Let’s get racy in *PILLOW TALK* (1959) | first time watching

[@luckyskittles8976]

Love Doris Day . She made a Hitchcock movie with Jimmy Stewart. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" 1956 ,the song "Que Sera Sera" sung by Doris won an Oscar.

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

Her signature song!

[@sparky6086]

In the old days, there were a limited amount of telephone lines in many areas of the country, so people had to share them. One line might have had 4 different homes. When a call came in, a ring code, a combination of short & long rings, will let the home the caller is trying to reach, know which home should answer. Bored busybodies would sometimes listen in on other people's phone calls. My grandmother shared a party line w/ 3 other homes until 1985. She was out in the country, but it happened in cities too, due to rapid population growth.

[@l00d3r]

I imagine it was also an option to get a party line and pay less.

[@purpleslog]

We had a party line till about 1982 or so. Wisconsin Bell forced us off as they ended them.

[@DEWwords]

First phone I remember on the wall--- party line. Then they strung more lines. Before that everybody shared the ONE LINE--- something like 7 different houses.

[@dakinayantv3245]

Party lines were cheaper.

[@AlunThomas-mp5qo]

@@l00d3r If you lived in a rural area you HAD to accept a party line, there simply was not enough lines available. I very much doubt that New York City would have had party lines as late as 1959.

[@SueProv]

You should see Doris in Love Me or Leave Me. A musical drama loosly based on Ruth Etting and Marty Snyder a singer and gangster from the 1920s. Her co star is James Cagney and he said she was an exceptional actress and he wished she did more serious roles.

[@LaCantressa]

Great recommendation!

[@angelaluz405]

You also need to watch Doris with Cary Grant in That Touch of Mink. Fantastic!

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

I love that movie! That's where I first heard about automats. Long gone here, but they still have them in Tokyo. (And what a supporting cast: Gig Young, Jayne Meadows, and John Austin )

[@reddwarf9422]

@isoldejaneholland8370 me too! I want to go to an automat so bad lol. This ine is a great movie

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

@@reddwarf9422 And I like your user name. (I speak as a longtime friend of Alexander the Great's chief eunuch.) 🙃🤭

[@reddwarf9422]

@@isoldejaneholland8370 😂

[@paulnelson7525]

Doris was my mom's favorite. This movie won the Academy Award for best screenplay and Doris was nominated for best actress. Doris is also a wonderful singer.

[@Crumphorn]

This is a great Rock and Doris pair-up but the funniest of all those movies is 'Lover Come Back' where they play rival advertising executives in an escalating competition of sabotage.

[@tierneybeckett]

That has some of my favorite Tony Randall moments.

[@joanward1578]

Party lines were common back in the day. I love Doris's clothes in this movie. I enjoyed Doris in The Man Who Knew too Much with Jimmy Stewart by Alfred Hitchcock.

[@TheKelJacob]

Doris Day was a fabulous actress who was completely underrated because everything seemed so easy. When Rock Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS in the 80s, lots of people were still terrified of touching people who had HIV. He was outed because of it and DD was one of the only people who stood up for him.

[@rogerd777]

I know you couldn't include the whole movie, but my favorite scene is at the piano bar where the singer/pianist, after realizing what is going on sings "You Lie". You should watch the other two Day/Hudson romantic comedies.

[@ericechols6056]

Rock Hudson and Doris Day had great chemistry on film, no doubt and they were the best of friends in real life and up until Mr. Hudson passed away in 85.' In those days Rock Hudson had women swooning over him. Rock Hudson was 6'5.

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

Great reaction, Mia!!! After you watch all of the Doris Day/Rock Hudson films, check out Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) with David Niven, and It Happened to Jane (1959) with Jack Lemmon then Mover Over Darling (1963) and The Thrill of It All (1963) both with James Garner.

[@johnmoreland6089]

Yes, please, all are delightful films and really show what a superlative comedic actor Doris was.

[@rosezingleman5007]

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies is terrific. Probably in my top ten of all time for “domestic comedy,” and it’s surprisingly modern/adult.

[@williambowman2326]

@@rosezingleman5007 Cocaaa-colaa!!

[@coolcpa3321]

Doris Day is also adorable in Calamity Jane.

[@williambowman2326]

The Texas accent was extra funny at the time. Rock Hudson played a Texan in Giant just a couple of years earlier. Giant was one of the biggest hits of the 50s and earned Hudson an Academy Award nomination. Thank you for a fun reaction to a movie that was perfect for its time. Besides Hudson, this film also changed the perception of Doris Day. You will enjoy Lover Come Back. For many it’s the best one of the three.

[@cpete2976]

"Teacher's Pet" with Doris, Clark Gable anbd Gig Young!!!

[@AXander1978]

Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers are even better

[@coolcpa3321]

Lover Come Back is so fun. She's also terrific in Calamity Jane and That Touch of Mink.

[@ladywhistledownton]

Send me no flowers was my first Doris day movie, i loved the light humor and Rock Hudson 😍

[@NeptuneLady1957]

I'd forgotten how much I loved this film! I haven't seen it in YEARS!! In yesteryear, party lines ie shared phone lines were standard. My uncle in rural MS had one. Every household sharing the line had a specific ring so you knew if the call was for your house. Why? I have no clue!

[@Oldschoolnana]

My daughter fell in love with this movie when she was about 6. She showed all her friends. She's 40 now. The other 2 must sees are "Send Me No Flowers" & "Lover Come Back".😊✌️🌻🌻

[@rebecky5ever]

at the time this must have been a pearl clutcher, especially the baby blue bed sheets 👀(you're going to love Doris she's such a treat to watch)

[@sparky6086]

New York City is a small place as far as land area. It has a high density population, so it's not unusual to run into people you know, especially when you are in the same clique, industry, or neighborhood.

[@thomasmcintosh390]

Down with Love with Rene Zellweger and Ewan McGregor a somewhat modern update of these movies. It's a delight as well. I'll not spoil it, but I believe you'll love it.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

This movie was to romcoms of the late '50s and early '60s what Top Hat was to the romcom musicals of the 1930s. It set the tone and standard for others to come.

[@brittanylin1994]

You should see the Doris day movies On Moonlight Bay and By the Light of the Silvery Moon. You have to watch them in that order as By the Light of the Silvery Moon is a sequel. They also feature another of Day’s other frequent costars Gordon MacRae. They also had equally great chemistry.

[@HuntingViolets]

Those were so cute.

[@Nazza_Bazza]

My favourite movies!! 🤭

[@SueProv]

Doris Days boss played Frenchie in to Have and Have Not and the croupier in Casablanca. Doris and Rock were really good friends.

[@HuntingViolets]

_Down with Love_ with Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor is a kind of parody/tribute to the Day-Hudson films. Tony Randall is in it too.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Thank you for letting my know!!! I am totally gonna watch it!!

[@bunniebee2475]

Please react to Doris Day and Rock Hudson in Send Me No Flowers. You will not be disappointed!

[@ilianunderscore]

Yes!!

[@cuerpo869]

Man's Favorite Sport? 1964 is another good Rock Hudson movie.

[@rogerd777]

Very funny. But costarring Paula Prentiss. He plays a salesman at a high end sporting goods store in New York City who has written several best selling books about fishing despite having never been fishing. He is ordered by his boss to enter a fishing tournament. Paula Prentiss plays a local who helps him.

[@williambowman2326]

@@cuerpo869 Funny movie. Howard Hawks was taken by a scene with William Powell in the fantastic comedy, Libeled Lady. It always brought a smile to him and he spent the next 25 years creating a movie from the one scene.

[@bakercarl8518]

Thanks!

[@davidfox5383]

Doris became famous for these light and fluffy comedies, but she was a very talented actress too. Somebody else here mentioned Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, which she is in with James Stewart and does a very good acting job. I highly recommend it to you.

[@djr6876]

According to Tony Randall (Jonathan ) , Doris Day was the most underrated actress.

[@badpuppy09]

i love anything Doris Day. So glad you enjoyed Pillow Talk. You would love her terrorized in Midnight Lace.

[@johnmoreland6089]

Such a fun reaction to this classic. So glad you've now seen a Doris Day film. She is terrific. Definitely recommend the 2nd Doris/Rock film, "Lover Come Back," where they play rival ad agency executives. It takes some great jabs at Madison Avenue on top of the romantic comedy. And you MUST check out the Hitchcock film with Doris and James Stewart, "The Man Who Knew Too Much." A fun thriller with a great performance from Doris. Lastly, there's a very cute and funny homage to "Pillow Talk" and the other "bedroom comedies" of the 1960s called "Down With Love," starring Ewan McGregor, Renee Zellweger, Sarah Paulson and David Hyde-Pierce. It even has a cameo by Tony Randall, which is a nice touch. Well worth watching now that you've seen "Pillow Talk."

[@RedlandsRedhead927]

Now watch Down With Love! It's a modern parody of this movie and other similar movies. Very well done. You'll love it

[@AuthorLaineyReese]

Oh MIA!! This is one of my mother's FAVORITE!! I loooove this one!!

[@ednafenton7558]

I love Doris Day & this movie. My favorite part is in the car & Doris is crying!😂😂😂 You should watch " Calamity Jane," or "The Pajama Game." Of course any Doris Day movie is good! I forgot to tell you, Doris made 2 movies with James Garner that were really good. The 1st time l watch Doris is a serious role, l was amazed. I had only seen her in comedies. The movie was "Midnight Lac." She's a great actress & singer.

[@Shazzadut1]

In an interview years later Rock Hudson said they almost didn’t make this movie because it was considered too dirty! I’m 66 and a real Rock Hudson fan and I’ve seen this many times. I saw this at a film festival in an old fashioned cinema and it was great to see it as it was meant to be seen, on the big screen. The audience loved it. It was fun to see young people enjoying it. You must do the other two they made, Send Me No Flowers, and Lover Come Back. She also did a great film with James Garner called The Thrill Of It All. For a very different Doris Day film see two Alfred Hitchcock films she did The Man Who Knew Too Much and my fave Midnight Lace. Rock was a very good actor, and off screen even more so as a closeted homosexual almost until his death at 59 from AIDS IN 1985. Very sad.

[@MearnieToon]

Doris white dress when she just meets rock is to die for!

[@laurab68707]

The same 3 actors play together again in the movie, "Send Me No Flowers". That's a really good one also.

[@okay5045]

"Love Me or Leave Me" Doris Day and James Cagney she was a wonderful dramatic actress too.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

Gotta watch Send Me No Flowers after this. Its has Rock Hudson, Doris Day & Tony Randall. Its hilarious. Giant is my favorite Rock Hudson movie.

[@petegray2339]

"Man's Favorite Sport" 1964

[@HuntingViolets]

With Paula Prentiss -- I love her.

[@thomasmcintosh390]

@@HuntingViolets Love this movie

[@TheDunadan01]

Thanks for this, Mia. One of my favorite re-watch movies. I think I like their second movie, "Lover Come Back" even more than this one. Can't wait to see your reaction to that one.

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

Not only do I love old movies, I love getting the history behind old Hollywood, too. I just watched an interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt talking about his director grandfather, Michael Gordon and his blacklisted days.

[@janescribner8258]

That hat IS fantastic! Anyway, glad you love Pillow Talk. Isn't Thelma Ritter THE BEST!!??

[@BeOurGeist]

Doris and Rock have some of the best on screen chemistry ever, I’d definitely recommend all their films. My favorite Doris Day film is called The Glass Bottom Boat, I’d also recommend that one.

[@gypsygirl3255]

I love these old comedies! Hope you do many more

[@EndymionDeVere]

Someday, once you’ve watched the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies, there is a movie called “Down With Love,” a 2003 homage to those films. It stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.

[@Dej24601]

The film “Indiscreet” (1958) brings Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant together again (after Notorious) and uses the split screen several times, similar to a few scenes in this movie.

[@billolsen4360]

My favorite Doris Day - Rock Hudson film is "Send Me No Flowers"

[@collettewhitney2141]

@movie's with mia excellent presentation. Keep up the good work ❤

[@franchk8372]

I remember watching this when I was a kid about sixty years ago. It was movie night when movies were shown on TV on Sunday nights and this came on. We were usually made to go to bed but sometimes wrangled staying to watch and this was one of those. I thought it was just fabulous. :)

[@reaf2565]

Thanks for reviewing this! This movie was ahead of its time with Doris Day’s character being a rich auntie. The fashions were 🔥, I would wear every outfit today.

[@user-pw6kb3vz8i]

"giant" rock Hudson and James dean , Elizabeth Taylor starring . you should watch it imo

[@LeighMet]

You need to see Down with Love after this.

[@Jcubed67]

Absolutely LOVE your reactions! Some other GREAT romcoms: That Touch of Mink, The Thrill of It All, The Grass Is Greener and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Looking forward to more of your reviews!

[@Austral13]

I loved these movies as a kid and even now. I just love the zingers and back and forth. Doris Day is one of my favorite actresses.

[@jamiemcdonough6548]

Thanks to whomever for the like. It was a nice surprise just now.

[@mikeduplessis8069]

I used to hate this film, but after a decade of watching K-dramas I now recognize all the tropes.

[@MoviesWithMia]

Wait…. YOU WATCH KDRAMAS?!?!? I am OBSESSED with K-Dramas! Which one is your favorite? Mine HANDS DOWN is Boys Over Flowers!!!!!

[@lisae9958]

Yay!! I'm always in the mood for a Doris Day movie. Most of the movies are available on the Prime channel. Last weekend I watched 'With Six You Get Eggroll' co-starring Brian Keith. It reminds me of 'Yours, Mine and Ours' starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. Pillow Talk is my favorite but also 'Move Over Darling' and 'The Thrill of It All'.🤗

[@easttexasnomad5981]

Another comedy with Rock Hudson is Man's Favorite Sport from 1963. He plays an angling expert who has never fished. His boss enters him in a fishing tournament and the laughs begin when he arrives at Lake Wakapoogee. Directed and Produced by Howard Hawks and music by Henry Mancini.

[@bonitaburroughs8673]

Giant is a very good serious Rock Hudson film. With Elizabeth Taylor

[@paulpeacock1181]

And James Dean

[@okay5045]

Doris Day was one of my favorites. The funniest quote about her was "... I knew her before she was a virgin."

[@Divamarja_CA]

I think that was the brilliant Oscar Levant!

[@Shazzadut1]

Yes, she was known as Americas virgin.

[@BAD46660]

This has been a favorite of mine since i was a kid. So happy you enjoyed it

[@leannlaplante3643]

That Touch of Mink with Cary Grant and Doris Day is a true gem.

[@reddwarf9422]

Love this one!! Also Lover Come Back. Also love Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin in That Funny Feeling. Rock Hudson in Man's Favorite Sport. Love these old rom coms!

[@cstarv]

one of my favorite comedies. Still putting in a request for one of my all time favorites with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwick.....The Lady Eve. They were successful with their first movie together ...The Mad Miss Manton. Hard to imagine Henry Fonda in his early years falling over couches; supporting cast did a great job as well.

[@kidrauhlbr]

this is my favourite doris day movie, so glad you got to watch it! i enjoyed it thoroughly. i saw someone recommending 'that touch of mink' and you DEFINITELY watch it! easily the second best one hahaha

[@leighkamp9457]

Growing up in Minnesota, I remember having an 8 partyline, then 4, then 2 and finally our own line. There was always the challenge of trying to find which home didn't hang up their phone correctly and tied up the line. Listening was common too, I think mostly from the teenagers but you were never sure.

[@D.A.B-w7n]

Hey Mia, glad to see someone reacting to these older, classic comedies. One of the best and my favorite of these, silly, ridiculous, lighthearted and fun “war of the sexes” comedies. Keep it up, maybe if enough people start watching these again, Hollywood might pull their heads out and start making fun movies again? Love Doris Day…so does Tank Girl🤪

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

Hey, Mia. There's one scene in the Doris/Rock movie Move Over, Darling where she goes through a car wash, in a convertible, with the top down! 😅. She's adorable.

[@Dehvonne]

Haha that was very enjoyable watching with you 👍 I hope you continue to enjoy watching these two they really are fab ☺️

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

🎶 You are my irritation...🎶 😂

[@palmyreatkinson518]

another real good movie with Doris Day is Move over Darling. Also James Garner is in it. She also does a good job in the movie Calamity Jane.

[@AuthorLaineyReese]

BTW! My grandparents had a party line! hahaha.. I used to sneak and listen to the other people on the phone!

[@KimSimful]

We had a party line when I was a kid. It was us and the neighbors.

[@Jahani31]

I just found your channel- I love these old movies. You absolutely have to watch That Touch Of Mink with Doris and Carey Grant!!! So good.

[@melissacaddell2604]

I love this movie. Doris Day is my absolute favorite of all time. She could do it all. Acting and singing and dancing.

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

Doris and Rock are magic together. I never get tired of watching their movies. They only made three. The other two are "Lover Come Back", and "Send Me No Flowers". They were good friends off screen.

[@gibsongirl2100]

"Lover Come Back" and "Send Me No Flowers" are two other Hudson/Day rom-coms that are incredibly enjoyable.

[@jamiemcdonough6548]

This was a charming film for one I came into not knowing if I care about it or not. Though I will admit I had prior watched Mia's KZbin shorts clip from this film. I'm glad I took some time to watch this tonight.

[@Latwata719]

First of all, we LOVE your channel and ALL of your reactions and commentary. Thank you. We love it so much we are recommending your channel to as many family and friends as possible. We will try and get your subscriber total to at least 20 thousand ! :) Secondly, we are all huge fans of Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Their comedies together are just wonderful. Personally, I like everything that Doris Day ever did. Whenever In see her on screen, no matter what mood I may be in, her smile makes my day and lifts my spirits. I especially like her work in :" Love me or leave me" and her rendition of " Ten cents a dance". Her version of the song is better than the original. She was marvelous in that film. As for Rock Hudson? I happen to like his work in Douglas Sirk's films such as " Magnificent obsession" " Written on the wind" and " All that heaven allows". I believe you might like them as well. Douglas Sirk's films have a unique look to them and underneath the gloss, glamour, and technicolor, the films deal with potent subject matter. Some of the scenes in those films are really powerful and heartbreaking. I will not spoil it for you or your viewers. You will see what I mean when you view the films. Any fan of film or film historian must experience the work of Douglas Sirk, Frank Capra, and my all time favorite- Hitchcock. Mia, thank you again for your wonderful work ! Be well. Be Happy. And, keep up the GREAT WORK !! :)

[@MoviesWithMia]

Wow! You have truly made my night with your comment 🥰 Thank you so much for watching and recommending the channel! Also, Doris Day definitely has this warm, bright stage presence that just makes you smile when you see her! And Rock is SO HANDSOME and genuinely so talented in producing comedy in a way that is not trying to be so funny! And together they make movie magic! I would be interested in watching their individual work to get a feel of how they both act separately, so I thank you so much for your recommendations!

[@calme-dx2dp]

"Any Way The Wind Blows" is one of the songs in "Please Don't Eat The Daisy"

[@FilmBuff54]

One of the funniest and cleverest scripts ever written. I love this movie, and have it on DVD. I think you would also enjoy another Doris Day movie, “Midnight Lace,” which is a classic “woman in peril” movie.

[@mwjacobs]

I’m so glad you liked this movie. I watch it every couple of years. It’s one of my favorite classic movies. Also, check out Doris Day with Cary Grant in That Touch of Mink.

[@victoriathompson3194]

If you’re interested in more Doris Day films, I recommend Send Me No Flowers and Calamity Jane! Calamity Jane also stars Howard Keel (Adam Pontipee from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) also I love your channel it’s so nice to share the love of Golden Age of Hollywood movies💗😊

[@mikelamb828]

Rock was in another very good comedy with Gina Lolabridgida, and it was Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee's first movie: "Come September." Much the same in comedic style as all of Hudson and Day's work.

[@gibsongirl2100]

This movie, like many well-made comedies back then, had such great, sparkling, witty dialogue; it's hard to point to a favorite line/scene. One scene that just still kills me, is when Jonathan is asking "Jan"s building concierge about her - he tells Jonathan that she went to Connecticut and he responds to the poor guy, "And you LET her!!??"

[@hew2356]

If you loved this, you'll love "Lover Come Back". They had sensational chemistry together. Doris looks gorgeous in all her outfits in this, especially the white fur-trimmed coat.

[@benorn100]

LOVE DORIS DAY MUTI TALENT SHE ALSO LIGHTS UP THE SCREEN😇😇

[@HuntingViolets]

We used to have a party line when I lived with my mom. I think we shared it with a couple of other households. We had it because it was cheaper, I think.

[@classiclife7204]

The most influential romcom since "It Happened One Night" (which also influenced THIS one). A lot of gags that recur over the decades; you recognized a few, such as the "efficient" apartment, lol. Audiences of the time were enjoying the faux-sexiness of the movie, though the message is clear: "Be a little sexy, fine, but not too much." Day did the same thing with Grant in "That Touch of Mink". Hollywood trying to shore up the barricades that Monroe already knocked down, really.

[@jamiemcdonough6548]

Thanks for the other two thumbs up from whomever and the heart from Mia. I appreciate them.

[@pennypierce6511]

I adore this movie...

[@fourthgirl]

Just love Rock Hudson and Doris Day's signing! You should also watch Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in Magnificient Obssession and All That Heaven Allows. Douglas Sirk at his best. Before Direct Dial households had to share phone lines within the same neighborhood. You might hear in old movies " Operator, Give me Murray Hill-299" If someone in the Murray Hill area shared line 299 and was on a call, you could listen in. My sisters would listen to neighborhood gossip on our party line until 1970 and we got direct dial.

[@tierneybeckett]

It blows my mind that Rock Hudson had never done comedy before this because he is just fantastic at it. Pretty sure that 'Any Way The Wind Blows' was used in the movie Doris Day made with David Niven called "Please Don't Eat The Daisies". I love that movie, too. For earlier Doris Day, I really love "Calamity Jane" with her and Howard Keel. It has the added benefit of being a musical. You should definitely see their two other movies together. And "Move Over, Darling" with James Garner is also good, but if you haven't seen "My Favorite Wife" with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, I'd recommend watching that first.

[@GemaEnriquez]

I've seen this movie at least a dozen times. I'm glad you liked it! Doris was great and an AWESOME singer. You should watch some of her other films. And Rock Hudson too (though I prefer Cary). Watch him in Come September with Gina Lollobrigida. As fun as Pillow Talk!

[@missd9785]

Actually, I've always liked the Doris Day Gordon MacRae films... On Moonlight Bay and By The Light of The Silvery Moon. I hope it's okay to bring up OKLAHOMA with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae. Maybe you've already seen it Miss Mia but I would love to see you react to Oklahoma on your channel. Loved this . Thank you!

[@jessicaasakevich2264]

Just going to add The Thrill of it All to the pile of Doris Day recommendations. She and James Garner were an absolutely delightful pair. 😊

[@AngelaGoodwin-fh6fw]

Doris actually sang the song "Any Way the Wind Blows" in Please Don't Eat the Daisies.

[@sandrakenslow9540]

This is one of the first movies I've watched. Still a favorite.

[@cydelegs]

There is also a Doris Day/Cary Grant movie in a similar mould to the Day/Hudson comedies. It’s also enjoyable and funny and their chemistry is as good as you might imagine. And another romance comedy with Clark Gable that was a hit with great chemistry that was the blueprint for the future Day/Hudson productions. Also, Day was a hit with the public from her first film appearance, the studio forbade her from taking acting classes as she was such a natural intuitive actress, equally adept at broad/subtle comedy and dramatic roles, she said “I just pretend the situation is real”.