Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.
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- TriviaTheatrical movie debut of Raquel Welch (Call Girl).
- GoofsAlthough the film takes place between the 1910s and the 1930s, all of the costumes are hairstyles are contemporary to 1964.
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Casey Booth: I can't tell you how many times I started to come back to New York. I just couldn't forget you. Polly, I can't fight it forever. Tonight I sat and waited for you to come in nervous as a school kid on his first date, not knowing what you'd say when you saw me. Polly, that night that I acted like such a heel you must have known it was because I loved you.
Polly Adler: I loved you too, Casey.
Casey Booth: I still hate what you stand for. I still despise what you're doing. But I'm still in love with you and there is nothing I can do about it. Polly, marry me.
Polly Adler: Oh, Casey. Only you and your Never Never Land could believe such a thing was possible. People just won't let it happen, Casey. They would never let you forget that you're married to madam Polly Adler.
Casey Booth: We'll go some place where nobody knows us. Nobody to point fingers at us. Nobody to call names.
Polly Adler: Oh, Casey. I just don't know.
Casey Booth: Look, Polly I've come back. I came back because I love you. Isn't that enough?
Polly Adler: Oh, Casey. Don't you think I want to believe it... that I want to think it so? But I just don't know. I'm confused... and afraid.
Casey Booth: We've got one life time. One life time. And there's not that much happiness to throw ours away.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Flintstones: A Haunted House Is Not a Home (1964)
- SoundtracksA House Is Not a Home
Sung by Brook Benton
By Hal David and Burt Bacharach
Ms. Benton's Arrangement by Alan Lorber
Shelly Winters does a good job with the script she has to work with. It has some cute scenes and some omissible ones Good costumes, and workable scenery. If you are looking for an accurate portrayal of Polly Adler or even a good story based on the book, this movie comes up lacking. But like a lot of not great movies, it is very watchable.
Lots of great actors appear in cameo roles in this movie, making it a good movie to say, "I never knew he/she made a movie like this."
I saw this movie in the theater and it has taken me 40 years to see it again. While I liked it better the first time, it provides a good trip down memory lane and one I am very glad to have in my collection.
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- Madame P. und ihre Mädchen
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1