Pat Rowlings Doris Day and Cary Grant were my parents favorites as well as mine. To see That Touch Of Mink in 2018 is a bit of a cringing exercise. Two mega stars in their, let's say, mature years, specially Grant, behaving like adolescents it's a bit hard to take. Doris's character shares an apartment with Audrey Meadows - who I believe also needs some professional attention - they sleep in little twin beds. So bizarre to see. But and here is were the Doris Day mystery resides. I believed her unbelievable character, one hundred per cent. Doris Day was 39, Cary Grant 58 but everything I saw in Doris Days was true. That's why, I presume, this is a favorite comedy of the Coen brothers. My niece, who is 15, saw the film with me and her comment was that Cary Grant's and Gig Young's characters should be arrested. Yes, 2018 is not 1962 and films are socio-historical documents.

Amy Adler Cathy Timberlake (Doris Day) lives in Manhattan and is looking for a job. Its been some weeks. One day, as she is going to an interview, a limo passes her closely, splashing her clothes with puddle water. The driver doesn't stop. Aghast, Cathy goes to the Automat, where her roommate Connie (Audrey Meadows) often slips her free lunch items. Meanwhile, the limo has circled the block looking for a wet damsel but finding none. The extremely wealthy businessman, Philip (Cary Grant) who was sitting in the back seat, feels guilty about the incident. But, since no gal is in sight, he goes to the office nearby. There, his erstwhile assistant, Roger (Gig Young) makes his usual complaint of how Philip lured him away from an academic job by flashing big bucks. Now, looking out the window, Philip sees the muddied Cathy go into the Automat and begs Roger to go find her with offers of dry cleaning. Thus, before Cathy can take one bite of lunch, Roger explains his mission and Cathy says she wants to throw this offer right in Philip's face. Gleeful Roger takes her to his boss' office. What he doesn't count on is that single, attractive Cathy takes one look at Philip and falls in love. Philip is attracted to Cathy, too. Soon Cathy's clothes are being cleaned in the office building's facility and the lovestruck duo are conversing and flirting. They begin "stepping out" together. But, while Cathy is dreaming of marriage, Philip, man of the world, is just looking for romance. So, when Philip suggests a Bermuda vacation for the twosome, without a ring, what will Cathy do? Her only other suitor at the moment is unemployment office worker Mr. Beaaley (John Astin), who gives her the creeps. In his turn, Roger reports the whole affair to his shrink! What doings in the Big Apple! This lovely, funny, vastly entertaining film should be seen by ALL folks across the world. Day has never been better and as one of Grant's last films, it is a flick to savor. Meadows, Astin, Young, and all of the rest are terrific as well. The title is a metaphor for the wealthy's idea of throwing money around and, as Cathy is just a working gal from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, it is a clash of the classes romance! This is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. The costumes, naturally, are absolutely wonderful, while the sets, fantastic script and polished direction make for a not-to-be-missed movie. Get in the Mink and the Pink with a viewing. No one WILL EVER BE SORRY they sat down to watch this one.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . could be a line from a slasher flick, but the only horror here is a mysterious epidemic of "rashes." This puzzling aspect of THAT TOUCH OF MINK begins with Doris Day's "Miss Timberlake" character claiming to be "inhibited." But later--wink, wink--a joke is made about not Day's touch of mink, but the touch of her frequent on-screen fluids swapper, Real Life STD victim Rock Hudson. In between, her heartbreaking herpes outbreak halfway into TOUCH delays her baby until the final scene, immediately after tycoon Phil's own touch of herpes. TOUCH could have been the first movie titled FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, as the avuncular Cary Grant goes cradle-robbing with his graying temples, adorned mostly in gray suits. Miss Timberlake says at one point that she wishes that he had hit her, and Phil tells a guy from Detroit that he HAS punched her out. Add 40 years to "Christian Grey's" age and a Red Room, and SHADES becomes a remake of TOUCH.

kenjha Day is an unemployed woman who hits the jackpot when she is splashed by a millionaire's car while standing on the sidewalk. Not only does the splasher turn out to be obscenely rich, but he also looks like Cary Grant! Although Grant at 58 and Day at 40 are too old to be playing single love birds, they are in good form in this breezy comedy. Young is hilarious as an unstable employee in Grant's company. Given the time of its release, the film is rather daring in suggesting that an unmarried couple spends a night at a hotel, particularly when the woman is the wholesome Day. Of course things don't go as planned and scandal is avoided!