My Six Loves
My Six Loves | |
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1961 theatrical poster | |
Directed by | Gower Champion |
Produced by | Gant Gaither |
Written by |
Peter Funk (novel) Joseph Calvelli John Fante William Wood |
Starring |
Debbie Reynolds Cliff Robertson |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
Edited by | John Woodcock |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,185,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
My Six Loves is a 1963 comedy film starring Debbie Reynolds as a Broadway star who takes a vacation and finds herself responsible for six abandoned children, in Gower Champion's directorial debut. It is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Funk.
Plot
Janice Courtney is a big success on Broadway, but the busy actress collapses from exhaustion. A doctor orders her to return to her Connecticut home for a long rest.
In a shack on her property, Janice discovers six children and a large dog, abandoned and living on their own. Taking them in, Janice takes care of the kids with the help of housekeeper Ethel and a local minister, Jim Larkin. Being a mother appeals to her, but when producer Marty Bliss persuades her to resume her career, Janice returns to New York to begin a new play.
Everything changes when one of the children goes missing. A frantic Janice leaves the play, and when the child is finally found, realizes that this is the life she wants, which she intends to share with Jim.
Cast
- Debbie Reynolds as Janice Courtney
- Cliff Robertson as Reverend Jim Larkin
- David Janssen as Marty Bliss
- Eileen Heckart as Ethel
- Hans Conried as Kinsley Kross
- Mary McCarty as Doreen Smith
- John McGiver as Judge Harris
- Max Showalter as B. J. Smith
- Alice Ghostley as Selena Johnson
- Alice Pearce as Bus Driver
- Pippa Scott as Dianne Soper
- Claude Stroud as Dr. Miller
- Darlene Tompkins as Darlene Smith
- Leon Belasco as Mario
- Billy E. Hughes as Leo
- Jim Backus as Sheriff
See also
References
- ↑ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
External links
- My Six Loves at the Internet Movie Database
- My Six Loves at the TCM Movie Database
- My Six Loves at AllMovie