The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (film)
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| Directed by |
Mickey Rooney Albert Zugsmith |
| Produced by | Red Doff executive Albert Zugsmith |
| Written by | Robert Hill |
| Based on | story by George Kennett |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Mamie Van Doren Fay Spain Mel Torme Martin Milner Tuesday Weld Cecil Kellaway Paul Anka |
| Music by | Van Alexander |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Eddie Broussard |
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Albert Zugsmith Productions
Fryman Enterprises Famous Players |
| Distributed by | Universal International |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve is a 1960 Spectacolor comedy film starring Mickey Rooney (who also co-directed), and Mamie Van Doren. It is an American B-movie in which the plot revolves around a modern couple who dream that they are Adam and Eve. Others of their acquaintance assume the roles of various characters from the Book of Genesis during the fantasy sequences.
A bus heading toward Reno, Nevada is being driven by Doc Bayles, whose passengers include a traveling salesman, Hal Sanders, and a runaway teen, Vangie Harper.
Feuding couples begin boarding. A waitress, Evie Simms, wants to go to Reno to divorce her husband Ad, having caught him kissing Lil Lewis, a neighbor. Lil wants a divorce from her own husband, casino boss Nick Lewis, who tries to catch up to the bus in a broken-down car belonging to Pinkie Parker, a beatnik.
A jealous Nick commandeers the bus when Doc briefly gets off and then inadvertently drives Ad off a cliff, nearly killing him. When a raging storm heads everyone's way, they take shelter in a church. Ad and Evie fall asleep and seem to have the same dream, that they are in the original Garden of Eden, facing temptations from the Devil that could affect the future of all mankind.
When they wake up, the storm has passed. The travelers pair off, Ad with Evie, and Lil with Nick, and Vangie with Pinkie, to see where the road takes them next.
In July 1957 Albert Zugmsith announced he would make a film about Adam and Eve as part of a multi-picture deal he had at MGM. George Peck was reported as working on the script. It was then reported that Richard Matheson would write a script based on a treatment by Robert Smith. Its working title was Flesh and the Devil.
The movie wound up not being made at MGM. It was a co-production between Famous Artists, the company of Albert Zugsmith, and Fryman, the company of Mickey Rooney and Red Doff; Universal distributed. Filming started on 7 July 1959.
Shooting was temporarily suspended when Mickey Rooney came down with German measles. Shooting finished in August.
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