Although Rona Jaffe's original novel has recently seen a revival of interest since it was name-checked in 'Mad Men', the glossy, good-looking film in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color Jerry Wald made of it tends still to be overlooked.
Made when the word 'pregnant' could be used but abortion was still 'an operation', the men - with the dishonourable exception of Robert Evans in his final film as an actor and Brian Aherne as a bottom-pincher - are a pretty bland bunch.
Joan Crawford's role as the office queen bee apparently suffered badly in the final cut; but Crawford would anyway have been disinclined to convincingly portray a cold-hearted cow as Meryl Streep did in 'The Devil Wears Prada'.
Made when the word 'pregnant' could be used but abortion was still 'an operation', the men - with the dishonourable exception of Robert Evans in his final film as an actor and Brian Aherne as a bottom-pincher - are a pretty bland bunch.
Joan Crawford's role as the office queen bee apparently suffered badly in the final cut; but Crawford would anyway have been disinclined to convincingly portray a cold-hearted cow as Meryl Streep did in 'The Devil Wears Prada'.