History Theatre / TheMoonIsBlue

* ClosetShuffle: A few hours after Don has been knocked out by Patty's OverprotectiveDad, when he hears someone ringing his doorbell and knocking, he hastily shoves her in his bedroom, remembering to put her purse and jacket in there as well. Unfortunately, when David picks up the phone he overhears her on the bedroom extension, and turns on Don with righteous indignation.

* OfficerOHara: Detective-Sergeant Michael O'Neill, Patty's OverprotectiveDad. She describes him as being Brooklyn-born but "Irish from way back" and talking in a thick brogue when he gets angry, which he does in the only scene where he appears.
* OverprotectiveDad: When Patty's old-fashioned [[OfficerOHara Irish cop]] of a father finds her in Donald Gresham's bedroom getting dressed, he hits Don in the eye just hard enough to knock him out. David drops in at this moment, and takes it as a lesson on how to handle his daughter, Cynthia, and goes so far as to chastise Don when he later finds Patty in a similar situation, though he admits that it's none of his business.

* BeefBandage: After Don receives a shiner from Patty's OverprotectiveDad, Patty, who is concerned about his eye but believes he deserved it, suggests this:

* ThinkerPose: Don claims to have found David Slater "sitting over there like Rodin's ''Thinker''" when coming to his senses after being hit in the eye.

The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers: Donald Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and -- after following her up to the observation deck of the Empire State Building -- he invites her over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink. She accepts, on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia, who just had an acrimonious breakup with Don, and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for a steak dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.

Creator/OttoPreminger, who directed the original 1951 production of the play, produced and directed the film version with Creator/WilliamHolden as Don, Maggie [=McNamara=] as Patty and Creator/DavidNiven as David Slater. The film, which was Preminger's first independent production, was released in 1953 by Creator/UnitedArtists without the approval of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode (unusually for its time).

The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers: Donald Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and he follows her up the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Don invites Patty over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink, and she accepts on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia, who just had an acrimonious breakup with Don, and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for a steak dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.

The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers, Donald Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and he follows her up the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Don invites Patty over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink, and she accepts on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia, who just had an acrimonious breakup with Don, and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for a steak dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Lampshaded in the final scene: "Just think--we only met yesterday."

Creator/OttoPreminger, who directed the original 1951 production of the play, produced and directed the film version with William Holden as Don, Maggie [=McNamara=] as Patty and Creator/DavidNiven as David Slater. The film, which was Preminger's first independent production, was released in 1953 by Creator/UnitedArtists without the approval of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode (unusually for its time).

The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers, Donald Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and he follows her up the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Don invites Patty over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink, and she accepts on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for a steak dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.

The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers, Donald Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and he follows her up the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Don invites Patty over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink, and she accepts on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.

Creator/OttoPreminger, who directed the original 1951 production of the play, produced and directed the film version with William Holden as Don, Maggie [=McNamara=] as Patty and Creator/DavidNiven as David Slater. The film, which was Preminger's first independent production, was released in 1952 by Creator/UnitedArtists without the approval of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode (unusually for its time).

* ThinkerPose: Don claims to have found David Slater sitting in this pose when coming to his senses after being hit in the eye.

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The story begins with the meeting of two New Yorkers, Don Gresham, an independently employed architect who owns five acres in Maine, and Patty O'Neill, an Irish-American aspiring actress. Don and Patty first notice each other in a drug store, and he follows her up the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Don invites Patty over to his East 49th Street apartment for a drink, and she accepts on the condition that he refrain from making passes at her. The view from the top is obscured by fog, which turns to rain by the evening. A couple floors above Don's apartment lives David Slater, a wealthy middle-aged libertine with an eighteen-year-old daughter named Cynthia and an ex-wife in Brazil. Patty finds David ingratiating enough to have him stay for dinner, which she cooks in Don's apartment for the three of them. David stays for the rest of the evening, and undermines Don's moral self-assuredness by almost convincing Patty to marry him. For all his affairs, however, David turns out to be as old-fashioned in his attitudes toward parenting as Patty's father.