Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

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In this entertaining comedy by Charles Walters, everyone seems to get in on the act, even the dog and especially the four overactive kids in a wildly challenging family. David Niven co-stars with Doris Day as Lawrence and Kate Mackay, distinctive parents struggling with home, life, and family. Lawrence opts for leaving his job teaching at Columbia University in New York for a post as a drama critic for a Gotham newspaper, bringing new problems to the pile the family already owns. First, they are forced to move out -- far out -- to the countryside with their brood and canine. And next, while Kate handles home, hearth, and hellions, Lawrence proceeds to alienate one of his best friends with a shattering review. That unhappy beginning to his new career also brings in one of the actresses damaged by his cutting remarks (Janis Paige), who wreaks her own form of havoc on poor Lawrence. In the meantime, Day gets to sing some songs which add to the light-hearted attitude of it all. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Cast

David Niven
as Larry Mackay
Doris Day
as Kate Mackay
Janis Paige
as Deborah Vaughn
Spring Byington
as Suzie Robinson
Richard Haydn
as Alfred North
Patsy Kelly
as Maggie
Jack Weston
as Joe Positano
John Harding
as Rev. Dr. McQuarry
Margaret Lindsay
as Mona James
Charles Herbert
as David Mackay
Stanley Livingston
as Gabriel MacKay
Flip Mark
as George MacKay
Baby Gellert
as Adam Mackay
Carmen Phillips
as Mary Smith
Dog: Hobo
Mary Patton
as Mrs. Hunter
Marina Koshetz
as Jane March
Geraldine Wall
as Dr. Sprouk
Kathryn Card
as Miss Yule
Donald Foster
as Justin Winters
Irene Tedrow
as Mrs. Greenfield
Anatole Winogradoff
as Paul Foster
Benny Rubin
as Pete
Madge Blake
as Mrs. Kilkinny
Peter Leeds
as Larry's Secretary
Joe Cronin
as Pianist
Burt Douglas
as Young Man
John Brennan
as Young Man
Guy Stockwell
as Young Man
Marianne Gaba
as Girl
Len Lesser
as Waiter
Wilson Wood
as Photographer
Amy Douglass
as Martha
Gail Bonney
as Woman
Richard Collier
as Salesman
Charles Seel
as Upholstery Man
Frank Wilcox
as Interviewer
Milton Frome
as Gus the Waiter
Bobby Darin
as Man
Jhean Burton
as Actress
Charles Coburn
as J.B. Merlin
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Critic Reviews for Please Don't Eat the Daisies

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  • Kerr's best-seller was a plotless package of anecdotes about her parental ordeal in raising a houseful of Lovable Brats. The movie, although droll in spots, clumsily tries to make a big thing of the fact that Daddy is a New York drama critic...

    Oct 15, 2019 | Full Review…

    Clyde Gilmour

    Maclean's Magazine

  • Doris Day's fluffy comedy, made at the height of her popularity, is based on Jean Kerr (married to film critic Walter Kerr), and co-stars a smooth David Niven as her husband.

    Aug 7, 2010 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

    Emanuel Levy

    EmanuelLevy.Com

  • Enjoyable romantic comedy suffers from excess length.

    May 24, 2006 | Rating: 3/5

    Ken Hanke

    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

  • Cute little flick, and it has absolutely nothing to do with daisies.

    May 14, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5

    Christopher Null

    Filmcritic.com

  • It's so ho-hum, it's hard to stay awake through it. And the title? One of the Mackay kids eats the daisies at the new house. Somehow, in the book that seemed a lot funnier.

    Apr 14, 2005 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

    John J. Puccio

    Movie Metropolis
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Audience Reviews for Please Don't Eat the Daisies

  • Apr 19, 2012
    I loved it. David Niven is a much better actor than Rock Hudson, and the script was written by someone who knows the ups and downs of married life.
    Morris N Super Reviewer
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