You have some serious subject matter in this 1963 film with Lucille Ball trying desperately to get out of the kitchen and become a Broadway playwright. Trouble is that husband Bob Hope is a tough film critic who has panned his first wife's (Marilyn Maxwell) play. There is a strange relationship that Hope's son has with his mother, the Maxwell character. Apparently, she has allowed the Hope character to have full custody of the child. She is the woman where a career comes first.
The film tends to go downhill near the end when a very drunken Hope causes disruption at the theater where the play is opening on opening night.
Jesse Royce Landis,as Ball's mother and Rip Torn, as a Greek director,both give ample support.
Lucy is not her usual Lucy here and I enjoyed her character change.
The film tends to go downhill near the end when a very drunken Hope causes disruption at the theater where the play is opening on opening night.
Jesse Royce Landis,as Ball's mother and Rip Torn, as a Greek director,both give ample support.
Lucy is not her usual Lucy here and I enjoyed her character change.