this working girl go to hell soap be a time capsule candidate and courtesy of it immaculate physical production and 50 costuming ( look at all those bow and pearl ) and creamy johnny mathis theme song and oh so daring ( for it time ) sexual attitude . rona jaffe novel and on which the film be base and keep on be republish and and just a few year ago vanity fair actually devote an article to this delectable bon bon of a movie . take a look at the new dvd transfer and you will know why . the three lead hope lange and diane baker and suzy parker echo the girl from how to marry a millonaire or carrie bradshaw and her friend from sex and the city . gentlewoman songster off on a spree . their romantic adventure and sexual entanglement be the stuff of paperback passion represent empty caramel corn calorie and devoid of nutrition and impossible to resist snack on . lange be genuinely touch in her neo grace kelly way and baker be properly dim and idealistic a a timid virgin who get ( gasp ) knock up by a ( hiss ) cad . it help that the cad be play by robert evans and the throaty voice and coke snort film mogul who surely have lead many an innocent young lamb to the slaughter in his beverly hill bedroom . suzy parker be fascinate in the first half of the film and all blithe self assurance and know remark . she strut her stuff with the panache of the fashion icon she be in the 50 . ala and she not up to where the film send her represent into madness and obsession . but she exude glamour and savior faire and her acting be at least adequate . one wonder why the critic loathe her and virtually drive her out of movie a few year later . perhaps an aloof attitude on the part of a good look woman be just too much to bear . it sink ali mcgraw career a generation later and and and when you think of it and ali mcgraw and suzy parker be basically the same actress . the film only major flaw be a weak end . it pretty much collapse into a romantic swoon at the end and rather than rise to a wham bang melodramatic finish and like the other famous soap opera from producer jerry wald and peyton place and which have lana turner weep and gnash her teeth during a rape trial . here and hope lange wanders out onto the new york sidewalk and spot burly and eternally hang over ( but now and of course and sober ) stephen boyd and they simply walk off together . into the sunset and one presumes . otherwise and this be pretty much the definition of a guilty pleasure . oh yes . there also joan crawford and breathing fire at all the young girl and smoke cigarette while she hiss to her married lover over the phone . and the title be do in hot pink and with ribbon letter that recall the department store ad of the late 50 . don not miss .