it interest to watch how late 1950 society be depict in this film . men be lecherous and chain smoking boozer with one thing on their mind ( time hasn not change men all that much and but sexual harassment have ) and woman be in the workplace only passing time until they find a husband and settle down . some of the dialog be cringe worthy but yet it charm in an innocent and passé way . i love the opening credit that show a romantic and exciting view of manhattan with johnny mathis sing the best of everything on the soundtrack . i want to jump right into some scene and film on n. y. street and circa 1959 and experience a time i have only see on film and in photograph . some scene in this movie remind me of melanie griffith work girl . especially when hope lange ( who a cross between grace kelly and dolores hart ) get bomb in handsome stephen boyd apartment and he tuck her in and just watch her sleep ( like melanie and she want to know if anything happen between them the following day ) . joan crawford be definitely comparable to sigourney weaver horrible female bos except she be outwardly nasty ( with a soft core ) and but sigourney character be sweet on the outside and horrible on the inside . i find it distress how the suzy parker character ( gregg ) start out a an independent woman with career goal to be an actress and who supposedly do not need a man to complete her and end up . she become a stalker or lunatic or nut job when she let the man she fall in love with drive her banana after he do with her . i love the character mary agnes and the office gossip and with her thick new yawk accent . if you enjoy film like valley of the doll you will like this one too .