Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
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Directed by	Charles Walters
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Screenplay by	Isobel Lennart
Based on	Please Don't Eat The Daisies 1957 essays by Jean Kerr
Starring	Doris Day David Niven Janis Paige Richard Haydn Spring Byington
Music by	David Rose
Cinematography	Robert J. Bronner
Edited by	John McSweeney Jr.
Production company	Euterpe Inc.
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 31, 1960
Running time	112 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,775,000
Box office	$7,050,000

Please Don't Eat the Daisies is a 1960 Metrocolor comedy film in CinemaScope starring Doris Day and David Niven, made by Euterpe Inc., and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak, with Martin Melcher (Day's husband) as associate producer.

The screenplay, partly inspired by the book of the same name by Jean Kerr, a collection of humorous essays, was by Isobel Lennart.

The film also features Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, and Jack Weston. Spring Byington made her final film appearance in this film, but appeared in TV shows later.

A television series starring Patricia Crowley and Mark Miller premiered five years later and ran for 58 episodes.

Professor Lawrence Mackay (David Niven) and his wife Kate (Doris Day) are struggling with four small boys in a tiny, two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Months before, they had announced their intention to move to a larger apartment, but have not been able to find one. Meanwhile, their lease has expired and the landlord has rented out their apartment to someone who insists they vacate immediately. They decide to look for a house in the country, but the only thing they can afford is a run-down mansion complete with secret panels and trap doors, 70 miles away by train. They have no choice but to move in and start fixing it up.