Move Over, Darling

6.6
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Run time: 103 min
  • Premiere: 1963. December 19.

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

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Doris Day

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

James Garner

Nicholas Arden

Polly Bergen

Bianca Steele

Thelma Ritter

Grace Arden

Fred Clark

Mr. Codd

Don Knotts

Shoe Clerk

Elliott Reid

Dr. Herman Schlick

Edgar Buchanan

Judge Bryson

John Astin

Clyde Prokey

Pat Harrington, Jr.

District Attorney

Max Showalter

Hotel Desk Clerk

Alvy Moore

Room Service Waiter

Pami Lee

Jenny Arden

Leslie Farrell

Didi Arden

Chuck Connors

Stephen Burkett

Jimmy Baya

Doorman (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Department Store Employee (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Lawyer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Joel Collins

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Christopher Connelly

Ranking Seaman (uncredited)

Bing Davidson

Ensign (uncredited)

Med Flory

Seaman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Seymour's Wife (uncredited)

Kelton Garwood

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Bailiff (uncredited)

Sid Gould

Waiter at Pool (uncredited)

John Harmon

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ted Jacques

Pool Attendant (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Edward McNally

Commander (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Stock Clerk (uncredited)

Emile Meyer

Process Server (uncredited)

Pat Moran

Seymour (uncredited)

Karen Norris

Salesgirl (uncredited)

Jack Orrison

Bartender (uncredited)

Paul Power

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Edward Rickard

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Sheila Rogers

Secretary (uncredited)

Michael Romanoff

Floorwalker (uncredited)

Rachel Romen

Injured Man's Wife (uncredited)

Jack Sahakian

Executive Officer (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Poolside Lounger (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Leslie Sketchley

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Alan Sues

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Brad Trumbull

Process Server (uncredited)

Rosa Turich

Maria (uncredited)

Art

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Jack Martin Smith

Art Direction

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Paul S. Fox

Set Decoration

Camera

James Mitchell

Still Photographer

James Knott

Camera Operator

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Marjorie Plecher

Wardrobe Master

Mickey Sherrard

Wardrobe Master

Moss Mabry

Costume Design

George Masters

Hairstylist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Margaret Donovan

Hair Supervisor

Barbara Lampson

Hair Supervisor

Crew

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Carl Shain

Dialogue Coach

Emil Kosa Jr.

Special Effects

L.B. Abbott

Special Effects

Directing

Michael Gordon

Director

Dolores Rubin

Script Supervisor

Ad Schaumer

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Jack Brown

Gaffer

Production

Gaston Glass

Unit Production Manager

Martin Melcher

Producer

Sound

Alfred Bruzlin

Sound Effects Editor

Lionel Newman

Conductor

Lionel Newman

Original Music Composer

Joe Lubin

Songs

Arthur Morton

Orchestrator

Warren Barker

Orchestrator

Writing

Jack Sher

Screenplay

Hal Kanter

Screenplay