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New York City | Based On Novel Or Book
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Top Ten Films | 1964
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1965
Best Written American Comedy | 1965 | Nunnally
The character of Henry Orient was inspired by real-life concert pianist Oscar Levant. Nora Johnson, who wrote the novel on which the movie was based (and co-wrote the screenplay with her father, Nunnally Johnson), said that she and a friend had a crush on Levant when they were schoolgirls.
The phone Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) used in his bedroom is called a Ericofon, made by L.M. Ericsson of Sweden. This is one of the very few foreign phones allowed in the U.S. at the time of filming by the then telephone company, Bell Telephone, which held a monopoly on telephone service and telephone equipment in the US. Bell Telephone felt so threatened by the unique European design (and possible mass intrusion into "their" telephone network) that they designed the "Trimline" phone as a countermeasure.
Peter Sellers' accent changes from a generic European accent to a New York/Brooklyn accent. His New York accent was an imitation of Stanley Kubrick's voice. Kubrick directed Sellers in Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
During the making of this movie, Peter Sellers had problems of his own with a fan stalking him.
"[Val induces a fantasy about Gil's divorced parents] Val Boyd: Think your Dad will ever come back? Marian Gilbert: Why can he? He's married and has a couple of kids. Val Boyd: But how do you know he's happy? Marian Gilbert: He's crazy about her. Val Boyd: I know, but just suppose he suddenly realized his second marriage was a tragic mistake. His eyes are opened at last, and he knows now that your mother is the only woman he's ever loved in his whole life. Marian Gilbert: I don't think there's much chance of that. Val Boyd: So there's nothing to do but tell her the truth... the scond wife I mean. He's simply got to go back to the only woman he's loved in his whole life. Good-bye, second wife. Marian Gilbert: You think that's really possible? Val Boyd: Well, he's got no other choice. He can't go living a lie, can he? He's got to go back to his one true love. Marian Gilbert: Maybe, during Christmas. Val Boyd: Chirstmas Eve maybe. Marian Gilbert: About 6:00. Val Boyd: You and your mother are all alone trimming the tree, when suddenly the doorbell rings. Marian Gilbert: I'd be the one to go and answer it. Val Boyd: But you'd be wondering 'who on earth it could be,' because you weren't expectign anyone. He'd open the door, and he'd be standig there simply loaded with presents. And before you could say anything, he'd say, 'Shhhh,' because he wants to surprise your mother. At first, he'd give you a big hugh, just as tight as he could. Marian Gilbert: And them Mom would come down wondering who it was, beause she'd be wondering why she didn't hear anybody say anything. Val Boyd: And for a long time, they'd just stand there and stare at each other not saying anything. Marian Gilbert: They wouldn't have to. Val Boyd: [sighing mid-sentence] And then he'd take her in his arms, and rain kisses on her upturned face, and they'd just... love each other to death right there at the front door."
"[repeated line] Marian Gilbert: Golly Moses!"
