Doris Day was among Hollywood's few truly bankable stars during the late 1950s and early 1960s, particularly noted for her comic talents in such frothy farces as PILLOW TALK, PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES, and THAT TOUCH OF MINK. Unfortunately, as the 1960s progressed her films did not, and although her films remained popular they were seen as increasingly out of touch with the tone of the times. The situation was not helped by Day's husband-manager Martin Melcher, who developed the habit of signing Day to film projects Day herself found uninspired. Such was the case with the 1965 flyweight comedy DO NOT DISTURB.

The play seems to be a grab-bag of ideas from previous Day films, the story of a pretty but slightly klutzy wife (Day) and a neglectful husband (Rod Taylor) who find themselves at romantic cross purposes courtesy of their landlady Vanessa (Hermione Baddeley), a sexy secretary (Maura McGiveney), and a handsome antiques dealer(Sergio Fantoni.) The roles are one-dimensional, the plot turns are predictable, and the dialogue trivial. Both Day and Taylor respond by overplaying, sometimes to the point of shrillness. Even so, they do manage to inject enough life into the film to make it mildly amusing--and the supporting cast is quite charming. When all is said and done, the film is most memorable for the sight of Doris Day in a brilliantly orange evening gown as she struggles on the dance floor to shake away an olive dropped down her back.

The DVD includes several bonus features, including an account of Day's early life and career, a brief biography of Michael Romanoff (who plays a cameo in the film), and a brief biography of composer Mort Garson (who is perhaps best remembered for the song "Our Day Will Come.) It offers a nice transfer and is present in its original widescreen format. Most Doris Day fans will find it amusing, but even so most will admit that DO NOT DISTURB is hardly among the first tier of her films: not bad, but in no way memorable.

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With the end of her Universal cycle of films with Rock Hudson, Doris Day moved on to other partners, and for two films, she had Rod Taylor, who when compared to Hudson, Cary Grant and James Garner, seems perhaps a bit to Macho and not romantic enough. For at least "Do Not Disturb", he's a serious-minded businessman who has moved to England and brought Doris along. The first part of the film seems like the film will focus on the ability of Americans to adapt to foreign customs, but for the second half of the film, it's a sex farcw set in France.

When first seen, Doris is trying to understand the British currency system, and then learns that driving on the American side of the road is not the way to do it in the English countryside. Doris's love of animals has her cuddling a cute fox (rescued from a hunt) and encouraging a hungry goat to nosh elsewhere then on the country home plants within the house. Doris has desire to find an antique dining set takes her to Paris where she ends up being the life of the streets thanks to too much champagne and the attentions of Sergio Fantoni.

She ends up at a swank party thrown by "Hogan's Heroes" actor Leon Askin where, desperate to try to find her husband to explain the situation, ends up stealing the scene thanks to a glittery gold gown, initially covered by a long white coat with a gold lining exactly like the dress. It is obvious that the misunderstandings between husband and wife will be resolved in time, and many amusing situations occur.

As enjoyable as this is, it basically is two plots rolled into one film, wasting Hermione Baddely, decked out in chick fashions as the owner of the house Taylor rents. There's also veteran actor Reginald Gardiner as Taylor's business associate who has warned him that wives aren't welcome at certain business social events. The film tries too hard to capture the mid-60s subculture and in its desperation to look cool reflects on how uncool it really is. Doris hadn't hit the bottom of the barrel in scripts yet, but the dive would soon lead to an empty pool.