Move Over, Darling

Synopsis

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

Main Cast

Doris Day

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Age : 97 | Popularity : 17%

James Garner

Nicholas Arden

Age : 86 | Popularity : 13%

Polly Bergen

Bianca Steele

Age : 84 | Popularity : 5%

Thelma Ritter

Grace Arden

Age : 66 | Popularity : 6%

Fred Clark

Mr. Codd

Age : 54 | Popularity : 9%

Don Knotts

Shoe Clerk

Age : 81 | Popularity : 9%

Elliott Reid

Dr. Herman Schlick

Age : 93 | Popularity : 3%

Edgar Buchanan

Judge Bryson

Age : 76 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Hal Kanter Jack Sher
	Story	Leo McCarey Sam Spewack Bella Spewack
	Original Film Writer	Sam Spewack Bella Spewack
Sound	Songs	Hal Kanter Terry Melcher Joe Lubin
	Original Music Composer	Lionel Newman
	Conductor	Lionel Newman
	Sound Effects Editor	Alfred Bruzlin
	Sound	Alfred Bruzlin Elmer Raguse
	Orchestrator	Arthur Morton Warren Barker
Camera	Director of Photography	Daniel L. Fapp
	Camera Operator	James Knott
	Grip	Walter Fitchman
	Still Photographer	James Mitchell
Editing	Editor	Robert L. Simpson
Art	Art Direction	Jack Martin Smith Hilyard M. Brown
	Set Decoration	Walter M. Scott Paul S. Fox
	Props	Glenn "Skippy" Delfino
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Moss Mabry
	Makeup Artist	Ben Nye
	Hair Supervisor	Margaret Donovan Barbara Lampson
	Wardrobe Master	Mickey Sherrard Marjorie Plecher
	Hairstylist	George Masters
Crew	Special Effects	L.B. Abbott Emil Kosa Jr.
	Stunt Double	Loren Janes
	Dialogue Coach	Carl Shain
Directing	Assistant Director	Ad Schaumer
	Director	Michael Gordon
	Script Supervisor	Dolores Rubin
Production	Producer	Aaron Rosenberg Martin Melcher
	Unit Production Manager	Gaston Glass
Lighting	Gaffer	Jack Brown
Department	Role	Name

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