Stanley Livingston, Hobo the dog, Charles Herbert, David Niven, Doris Day, Baby Gellert, and Flip Mark make up the Mackay family
All I knew is that I was delighted to join them in a family escapade that delights, one that would play an important role on my road to classic movie fandom. When I first watched the movie on TV as a child, I hadn’t a clue about who Day and Niven were. For this fan, however, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies is much more than enjoyable fodder between these two stars. “I was having a rendezvous with Rock Hudson,” she says angrily when he questions her whereabouts.ĭavid Niven, who plays Laurence (Larry) Mackay in Daisies, was also riding high, as his previous endeavor was an Oscar-winning turn in Delbert Mann’s Separate Tables (1958). Pillow Talk not only earned Day the only Oscar nomination of her career, it also made her the number one box-office draw. In fact, she references that in Daisies while Kate is having an argument with her husband. Doris Day, who stars as Kate Robinson Mackay, was fresh off Michael Gordon’s Pillow Talk (1959) when she took on the role. On the surface Please Don’t Eat the Daisies is fluff, a light comedy starring two of filmdom’s most likable and popular stars.
I thought long and hard about what my comfort movie of choice would be for this event and decided on one of my favorites since I was a child, Charles Walters‘ Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960). This year Rick is asking that we share thoughts on movies we turn to in hopes of improving ailments of body, mind and spirit for The Comfort Movie Blogathon. Rick of the fabulous Classic Film & TV Café conceived of this commemorative day and came up with another terrific way to honor classic movies with his fourth consecutive blogging celebration.
Your role is simple – get to your laptops, tablets or smart phones and recommend classics. May 16 is National Classic Movie Day, which means we are to take action on masse in praise of the classics we love.
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