Caprice (1967 film)
| Caprice | |
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by |
Aaron Rosenberg Martin Melcher |
| Written by |
Jay Jayson Frank Tashlin |
| Starring |
Doris Day Richard Harris |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,595,000[1] |
| Box office | $4,075,000[2] |
Caprice (1967) is a CinemaScope comedy-thriller film directed by Frank Tashlin starring Doris Day and Richard Harris. This film and In Like Flint (1967) were the last movies made in CinemaScope, with most studios moving to Panavision and other widescreen processes.
Plot
Patricia Foster (Day) is an industrial designer who gets herself in trouble when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company in Paris. Christopher White (Harris), a counterspy in the cosmetics industry, falls in love with her.
Cast
Arthur Godfrey, who played the father of Doris Day in Tashlin's previous comedy, The Glass Bottom Boat, plays her father once again but is only seen via photograph. Ray Walston and Michael J. Pollard also have roles.
Reception
The 20th Century-Fox release was not a box-office success, failing to place in the Top 20 movies for 1967. Film critic Leonard Maltin’s review of the film was quite negative. He gave the film zero stars and said the film was a “terrible vehicle for Day.”
In her memoir, Day recounts an argument she had with her manager-husband Martin Melcher over the script for Caprice, unaware he had signed her name to the contracts before she had the chance to say no. On the DVD commentary, authors Pierre Patrick and John Cork discuss the ways the screenplay was rewritten, ostensibly to please the star. They speculated that recent interest in the film's mixture of slapstick, satire, and adventure—coupled with its Mod design—has acquired renewed respect from film buffs and, possibly, from Day herself.
Music
The buttery title theme sung by Doris Day was released as the flip-side to her final single release on the Columbia Records label, the A-side being a more uptempo number, "Sorry."
Adaptations
The screenplay by Jay Jayson and Tashlin was novelized by Julia Withers and was published in paperback by Dell in February, 1967.
Home media
Initially only released on VHS in the UK, the movie was eventually released in a deluxe edition Region 1 DVD in January 2007 in widescreen and includes several extra features.
Cast
- Doris Day as Patricia Foster
- Richard Harris as Christopher White
- Ray Walston as Clancy
- Jack Kruschen as Cutter
- Edward Mulhare as Sir Jason Fox
- Lilia Skala as Madame Plasco
- Michael J. Pollard as Barney
References
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
- ↑ "Caprice, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
External links
- Caprice at the Internet Movie Database
- Caprice at the TCM Movie Database
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