Coffee, Tea or Me? (film)

Coffee, Tea or Me? is a 1973 American TV film based on the book of the same name. It was directed by Norman Panama.

Plot

An airline flight attendant juggles husbands in different cities.

Cast

Production

Film rights to the book were once owned by Robert Aldrich who bought them in 1968.[1]

Aldrich wanted to make it under a deal he had with ABC Pictures. He had a script done by Theodore Flicker which he described as "very funny, very dirty" about a stewardess who tries to lose her virginity. "We took the Doris Day formula of all those successful Pillow Talk comedies and inverted it," said Aldrich.[2] However ABC did not want to make it. "Nobody likes our script of it except me," said Aldrich.[3]

When Aldrich's option lapsed it was picked up by CBS who made it as a TV movie which used the plot of The Captain's Paradise (1953). "It's not all that naughty," said star Karen Valentine. "It's done in the best possible taste."[4]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times praised the acting but criticised the "creaky material".[5]

However the ratings "went through the roof" when the show aired.[6]

References
  1. MOVIE CALL SHEET: Poll to Produce 'Garden' Los Angeles Times 10 Dec 1968: e27.
  2. Up to Date with Robert Aldrich Ringel, Harry. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 43, Iss. 3, (Summer 1974): 166.
  3. mr. film noir stays at the table Silver, Alain. Film Comment; New York Vol. 8, Iss. 1, (Spring 1972): 14-23.
  4. Coffee, Tea or Karen Valentine? Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]28 Aug 1973: c13.
  5. Stumbling Out of the Starting Gate Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 11 Sep 1973: d17.
  6. Network Brasss Lands With Thud Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 17 Sep 1973: c23.
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