Move over darling movie
The story begins with lawyer Nick Arden (James Garner) representing himself in court before a judge to have his wife Ellen (Doris Day), who disappeared 5 years previously in a plane crash, declared legally dead so he can remarry, this time to Bianca (Polly Bergen).Īs fate would have it, that’s exactly when Ellen is rescued and comes back to look for her husband and her two young daughters, who have been told that “mommy drownded”. It was given a new name Move Over Darling, new director Michael Gordon and new stars Doris Day and James Garner. Although she was fired and then re-hired, the actress died before shooting could resume and the movie, with only 30 minutes of usable footage of Monroe, was never completed, at least, not as Something’s Got To Give. Most of them were caused by Monroe failing to show up to shoot her scenes and even when she did show up, she didn’t know her lines, much to the frustrations of director George Cukor, cast and the rest of the crew.
Unfortunately the film ran into complications.
MOVE OVER DARLING MOVIE MOVIE
Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin had originally been contracted to star in 20th Century Fox’s screwball comedy, Something’s Got To Give in 1962, a remake of the 1940 movie My Favourite Wife which starred Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. It’s one of the most famous movies never completed.
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts