Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds head up the cast of the romantic comedy “The Tender Trap.” Director Charles Walters (“Easter Parade” 1948) gave the film a light and breezy quality which made it a big hit at the box office for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The script was written by Julius J. Epstein, based on the 1954 stage play of the same name by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith.
The stellar cast from MGM’s extensive stables include Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm, David Wayne, Lola Albright, Caroline Jones, James Drury, Jarma Lewis, Howard St. John, Tom Helmore, Joey Faye, and Willard Sage as the director. The film’s sole Oscar nod was for Best Original Song for “Love is the Tender Trap,” music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was performed at the beginning of the picture by Sinatra, and by others at various points in the production.
The Tender Trap (1955)
cinema
My Review
Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds head up the cast of the romantic comedy “The Tender Trap.” Director Charles Walters (“Easter Parade” 1948) gave the film a light and breezy quality which made it a big hit at the box office for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The script was written by Julius J. Epstein, based on the 1954 stage play of the same name by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith.
The stellar cast from MGM’s extensive stables include Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm, David Wayne, Lola Albright, Caroline Jones, James Drury, Jarma Lewis, Howard St. John, Tom Helmore, Joey Faye, and Willard Sage as the director. The film’s sole Oscar nod was for Best Original Song for “Love is the Tender Trap,” music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was performed at the beginning of the picture by Sinatra, and by others at various points in the production.