Caprice (1967)

Caprice: Directed by Frank Tashlin. With Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen. An industrial designer causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.

“The talents of Frank Tashlin and Doris Day would seem to be a Hollywood combination made in heaven but, with u0026quot;The Glass Bottom Boatu0026quot; (made at M-G-M a year earlier than u0026quot;Capriceu0026#39;) and this one, their fans were doomed to a certain degree of disappointment. The main trouble with this film is its impossibly convoluted and ridiculous script, giving little opportunity for anyone to shine, except, perhaps, the set and clothes designers, though one must appreciate that their efforts look very, VERY much of the dreaded u0026quot;Modu0026quot; period when this one was conceived.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTechnical credits are, for the most part, top-notch, especially that old pro Leon Shamroyu0026#39;s lush cinematography (although I do recall that the back projections were very obvious when I saw this on a 40-foot wide CinemaScope screen when it was first released).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ve never been a particular fan of Richard Harris and he was most definitely miscast opposite Doris. His too-clipped delivery of some of his lines can be attributed, I suspect, to Mr. Tashlinu0026#39;s rather slack direction (unusual for that comic master).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, when one considers that producer Martin Melcher, Dorisu0026#39;s husband, was, at the time, squandering her hefty paychecks in unwise investments, itu0026#39;s easy to understand why Ms. Day has since been content to retire form the screen and allow us to remember her better, earlier efforts.”