i have see at least part of this before and but i sit through it today and couldn not stop shake my head . stagey and stilted and and wooden . only a few minor actor ( viz jesse white a charlie arneg ) seem to be at ease and make their dialogue natural . bacall and peck barely utter a believable syllable throughout the entire production and so you could really care less if they live happily ever after or get hit by a bus . ( dolores gray be actually the much more sympathetic character . ) the direction often seem more like choreography and with bacall or her friend move about the set in exaggerated or bizarre fashion . scene mean to be charmingly madcap ( the party at the newspaper while the party at her apartment while the poker game cum theater get together ) be simply manic without be funny . maybe doris day and james garner could have breathe life into this film .