Bill Austin (Van Johnson) is a struggling author, working and living in a �slum flat� on W. 87th St. in NY with his wife and daughter, Bertie and Julie. Bertie (Janet Leigh) works as a dental assistant, until Bill�s novel can get published and Julie (Claire Wilcox) is seven and 3/4 and does not like any of her food to touch. They are very happy (even though Bill does not realize it.) All of a sudden, Bill�s agent, Lucinda Ford (Martha Hyers) takes Bill�s novel viral: there a prestigious publishing house, a Broadway play and a Hollywood studio interested in Bill�s novel. Success goes straight to Bill�s head; Bertie is the same level-headed, unpretentious gal she always was. They move to a lovely house in So. Connecticut where their neighbours are the lively ex-wife of a Hollywood star, Fran Cabrell (Shelley Winters) and her �companion,� the occupant of her guest house, Wylie Driberg (Ray Walston). They try to show Bertie the ropes of being on the fringes of a �hit� personality and they genuinely like her and Julie. Bill spends a lot of his time with his glamorous agent. When film star, Gar Aldrich (Jeremy Slate), who stars in Bill�s play, wants to spend a lot of his time with Birdie, life becomes very complicated.

Starring:

Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters

Genre:

Comedy, Romance