A New Kind of Love
A New Kind of Love is a 1963 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Frank Sinatra sings "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" over the opening credits.
| A New Kind of Love | |
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 Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Melville Shavelson |
| Produced by | Melville Shavelson |
| Written by | Melville Shavelson |
| Starring | Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Thelma Ritter Eva Gabor |
| Music by | Erroll Garner Leith Stevens |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Frank Bracht |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | October 30, 1963 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French |
| Box office | $2,250,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Plot
A womanizing American reporter assigned to Paris (Paul Newman) comes to live in the Montmartre district with his friend Harry Gorman. He meets Sam very briefly in a gents toilet (dressed as a man).
Meanwhile a tomboy girl Sam is being dragged around Paris by her older friend, Leena. After a girl's night out (with Maurice Chevalier) she prays to a street shrine to be more feminine.
In her attempt to look more feminine she overdoes it: she dons a blonde wig; puts on red lipstick; and wears a fur coat. She sits outside a bar smoking a cigarette in a long holder. Here Sherman mistakes her for a high-class prostitute and pays $200 in advance for two hours.
He decides to interview her for a series of articles, then falls in love with her. The girl goes along with it, first out of revenge as he snubbed her during a past encounter, then out of feelings of her own.
Cast
- Paul Newman as Steve Sherman
- Joanne Woodward as Samantha "Sam" Blake / Mimi
- Thelma Ritter as Leena
- Eva Gabor as Felicienne Courbeau
- George Tobias as Joseph Bergner
- Marvin Kaplan as Harry Gorman
- Maurice Chevalier as Himself
- Robert Simon as Bertram Chalmers
- Valerie Varda as Mrs. Chalmers
- Joan Staley as Stewardess
- Robert Clary as Frenchman at Restaurant
Awards and nominations
- 1964: Nominated, Best Costume Design, Color - Edith Head
- 1964: Nominated, Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment - Leith Stevens
- 1964: Nominated, Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy - Joanne Woodward
- 1964: 3rd Place, Top Female Supporting Performance - Thelma Ritter
Novelization
Before the release of the film, Dell issued a worthwhile paperback novelization of the screenplay by mainstream author W.H. (William Henry, aka Bill) Manville (1926–2017) as Henry Williams, the pseudonym he used for tie-in work. The screenplay is not directly attributed as the source, but it is cited in a back cover film credit list, and the copyright is assigned to Paramount Pictures. The cover illustration features Newman and Woodward in the "falling-kiss" pose of the movie poster, and the middle of the book contains a four-page insert of captioned, black-and-white production stills.
See also
References
- "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
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