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The Facts of Life is a american film of genre Drama directed by Norman Panama released in USA on 14 november 1960 with Bob Hope

The Facts of Life (1960)

The Facts of Life
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Released in USA 14 november 1960
Length 1h43
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating62% 3.1433853.1433853.1433853.1433853.143385

The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as married people who have an affair. Written, directed, and produced by the longtime Hope associates Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was more serious than many other contemporary Hope vehicles.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Costume Design (for Edith Head and Edward Stevenson). For her performance, Lucille Ball was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Comedy. The film features an opening animated title sequence created by Saul Bass.

Thirteen years later, Frank directed and co-wrote A Touch of Class, which likewise dealt with a middle-aged couple trying to have an affair, centering on a disaster-laden trip to a place where they wouldn't be recognized. However, it has never been considered an outright remake.

Synopsis

As the yearly vacation of six neighbors, the Gilberts, Masons, and Weavers, approaches, Kitty Weaver (Lucille Ball) and Larry Gilbert (Bob Hope) find themselves frustrated with the routine. When both their spouses (Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore) are kept away from the vacation, Kitty and Larry find themselves alone in Acapulco, with the Masons (Philip Ober and Marianne Stewart) bedridden with illness. Forced together, Kitty and Larry fall in love. Once the vacation is over, however, they have difficulties in either abandoning or continuing their romance.

Actors

Bob Hope

(Larry Gilbert)
Lucille Ball

(Kitty Weaver)
Ruth Hussey

(Mary Gilbert)
Don DeFore

(Jack Weaver)
Louis Nye

(Charles Busbee)
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