Of the three comedies that my favorite actor James Stewart made for 20th Century Fox from 1962 to 1965, I like "Take Her, She's Mine" the best. The reason I do is because of all the trouble that Stewart's character, a lawyer/father/school board president named Frank Michaelson, inadvertently gets himself into. (If you have not yet seen this comedy, do not read any further!) Not the least of Frank's hassles is the fact that he is constantly being mistaken for James Stewart, an inside joke that I think is great! All of Frank's various bizarre actions appear in the newspapers, and he is forced to explain them to his school board, lest he be dismissed. The main gist of the whole mess is this: he merely wanted to make sure his teenage daughter Mollie (Sandra Dee) stays out of trouble when she goes to college and subsequently when she attends a Parisian art school.
The three major newspaper stories, and the events leading up to them (as Frank explains to the school board in flashback), are nothing short of amusing. The first story involves Frank, Mollie, and other college kids fighting with cops at a sit-in to protest local censorship. The second story shows Frank being arrested by gendarmes at a Parisian bordello with a pretty young Chinese girl (Irene Tsu) clinging to him, when all he wanted to do was call a taxi! The third story shows Frank in his underwear jumping off a riverboat; he attends a masquerade party as Daniel Boone, in order to meet the parents of Mollie's lover Henri Bonnet (Philippe Forquet), but Frank's costume rips apart!
Here are just a couple of other memorable highlights from "Take Her, She's Mine." While Frank, his wife Anne (Audrey Meadows), and their younger daughter Liz (Charla Doherty) listen to Mollie's demo record, a boy's voice on the recording can be heard saying, "Hey, take it off, baby!" And Frank raises the ire of Mollie's Parisian roommates when he asks them a rather personal question about their doings.
"Take Her, She's Mine" may not have been a big box office success, but it is still, in my opinion, an entertaining comedy. James Stewart does as well as could be expected and is quite funny. Watch for Bob Denver in a supporting role as well!
The three major newspaper stories, and the events leading up to them (as Frank explains to the school board in flashback), are nothing short of amusing. The first story involves Frank, Mollie, and other college kids fighting with cops at a sit-in to protest local censorship. The second story shows Frank being arrested by gendarmes at a Parisian bordello with a pretty young Chinese girl (Irene Tsu) clinging to him, when all he wanted to do was call a taxi! The third story shows Frank in his underwear jumping off a riverboat; he attends a masquerade party as Daniel Boone, in order to meet the parents of Mollie's lover Henri Bonnet (Philippe Forquet), but Frank's costume rips apart!
Here are just a couple of other memorable highlights from "Take Her, She's Mine." While Frank, his wife Anne (Audrey Meadows), and their younger daughter Liz (Charla Doherty) listen to Mollie's demo record, a boy's voice on the recording can be heard saying, "Hey, take it off, baby!" And Frank raises the ire of Mollie's Parisian roommates when he asks them a rather personal question about their doings.
"Take Her, She's Mine" may not have been a big box office success, but it is still, in my opinion, an entertaining comedy. James Stewart does as well as could be expected and is quite funny. Watch for Bob Denver in a supporting role as well!