstin), who's got his own designs on Cathy. |
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8 | !!This film features examples of: |
9 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Beasley, from Cathy's standpoint. |
10 | * BabiesEverAfter: At the end, with the added little twist that a psychologist thinks the baby is the product of two men who married. |
11 | * BeautifulAllAlong: Subverted when Roger tells his plain-looking secretary to take off her glasses and let her hair down, and is disappointed to get the same woman with a bad squint and messy hair. [[ThisIsReality "Gee, it always works in the movies!"]] |
12 | * TheCameo: Philip takes Cathy to a Yankees game, where they sit in the dugout with Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra. |
13 | * TheCasanova: Philip Shayne has numerous conquests to his credit. |
14 | * TheGlassesGottaGo: Done by Miss Jones as part of Roger wanting her to have a sexy makeover. Unfortunately, she is very near-sighted and ends up looking around with very squinty eyes. |
15 | * HotLibrarian: Averted when Roger is dictating and stops in the middle to ask Miss Jones to [[TheGlassesGottaGo take off her glasses]] and [[LettingHerHairDown shake her hair back]]. Miss Jones is very near-sighted and looks around, nearly blind, with very squinty eyes looking even less attractive than with her glasses on. |
16 | * LettingHerHairDown: Done by Miss Jones as part of Roger wanting her to have a sexy makeover. |
17 | * MeetCute: Here it's done by him having his car splash her with mud. |
18 | * NotWithThemForTheMoney: Miss Timberlake makes it very clear that, while Philip may be very rich and very charming, she isn't interested in the former. |
19 | * PanAndScan: Probably one of the most disastrous examples of pan-and-scan was featured in this film, which was used in an example on a ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' show chastising the process. One scene in question takes place at a New York Yankees game: in one shot, Doris Day's character is making such a big commotion, but you can't see her; only the others ''reacting'' to her. The same scene has a cameo by Yogi Berra, but while you can hear him, he's barely in the frame! |
20 | * PrettyInMink: There is a mink coat, as the title suggests, but it has almost nothing to do with the plot. But it's pretty. |
21 | * RoadsideWave: Done as a MeetCute in the opening scene, with Cathy getting splashed by a limo carrying Philip. |
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