The Mating Game (film) The Mating Game (film) The Mating Game (1959) is an MGM Metrocolor film in CinemaScope directed by George Marshall, and starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall and Paul Douglas in his final film role. Reynolds sings the title song during the opening credits. The film was written by William Roberts very loosely based on a British novel, "The Darling Buds of May" by H. E. Bates, which was later adapted into a more faithful 1991–93 British miniseries, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones in the role that Debbie Reynolds plays in the film. The film has been featured on Turner Classic Movies, and was
George E. Bates (professor) George E. Bates (professor) George E. Bates (1902-1992) was an American academic. He was a Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School and the editor of the "Harvard Business Review". George E. Bates graduated from the University of Missouri. He also earned a master in business administrator (M.B.A.) from the Harvard Business School in 1925. Bates started his career as an Assistant Dean at the Harvard Business School in 1925. Over the course of his forty-year career as a faculty member, he became the Winston Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School. He authored two books