Do Not Disturb (20th Century Fox) (1965)

Christmas Release, Do Not Disturb’ Is New Doris Day Romantic-Comedy Doris Day, America’s reigning boxoffice queen, stars with Rod Taylor in the 20th Century-Fox romantic-comedy, “Do Not Disturb” in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Coler opening at the Theatre. Set in England, the film’s cast also includes Ser gio Fantoni and Hermione Baddeley with Reginald Gardiner, Maura McGiveney and Aram Katcher. Doris Day and Rod Taylor play an American married couple who are transferred to England by Taylor’s employers. There, the combination of British customs and business pressures head their marriage straight for Her Majesty’s divorce courts. The humorous misunderstandings and romantic maneuvering are plentiful in this, as in all other, Doris Day comedies. Doris Day, Hollywood’s number one boxoffice star for the past three years, and a gifted comedienne of gilt-edge proportions, continues her amazing assault on America’s funnybone in “Do Not Disturb.” Unknown except as a band singer before 1948, today Miss Day is sitting right on top of the entertainment world as both an actress and recording artist. Her most recent motion pictures are “The Thrill of It All,” “Move Over Darling” and “Send Me No Flowers.” Rod Taylor, who now has motion picture commitments for the next three years, first won public recognition in the TV series, “Hong Kong.” Recently seen in “Fate is the Hunter” and “Young Cassidy,” Taylor has merged as a highly competent actor who is achieving a considerable following among both men and women who like and admire his rugged, masculine approach to acting. Once filmdom’s most popular bachelor, Taylor is now married and a father. Italy’s handsome and debonair Sergio Fantoni, co-stars in “Do Not Disturb” as the dashing antique dealer who tries to win Doris Day’s heart, but winds up with a black eye for his efforts. Fantoni, right behind Marcello Mastroianni in Italy’s popularity polls, first came to America two years ago to appear with Paul Newman in “The Prize.”’ He then co-starred with Frank Sinatra in “Von Ryan’s Express” before taking up his “Do Not Disturb” chores. Hermione Baddeley, nominated for an Oscar for her characterization of the blowsy mistress in “Room at the Top,” adds another memorable performance to her illustrious career as a wealthy and mischievous English widow in “Do Not Disturb.” She has recently appeared in “Mary Poppins” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” and starred on Broadway in Tennessee Williams’ “Milk Train” for which she earned immense critical praise. DORIS DAY and ROD TAYLOR star in “Do Not Disturb,” a 20th Century-Fox release in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color now showing at the ........ Theatre. MOTORING IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE are Doris Day and Rod Taylor in this scene from the 20th Century-Fox romanticcomedy, “Do Not Disturb” in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color open RIND eee yet At thers see sts ck Theatre. Taylor plays an American businessman transferred to England, while Doris Day is his wellmeaning, but sometimes meddlesome wife. Ralph Levy directed. Mat 2B A Portrait Of Miss Doris Day, America’s Top Boxoffice Star She’s 5’ 4”, a 112-pound bundle of energy, pretty, trim-figured and effervescent, and her sense of humor is rich and infectious although she admits to moments of quiet and meditation. She has just completed her 33rd motion picture, “Do Not Disturb,” a 20th Century-Fox romanticcomedy in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color opening ...... at the Theatre. Four times she has been voted the number one female star at the motion picture boxoffice. For eight consecutive years she has been among the top 10 boxoffice favorites. It is estimated that her last eight films have grossed more than 85 million dollars, an unparalleled record, and much of this reached her purse. But the comely Miss Day has not always known wealth. Once, in Cincinnati, she sang free on a radio station just to gain experience, to improve her poise and singing technique. Once, in Cincinnati, she sang in a nightclub for $25 a week. The club was owned by one Barney Rapp, who suggested that she change her last name, Kapplehoff, to something easier on the ears, At the time, patrons liked her rendition of “Day After Day,” and so Doris Kapplehoff became Doris Day. Originally, Doris wanted to become a dancer, but a near-fatal automobile accident shattered her dreams, and while lying in her sickbed, she broke the spell of boredom by studying singing. After the small night ‘clubs, Doris became a soloist with numerous dance bands, notably those of Fred Waring, Bob Crosby and Les Brown. She became popular, her records began to sell, and success lay straight ahead. Her screen debut was in Warners’ “Romance on the High Seas.” After eight years under contract for Warners, she went to MGM for the Ruth Etting Story, “Love Me or Leave Me.” After co-starring with James Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” Doris Day was a star. And a short while later, when she began the series of bright romantic-comedies that began with “Pillow Talk,’’ she became Number One, the top boxoffice star in America. Much of her career has en eee aoe joyed the guidance of a man shrewd in the ways of business. He is Martin Melcher, her husband since April, 1951, and the Melcher of Arcola-Melcher Productions, makers of “Do Not Disturb.” Now Doris Day is a woman who enjoys top luxury, and yet remains a woman of simple tastes. She likes to work, loves to sing, and never has enough time to spend at her favorite place: her sprawling home in Beverly Hills. She is an ardent baseball fan, and it can also be said that she is a fan of life: living it and enjoying it. Thus far it hasn’t let her down, Hermione Baddeley In Disturb’ Comedy Hermione Baddeley, nominated for an Oscar for her characterization of the blowsy mistress in “Room at the Top,” adds another memorable performance to her illustrious career as a wealthy and mischievous English widow in “Do Not Disturb,” a 20th Century-Fox romantic-comedy in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color Opening... at the .... Theatre. Doris Day and Rod Taylor are the stars. The delightful actress has been making an impact upon critics and the public since she was twelve. At that age she received a card from George Bernard Shaw who had seen her in a play: “Change your name from Baddeley to Goodely.” After becoming one of the most popular actresses in England, Tennessee Williams convinced her to come to America to star in his Broadway play, “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore.” Critics thundered their aproval of Williams’ choice and heaped effusive praise on Miss Baddeley. “Do Not Disturb” is the third motion picture she has made in Hollywood in the past three years. The other two are “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “Mary Poppins.” Miss Baddeley now plans to stay in America because, she claims, American films are more fun than British films. British films tend to depress her, she says. Doris Day Believes Walking is The Key To Contentment Most people like to walk for the exercise. But film star Doris Day finds walking stimulates thought. Particularly at day’s end when, she says, it seems to turn her mind upside down and lets the ideas filter through the other way, like sand in an hour-glass. The nation’s number one box office star recently finished a bit of strolling on the 20th Centuryox sound studios, where she starred in the CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color romantic-comedy, “Do Not Disturb” which opens at the Theatre. During filming, she was provided with a dark blue sedan complete with uniformed chauffeur, and if pressed for time she used it to ride from her big bungalow at one end of the vast 20th Century-Fox eomplex, to the other where the sound stages were located for “Do Not Disturb.” If time permitted, she preforred to walk, with her sprightly brown poodle, Muffle, charging ahead. She claims that the walk cleared her head for the work ahead, or purged it of tension after a day’s work was completed. She admits that sometimes she likes to get off by herself, completely apart from all other people. This she frequently does in the evening, strolling across the sands under a canopy of stars with the waves of the mighty Pacific Ocean rolling out a rhythmic roar she has come to enjoy as much as any symphony. She believes that nature’s sounds, combining with the sound of one’s footsteps, put the world and its problems in proper perspective, and act as a balm for the mind and soul. Miss Day’s beach home is 22 traffic laden miles from the studio. No one is more aware of the era of automobiles than she, nor regrets so much the obsession of people with automobiles. She feels it’s taken them away from the joy of walking. “Do Not Disturb” was _ produced by Aaron Rosenberg and Martin Melcher and directed by Ralph Levy from a screenplay by Milt Rosen and _ Richard Breen. DORIS DAY IN PARIS Doris Day is shown with Italian star Sergio Fantoni on a Paris street in this scene from the 20th Century-Fox romantic-comedy, “Do Not Disturb” in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color opening...... avthes e:.4. Theatre. Doris plays the wife of an American businessman, Rod Taylor, who is transferred to England by his company. Hermione Baddeley is also co-starred. Mat 2A Rod Taylor Cast In New Mold For Comedy, Do As Doris Day’s husband in ‘‘Do Not Disturb,” Rod Taylor is experiencing a definite departure from his usually. rugged roles. The film, a 20th Century-Fox release in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color opening ...... at the Theatre, is a romanticcomedy in which Taylor portrays a hard-driving executive in the woolens industry. “As Doris Day’s husband I get pretty mad a few times,” he laughed, “but we don’t have any brawls or rough action. In fact, the roughest action for me happens when a goat wanders into our country home in England and knocks us down.” This is hardly the type of action the public has come to expect from athletic Rod Taylor. His “Hong Kong” TV series and such motion pictures as “Young Cassidy,” “Fate Is The Hunter,” “The Birds” and “A Gathering of Eagles” have all featured Taylor in roles quite different from “Do Not Disturb.” “Making a sophisticated comedy like ‘Do Not Disturb,’ ” Taylor said, “is ten times as tough as a rugged, dramatic role. Dramatic action usually seems to flow naturally and smoothly. With comedy, the actor has to work so much harder to make his. performance. seem natural. “Doris Day is great to work with,” he adds. “No one can Not Disturb match her all-around talent for sophisticated comedy.” Two gifted stars do not necessarily make for a perfect team. The team of Doris Day and Rod Taylor bears close watching, however. Director Ralph Levy explains why: “There is a marvelous chemistry between Doris and Rod. They work together so beautifully. There is no ego involved when they’re filming a scene. Their only interest is making the scene play to maximum benefit. “Regardless of how professional and how talented stars are, audiences can usually sense a lack of chemistry between stars. I think when they see ‘Do Not Disturb’ they will sense that Doris Day and Rod Taylor make a nice team.” Co-starring in the film is handsome Italian actor Sergio Fantoni, whose suave manners and debonair approach threaten to wreck Miss Day’s marriage to Taylor. “He’s doing what I’m accustomed to doing in my roles, chas ing somebody else’s’. wife,’ laughed Taylor. “Do Not Disturb” was pro duced by Aaron Rosenberg and Martin Melcher and directed: by Ralph Levy from a screenplay by Milt Rosen and Richard Breen. DORIS DAY stars in the romantic-comedy, “Do Not Disturb,” in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color at the Theatre. Mat 1A Italy's Sergio Fantoni in ‘Do Not Disturb’ There is a handsome, debonair Italian actor working in Hollywood these days who candidly admits he is much more fascinated by Los Angeles architecture than by American women. “T do not mean to offend your ladies,” says Sergio Fantoni, who is co-starring with Doris Day and Rod Taylor in “Do Not Disturb,” a 20th Century-Fox comedy in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color opening ...... at the See sees Theatre. “American women are lovely and feminine. It’s just that before I became an actor I studied architecture, and it is my second love, My first is my wife.” Fantoni, who ranks second in popularity only to Marcello Mastroianni with Italian filmgoers, made his first American film opposite Paul Newman in “The Prize.” Then, before commencing work on “Do Not Disturb” appeared with Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard in “Von Ryan’s Express.” In Italy, he has starred in 18 films. Fantoni probably will never have to rely upon architecture to support his family. Since turning his attention to acting, after receiving his college degree in Architecture, he became stagestruck and has remained so ever since. Although he still has a sharp eye for a nice architectural detail, he plans to continue acting in films, although he thinks he’d like to work a little less. “Actually,” he says, “I think I have been making too many films. It is nice to make money, but a man—especially an Italian man — likes to have time to enjoy spending it.” Fantoni hopes some day to design a home for his family in California. If his career in American films continues at its current pace, soon. that should be ROD TAYLOR co-stars as Doris Day’s husband in “Do Not Disturb” in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color at the...... Theatre. Mat 1C Page 11