Good Neighbor Sam (Columbia Pictures) (1964)

Opening Notice Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and Dorothy Provine star in Columbia Pictures‘ “Good Neighbor Sam,” new David Swift production in color opening ...... AG EME. eras ones Theatre. Edward G. Robinson guest stars in the comedy and Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye, Robert Q. Lewis co-star. The “Good Neighbor Sam” screenplay was written by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift, based on the novel by Jack Finney. Swift produced and directed the film. Review In “Good Neighbor Sam,” the Columbia Pictures release which opened yesterday at the ...... Theatre, producer-director David Swift has created a mad scramble of laughs from beginning to end. With the inimitable Jack Lemmon hectically involved in the hilarious shenanigans, the screen crackles with bright dialogue and jumps with its crazy, mixed-up marital situations. Inventive, sophisticated and thor oughly entertaining, “Good Neighbor Sam” is a delightful excursion into the realm of whimsical slapstick. Sole aim of “Good Neighbor Sam” is to tickle the fancy, which it does delightfully. There isn’t a message, a speech, a diatribe or even a problem. No, strike that last word. At one point good neighbor Sam, after kissing his wife good night, must slip across the lawn to spend the night with the girl next door. So the film does have a problem ... or is Sam just being a good neighbor ? An actor of extreme versatility who, when playing comedy, is in a class by himself as a comedian, Lemmon plays Sam, the good neighbor. Opposite him, in her Hollywood screen debut as the girl next door, is Romy Schneider, the brilliant young Viennese beauty whose efforts to prove her right to a fortune— with Lemmon’s help—result in what looks suspiciously like a case of wife-swapping. Also starring in Lemmon’s newest screen romp are Dorothy Provine, the attractive, talented blonde who first won stardom in television, as Sam’s reasonably understanding wife, and guest star Edward G. Robinson, as Lemmon’s boss. Michael Connors co-stars as Romy’s husband, who must move in with Dorothy to maintain Lemmon’s masquerade, and others in the cast include Edwards Andrews as a wishywashy advertising executive; Louis Nye as a bumbling private eye and Robert Q. Lewis as a bug-eyed neighbor. Based upon the best-seller by Jack Finney, the script of “Good Neighbor Sam” was written by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift. (Mat I-A; Still No. R694) When he isn't posing as husband of the girl next door, in "Good Neighbor Sam," Jack Lemmon devotes his time to making a ‘junk-mobile," of which the best that can be said for it is: “it works!"' Romy Schneider and Dorothy Provine co-star with Lemmon in the new David Swift production, a Columbia Pictures release in color. General Advance Jack Lemmon returns to the so ear Sao TheatVeionass.c «<n “Good Neighbor Sam,” as a helpful young husband with two “wives” in what Hollywood regards as one of the most hilarious marital romps ever brought to the screen. Involved are Viennese beauty Romy Schneider as the girl next door, and lovely blonde Dorothy Provine as Lemmon’s wife. The setting is a San Francisco suburb and the reason for all the excitement —and there reportedly is an amazing, and hilarious, amount of it—is the fact that Miss Schneider will inherit a multi-million dollar fortune if she is living happily with her husband. Since she has just quarreled with him, and he has moved out, Lemmon as her “good neighbor Sam” volunteers for the role. The masquerade not only upsets his own marriage, it also effects his career as an advertising man. Edward G. Robinson gueststars in “Good Neighbor Sam” as the proprietor of a dairy company, Lemmon’s biggest account, who insists the people working for him be as wholesome as the products he sells. Hoping to pick up a million dollars for posing as Romy’s husband, Lemmon also has to keep Robinson from discovering he is engaged in what looks suspiciously like wife-swapping. Also starred in “Good Neighbor Sam,” which was produced and directed by David Swift, are Michael Connors as Romy’s husband who returns to his wife and is forced to move in to the Lemmon menage and pretend to belong to Dorothy; Edward Andrews, as Lemmon’s jelly-backboned boss; Louis Nye, as the private eye who tries to prove Romy is not happily married to Lemmon so the inheritance can go to his clients instead of to her; and Robert Q. Lewis, as a suburbanite neighbor who watches Lemmon’s increasingly complicated insanities with growing confusion and concern. Based on the best-selling Jack Finney novel, “Good Neighbor Sam” was written for the screen by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift. It is a Columbia Pictures’ release, in color. Six New Hair Styles Six new hair styles are introduced by Romy Schneider in “Good Neighbor Sam,” in which she stars with Jack Lemmon and Dorothy Provine at the ....-.. Theatre. The comedy, a Columbia Pictures release in color, guest stars Edward G. Robinson and co-stars Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye and Robert Q. Lewis. It is a David Swift production. Miss Schneider’s hair styles were created by onetime paratrooper Frederic Jones, a New York hair stylist who also designed the hairdos she wore in Otto Preminger’s “The Cardinal.” A native of Atlanta, Ga., Jones studied hairdressing in New York and Paris under the G. I. Bill of Rights. “Good Neighbor Sam” was adapted by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift from the Jack Finney novel. Robert Q. Lewis One of the nation’s foremost network radio and_ television personalities, Robert Q. Lewis co-stars at the ...... Theatre in the new David Swift production, “Good Neighbor Sam.” The Columbia Pictures release, in color, stars Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and Dorothy Provine, and guest stars Edward G. Robinson. Lewis appears in “Good Neighbor Sam” as Lemmon’s suburban neighbor, baffled by the strange goings-on between Lemmon and the girl who has just moved in to the community. Lewis knows Lemmon is married to Dorothy Provine, so why is he posing as Romy Schneider’s husband ? (Mat 2-A; Still No. R1855) Jack Lemmon's enthusiastic celebration of a promotion make it necessary for Dorothy Provine as his wife and Romy Schneider, right, as the girl next door, to come to his rescue. It's a scene from the David Swift production, "Good Neighbor Sam,"' new Columbia Pictures comedy release in color. Edward G. Robinson guest-stars. Romy Schneider The Viennese beauty Romy Schneider, who zoomed to stardom with her performances in Otto Preminger’s “The Cardinal” and Carl Foreman’s “The Victors,” has finally made it to Hollywood! Miss Schneider currently stars with Jack Lemmon, Dorothy Provine and guest star Edward G. Robinson at the..... Theatre in Columbia Pictures’ new David Swift production, “Good Neighbor Sam.” The comedy was made in Hollywood and San Francisco. Her earlier American pictures were made in Europe, where she first achieved international stardom on both stage and screen. In “Good Neighbor Sam,” to prove her talents as an actress, Miss Schneider plays a typical “oirl next door,’ and she does so with delightful ease. About the only difference between Miss Schneider, in the film, and the average young-married American suburbanite she portrays is the fact that she is about to inherit $15,000,000—if she is still living happily with her own husband. Unfortunately she has just quarreled with said husband, and he has left the scene; Lemmon, her “good neighbor,” poses as her husband in a comedic masquerade which complicates both his job and his own marriage. A natural beauty, with dark hair, large twinkling eyes and a perfect figure, Miss Schneider is fluent in three languages. Her parents both were actors, and she first won stardom as a young girl in the kind of ‘sweetness and light” roles that proved rewarding at the boxoffice but unrewarding to her burgeoning ambition to be an actress. As soon as she could, she moved to Paris, and into roles in French and Italian films, including “Boccaccio 70”. “Good Neighbor Sam” is based on a screenplay by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift, from the best-selling novel by Jack Finney. Also starred in the comedy, which Swift produced and directed, are Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye and Robert Q. Lewis. Louis Nye Louis Nye, who first won national prominence as a television COMIC. “CO=Starsy au. LOE! caestes : Theatre in “Good Neighbor Sam,” David Swift production for Columbia Pictures release. Starred are Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and Dorotny Provine. Edward G. Robinson guest stars. “Good Neighbor Sam,” in color, presents Nye as a new kind of private eye, hired to prove that Lemmon isn’t married to Miss Schneider. And, in fact, I.emmon isn’t—he’s just being a “sood neighbor” when he poses as Romy’s husband, with his own wife right next door! Increasingly active in motion pictures, Nye has recently been seen in such films as “The Wheeler Dealers,” ‘““Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed?” and “The Stripper.” Dorothy Provine Blonde and beautiful Dorothy Provine’s path to stardom is marked by just one stop. That was when, after her graduation from the University of Washington, she stopped off in Hollywood to visit friends before conquering Broadway. In _ Hollywood, she started to work in television, and she hasn’t stopped working since. Miss Provine, currently starred with Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and guest star Edward G: Robinsonvivatthney ce ost. Theatre in the David Swift production, “Good Neighbor Sam,” studied dramatics at the University of Washington where, according to her story, she starred in various productions because she had the loudest voice. Her performance as “Pinky” in the television series, “The Roaring 20’s,” and her work in a number of television spectaculars, led to her film casting. In “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, Miss Provine proved herself a comedienne among comedians; in “Good Neighbor Sam,” she confirms it. She plays Jack Lemmon’s wife, in a marital romp which has Lemmon posing as husband of the girl next door, in order to help her inherit a multi-million dollar fortune. And Romy Schneider’s husband, when he shows up, must move in with Dorothy so that the masquerade may succeed. Also starred in the color comedy are Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye and Robert Q. Lewis. Michael Connors A young ex-athlete willing to gamble on his own future, Michael Connors currently co-stars with Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine and guest star Edward G. Robinson in “Good Neighbor Sam,” at the Be pekcy! Theatre in color. In a cast of comedians, Connors demonstrates a flair for comedy that moves him well up the Hollywood ladder. A few years ago, when he was playing the tough, anonymous police officer of television’s “Tightrope,” Connors’ decided he’d have to gamble if he wanted to amount to anything in show business. The gamble consisted, then, of waiting until the right part came along, of not taking anything that was offered just because it was offered. “Good Neighbor Sam,” a David Swift production for Columbia Pictures release, is an auspicious new beginning for Connors. In it, he is wed to Miss Schneider at a time when Jack Lemmon, her suburbanite neighbor, is pretending to be her husband in order to help her win a multimillion dollar inheritance. Naturally, Connors must take Lemmon’s place in the house next door where Dorothy Provine is Lemmon’s wife. “Good Neighbor Sam” is a joyous marital romp, and it’s a break for Connors, who moved into show business from college basketball. Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson plays his 58th starring role in ‘Good Neighbor Sam,” the Columbia Pictures release at the ....... Theatre in color. The comedy, which David Swift produced and directed, also stars Jack Lemmon in the title role, Romy Schneider and Dorothy Provine. The film is one of Robinson’s most off-beat. He plays Mr. Nurdlinger, owner of a large dairy, who insists that everyone working for him must be as wholesome as his company’s product. And Lemmon plays his advertising man who, as a “good neighbor,” poses as the husband of the girl next door to help her inherit a fortune. The masquerade must be carried through at the risk of. his marriage and, of course, his job. Robinson mustn’t know Lemmon has two “wives.” Following graduation from Columbia University, Robinson joined an actor’s stock company, and toured the country from coast to coast, playing a variety of roles. In the late 1920’s, when films began to talk, Robinson moved to Hollywood. There, in 1931, he was literally catapulted into international fame with his interpretation of the role of a gangster, “Little Caesar,’ an image which was to follow him throughout his career, despite the variety and number of his subsequent roles. “Good Neighbor Sam,” with screenplay by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum and David Swift, is based on the Jack Finney best-seller. Swift produced and directed the comedy. San Francisco One of the nation’s favorite cities, San Francisco provides the colorful background for the hilarious new comedy, ‘“‘Gaod Neighbor Sam,” which stars Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and Dorothy Provine at the..... Theatre, in color. Edward G. Robinson guest stars in the Columbia Pictures release, which was produced and directed by David Swift. To catch the unique and authentic flavor of the city, the David Swift production company moved more than 125 actors and technicians north from Hollywood. Among the places “visited” by the cameras were such Bay City landmarks as the Fairmont Hotel, the Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, the Embarcadero, the International Airport, Tommy’s Joynt, Alexis’ Tangiers and several heavily-trafficked street intersections, including California and Mason, California and Kearny, and Pine and Grant. “Good Neighbor Sam” is based on the best-selling novel by Jack Finney. Also starring in the film are Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye and Robert Q. Lewis. (Mat 1-B; Still No. R2939) Romy Schneider, as the girl next door, comforts Jack Lemmon in "Good Neighbor Sam," new David Swift production in color for Columbia Pictures release. Dorothy Provine also stars, as Lemmon's wife, and Edward G. Robinson guest-stars in the comedy of a major marital mix-up. Page ||