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
The Darling of Paris a success of public and critical acclamation on Rio society. The highest-grossing releases in September on Rio: The Darling of Paris The Darling of Paris is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo. It was produced by William Fox. "The Darling of Paris" was later re-edited from six to five reels and re-released by Fox on February 16, 1919. The film is now considered lost. The wealthy girl Esmeralda (Theda