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* AgentPeacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder. In the end, his extraordinary efforts ''do'' solve the mystery, even though his theory is proven wrong.
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* AgentPeacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder.foul play is afoot. In the end, his extraordinary efforts ''do'' solve the mystery, even though his theory is proven wrong.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: In spite of their genuine affection for one another, Harriet and Ambrose come to feel guilty at the toll their affair is taking on Robert, whom they agree is a good man who has done nothing to deserve this. [[spoiler:Subverted in the film's climax, where Harriet, now married to Ambrose, takes her ex-husband Robert as her secret lover, apparently behind Ambrose's back.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: In spite of their genuine affection for one another, Harriet and Ambrose come to feel guilty at the toll their affair is taking on Robert, whom they agree is a good man who has done nothing to deserve this. [[spoiler:Subverted in the film's climax, where Harriet, now married to Ambrose, takes her ex-husband Robert as her secret lover, apparently behind Ambrose's back.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.employee.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
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* RenaissanceMan: Ambrose goes from a bumbling, uneducated orphan into one of these with the help of a library of ''Teach Yourself'' books, picking up more self-confidence with every new skill he acquires. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, he's more than capable of stepping into Robert's shoes to run his business empire.]]
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During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. Meanwhile, Robert, certain that something unusual is happening in his home but unable to prove it, fears he is losing his mind. With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. Meanwhile, Robert, certain that something unusual peculiar is happening in his home but unable to prove it, fears he is losing his mind. mind.
With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored with the captivating, kind-hearted Harriet and decides instead to establish a home in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
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Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored with the captivating, kind-hearted Harriet and decides instead to establish a home set up housekeeping in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
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[[caption-width-right:254:The wrong marriage...the right man...Mrs. Blossom has it all.]]
[[caption-width-right:254:The wrong marriage...the right man...Mrs. Blossom has it all.]]
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During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. Meanwhile, Robert, certain that something unusual is happening in his home but unable to prove it, fears he is losing his mind. With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored of the beauteous, kind Harriet and decides instead to establish a home in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
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Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored of with the beauteous, kind captivating, kind-hearted Harriet and decides instead to establish a home in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Robert is a decade older than his wife, who is in turn older than her lover Ambrose.
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* AgentPeacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder. In the end, his extraordinary efforts ''do'' solve the mystery, even though his theory is proven wrong.
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'''''The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom''''' is a 1968 British romantic comedy starring Creator/ShirleyMacLaine, Creator/RichardAttenborough, and James Booth as a trio engaged in an unusual affair. Surprisingly, it is VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, though the real events took a much darker turn than the light-hearted movie.
Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored of the beauteous, kind Harriet and decides instead to establish a home in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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!!Tropes associated with the film include:
* AgentPeacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder.
* BreastExpansion: Robert's new experimental line of bras. They work so well that his models begin to rise and float away from the runway.
* {{Brownface}}: Ambrose disguises himself as Harriet's Mexican half-brother Juan, complete with brownface makeup, to throw Detective Dylan off the trail.
* GadgeteersHouse: Ambrose is able to convert the bare attic into a luxurious lair with secret automatic stairs and accoutrements that conceal themselves into the walls at the touch of a button.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Harriet supplies Ambrose with ''Teach Yourself'' books that allow him to become an expert at every skill from carpentry to electrical wiring to gourmet cooking to business management.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Harriet conceals her ex-husband Robert in the basement as her new extramarital lover.]]
* HiddenDepths:
** Robert, outwardly a stolid, boring businessman, secretly longs to be a musician.
** Ambrose, an uneducated orphan, becomes a multidisciplinary master once he's finally allowed to pursue his education in the attic.
* InspectorJavert: Dylan becomes totally focused on solving Ambrose's disappearance, to the point that he harasses Harriet almost daily in hopes of catching her in a lie.
* SanitySlippage: Whenever Robert finds evidence that someone else is living in his home, Harriet convinces him he's imagining things, causing him to believe he's losing his mind.
* SexualEuphemism: A rare visual example. All of Harriet and Ambrose's lovemaking is portrayed in elaborate costumed fantasy sequences in which Harriet is a damsel in distress whom a heroic Ambrose rescues.
* SympatheticAdulterer: In spite of their genuine affection for one another, Harriet and Ambrose come to feel guilty at the toll their affair is taking on Robert, whom they agree is a good man who has done nothing to deserve this. [[spoiler:Subverted in the film's climax, where Harriet, now married to Ambrose, takes her ex-husband Robert as her secret lover, apparently behind Ambrose's back.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
Robert Blossom is a MarriedToTheJob manufacturer of brassieres. His devotion to his work frequently leaves his artistic, romantic-minded wife Harriet lonely and neglected at home. All this changes when Robert sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair Harriet's sewing machine, leading to a torrid affair. When Robert arrives home unexpectedly, Harriet stashes Ambrose in the attic, telling him to leave in secret in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Ambrose has become enamored of the beauteous, kind Harriet and decides instead to establish a home in the attic, over Harriet's objections.
During the day, Harriet and Ambrose enjoy each other's company. By night, Ambrose enriches his mind with Teach Yourself books, which he secretly uses to help Robert grow his business empire. With UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard on the case of the missing Ambrose, the arrangement seems doomed to unravel--and eventually, it does, in the wildest, most psychedelic, hilarious way possible.
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!!Tropes associated with the film include:
* AgentPeacock: Detective Sergeant Dylan comes across as mincing and effete, but he's every inch a determined detective who believes he's uncovered a murder.
* BreastExpansion: Robert's new experimental line of bras. They work so well that his models begin to rise and float away from the runway.
* {{Brownface}}: Ambrose disguises himself as Harriet's Mexican half-brother Juan, complete with brownface makeup, to throw Detective Dylan off the trail.
* GadgeteersHouse: Ambrose is able to convert the bare attic into a luxurious lair with secret automatic stairs and accoutrements that conceal themselves into the walls at the touch of a button.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Harriet supplies Ambrose with ''Teach Yourself'' books that allow him to become an expert at every skill from carpentry to electrical wiring to gourmet cooking to business management.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Harriet conceals her ex-husband Robert in the basement as her new extramarital lover.]]
* HiddenDepths:
** Robert, outwardly a stolid, boring businessman, secretly longs to be a musician.
** Ambrose, an uneducated orphan, becomes a multidisciplinary master once he's finally allowed to pursue his education in the attic.
* InspectorJavert: Dylan becomes totally focused on solving Ambrose's disappearance, to the point that he harasses Harriet almost daily in hopes of catching her in a lie.
* SanitySlippage: Whenever Robert finds evidence that someone else is living in his home, Harriet convinces him he's imagining things, causing him to believe he's losing his mind.
* SexualEuphemism: A rare visual example. All of Harriet and Ambrose's lovemaking is portrayed in elaborate costumed fantasy sequences in which Harriet is a damsel in distress whom a heroic Ambrose rescues.
* SympatheticAdulterer: In spite of their genuine affection for one another, Harriet and Ambrose come to feel guilty at the toll their affair is taking on Robert, whom they agree is a good man who has done nothing to deserve this. [[spoiler:Subverted in the film's climax, where Harriet, now married to Ambrose, takes her ex-husband Robert as her secret lover, apparently behind Ambrose's back.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Robert is so focused on running the best possible business that he regards the scantily-clad underwear models who wander around his workplace as no different from any other employee.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the real-life case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburga_Oesterreich Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich,]] who concealed her lover in her attic for ten years with no one--including Dolly's husband--the wiser. In real life, the story ended in murder.
