The Pleasure of His Company

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film romantic comedy film

The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
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surface form: The Pleasure of His Company (play)

play by Samuel Taylor and Cornelia Otis Skinner ⓘ
character Jessica Poole ⓘ
Kathleen Poole ⓘ
Pogo Poole ⓘ
Roger Henderson ⓘ
cinematographyBy Daniel L. Fapp ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Seaton ⓘ
Henry C. Potter ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy George Boemler ⓘ
surface form: Frank Bracht
feature centers on a father-daughter relationship ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
surface form: stars Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy

story revolves around events on the eve of a wedding ⓘ
filmingProcess VistaVision ⓘ
genre romantic comedy ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Albert Sendrey ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A charming, sophisticated playboy returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding. ⓘ
producer George Seaton ⓘ
William Perlberg ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1961 ⓘ
releaseYear 1961 ⓘ
runtime 94 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter George Seaton ⓘ
Samuel Taylor ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary to early 1960s ⓘ
starring Charles Ruggles ⓘ
Debbie Reynolds ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Gary Merrill ⓘ
Hermione Gingold ⓘ
Lilli Palmer ⓘ
Tab Hunter ⓘ
title The Pleasure of His Company self-link ⓘ

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Fred Astaire → notableWork → The Pleasure of His Company ⓘ
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