The Last Film of...Doris Day
Just one of the many Cheaper-by-the-Dozen, Yours-Mine-and-Ours, Brady-Bunch-style movies where the widowed/divorced parents marry on a whim and blend their families together with comedic (yet sometimes dramatic) results.
Why Was This Doris Day's Last Film?
Her husband, Martin Melcher, who died in April 1968, squandered her money and committed her to a television series (The Doris Day Show) without telling her. She ended up making the show for five seasons, then moved to Carmel and became increasingly involved in animal work.
She made rare appearances after that, but said she would've come back to acting if she found a project she connected with and that would film in Carmel. That, obviously, never happened. I'd recommend reading 'Que Sera, Sera: Why Doris Day Left Show Business' for more details.
Is This a Good Movie?
In true Doris Day fashion, the end features a showdown between a camper and a chicken truck, a batch of hippies (including Klinger and Father Mulcahy from M*A*S*H* there on the left) trying to spring her from jail, and a brouhaha at the police station that drives home the overarching theme of the film.
That's a long way of saying yes. But yes, this is a good movie.
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