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The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Frank Tashlin and produced by Martin Melcher and Everett Freeman.

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On Blu-ray: Doris Day and Rod Taylor in The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

By KC on May 14, 2019 From Classic Movies

I wrote this review days before the legendary Doris Day passed on. It is in a way a tribute to her charm and talent, because every word I've ever written about her has been a tribute. She was the living embodiment of sunshine and so phenomenally talented. Produced in the last decade of Doris Day... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


TV/Movie Set - The Glass Bottom Boat ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 8, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Spy fever was in full heat in the mid-1960s, what with the success of James Bond in the theatres and television shows such as Mission Impossible and The Man from UNCLE. It's no wonder then that even Doris Day was thrust into a spy adventure. In 1966 Universal Pictures cast her and Rod Taylor in a fi... Read full article


The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

By Lindsey on Mar 26, 2012 From The Motion Pictures

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966): 4/5 Doris Day and Rod Taylor star in this space age romantic comedy. Taylor is Bruce Templeton, an aerospace researcher. Day is Jennifer Nelson, a part-time “mermaid” and NASA employee who catches Bruce’s eye. The two meet while she’s on the job ... Read full article


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Bruce Templeton: This vault of 10-inch steel plate will open only to the frequency of my own voice repeating this equation: G for gamma, B for beta, A for alpha, Omega for open sesame.


Jennifer Nelson: What are you drinking?
Anna Miller: Hootch. That's half Scotch, half Bourbon.
Jennifer Nelson: It sounds delicious.


Jennifer Nelson: This is called The Clean Room. It's completely sterilized so that no dust or dirt will contaminate the critical parts. Workers entering the clean room must first stand on this grate, which shakes off dust from shoes and clothing. Like this... Oh dear, I guess we better go now. We'll go that way.
[her shoe is stuck in the grate]


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The last picture of Alice Pearce, who passed away on March 3rd, 1966 of ovarian cancer at the age of 48 - just three months before "The Glass Bottom Boat" had its premiere.
Robert Vaughn:  man at the party
The boat that was used in the film sank two miles off the coast of Zuma Beach in Los Angeles on 11 June 2006. "The Phoenix" was traveling from Newport Beach to San Francisco Bay where it was going to be used as a Cajun restaurant. The cause of the sinking was due to a two-by-six inch crack in the glass hull. All crew members were rescued.
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