The Birds and the Bees

The Birds and the Bees (1956)

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced.

Date of release
1956-05-11
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Norman Taurog

Casting

Interesting facts

The Birds and the Bees is a 1956 American screwball comedy film, starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, and David Niven. A remake of Preston Sturges' 1941 film The Lady Eve, which was based on a story by Monckton Hoffe. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and written by Sidney Sheldon; its costumes were designed by Edith Head.

Production

At the time The Birds and the Bees went into production, "Lonesome" George Gobel had the highest-rated television show on NBC, which had been running since 1954, but he had not yet appeared in a film. This remake of The Lady Eve, the plot of which it follows closely, was designed as a vehicle for Gobel, and had the working titles The George Gobel Comedy, The Gobel Story, and The Lady Eve.

David Niven, third-billed under Gobel and Gaynor for this film, starred in the epic smash hit Around the World in Eighty Days later that same year.

The film was in production from mid-July to April 22, 1955, and opened with a series of invitational premieres in 32 key cities across the United States on March 20, 1956, followed by a New York City premiere on April 22 and a general release in May.

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