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that love-hate thing

There’s a lot about this bubbly ’50s comedy that wouldn’t fly today, like a telephone shortage that forces its two protagonists to share a ‘party line’ – a joint phone system that allows them to listen in on each other’s calls (OK, maybe that would be fun). Doris Day plays Jan Morrow, a career-focused interior designer who’s angry that playboy Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) hogs up their shared line chatting to so many women. Brad and Jan fight/flirt all the time on the phone, often from their respective beds, but don’t meet in person until Brad spots Jan on the

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