Today from 18:00-21.00 hrs, the UvA Film Club will host their next screening in HVL/BuzzHouse’s Co-Working Space! This week's film is Pillow Talk (dir. Michael Gordon, 1959), with an introduction by Michael Kalma.

This is the first of three movies where Doris Day and Rock Hudson play lovers, Pillow Talk was a smash hit when it came out in 1959 & yet the studio had problems with it during production, as it was deemed “too sexy” according to the strict Hays code. Even the title was too much at first, I mean how dare you imply that a man and a woman lie in the same bed! Playboy songwriter Brad Allen (Rock Hudson) shares a telephone party line with Jan Morrow (Doris Day). When she unsuccessfully files a complaint about him for constantly using their shared line to flirt with a different woman almost every day, Brad finds out she is rather pretty and tries to seduce her by disguising himself as a Texas rancher. All seems to go according to plan when suddenly a mutual friend & feelings get in the way...

With songs sung by Doris Day herself, stunning outfits & gorgeous sets & colours, what’s not to love?