Rating: NR
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 05/13/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Por
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Max Shulman and
Robert Paul Smith's Broadway hit
The Tender Trap is transformed into a beguiling
Frank Sinatra film vehicle.
Sinatra plays a Manhattan showbiz agent,
Charlie Y. Reader, who enjoys the attentions of several willing young ladies. At an audition,
Charlie meets aspiring actress
Julie Gillis (
Debbie Reynolds), who is so determined to land a husband that she's already set the date. She goes out with
Charlie for a short while, then announces that she won't marry him until he gives up all his other girls.
Charlie, who hasn't said word one about marriage and who'd been preparing to give
Julie the brush-off, is startled by her ultimatum -- so much so that he genuinely falls in love with her, which (we can safely assume) was her intention all along. A complication involving
Charlie's former amour
Sylvia Crewes (
Celeste Holm) and his best friend
Joe McCall (
David Wayne) paves the way for the film's slightly offbeat denouement. In addition to scoring at the box office,
The Tender Trap yielded a hit song (written by
Sammy Cahn and
Jimmy Van Heusen), which would remain a part of
Frank Sinatra's repertoire for the rest of his life.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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A Delightful Romantic Musical-Comedy.
Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, and Celeste Holm star in this film adaptation of Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith's Broadway musical play. Ol' Blue Eyes plays a New York City talent agent, who is a complusive womanizer until he encounters a marital-minded girl (Reynolds), who could very well be his match. The movie's theme song became part of Frank's personal repertoire. Also starring Jarma Lewis, Lola Albright, Carolyn Jones, Howard St. John, Joey Faye, Tom Helmore, Willard Sage, James Drury, and Madge Blake.
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