The Pleasure of His Company
– Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, ..
Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife. Is he there to break up the wedding? Or to steal back his ex-wife? Or is Pogo finally ready to be a father after all these years?
01 Jun 1961
English, French, Italian
George Seaton
Cornelia Otis Skinner (play), Samuel A. Taylor (play), Samuel A. Taylor (screenplay)
Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter
San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the wedding. He arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife, Katharine, and her long-suffering husband, and befriending their cook, Toy. At first it seems that Pogo is set on breaking up the engagement, making up for years of neglect by wining and dining Jessica, showing up Roger as a hick, and enticing her to come to Europe with him. Then it seems his real goal is to win back Katharine's heart: why else would he have two tickets to Paris booked on a plane leaving right after the reception?
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.
Paramount Pictures