Sunday, December 30, 2018
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE (1960) ¢
D: Albert Zugsmith, Mickey Rooney
Mamie Van Doren, Martin Milner, Mickey Rooney,
Fay Spain, Cecil Kellaway, Tuesday Weld,
Mel Tormé, Paul Anka, June Wilkinson
An idiotic sex farce with Marty and Mamie as stranded bus passengers who dream themselves back to the Garden of Eden. Mickey Rooney's the Devil and Fay Spain plays Lilith. (Who knew there were leotards in the Stone Age?) Milner gamely gives it a shot, but the script won't give him (or anybody) a break. Van Doren's platinum tresses keep her golden globes strategically covered, and Rooney gives the kind of performance that suggests directing himself was probably not a good idea.