Word: prentiss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...comedy but turns out to be mostly old hat. As an ace sporting-goods salesman at the San Francisco emporium of Abercrombie & Fitch, Rock Hudson plays the kind of city-bred softie who can't bear to eat a fish, much less catch one. But when Publicist Paula Prentiss proposes that he represent Abercrombie's in the Lake Wakapoogee fishing tournament, it's either go to Wakapoogee or lose the job. Braving the enameled wilderness devised by Producer-Director Howard Hawks, Rock soon finds himself up to his creel in wine, women and Walton...
...Actress Prentiss is an offbeat comedienne who sometimes spoils her flibbertigibbet appeal by straining for laughs that just aren't there. Maria Perschy, a German import who resembles Romy Schneider, plays Paula's roommate, which gives her a chance to carry messages back and forth and practice her English. The movie's chief support lies in a wagonload of outdoor gear supposedly borrowed from Abercrombie & Fitch. Of note to sportsmen is a pair of inflatable waders-step into a drop-off and the pants fill with air, quickly ballooning so big that they flip the occupant over...
...Horizontal Lieutenant. A dogface farce that may not fracture any funny bones but manages to pile up a bumper crop of nuts on a Pacific island. It stars Paula Prentiss and Jim Hutton, who are surely the most promising romanticomedians around...
...Horizontal Lieutenant. A brass-button burlesque starring Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss...
...Horizontal Lieutenant. Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss add up to 12 ft. ¼ in. of fun in a tall story about 4,000 chuckleheaded U.S. servicemen locked in unequal struggle with a superior enemy: one sneaky Japanese soldier...