The Birds and the Bees (film)


The Birds and the Bees is a 1956 screwball comedy film with songs, starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven. A remake of Preston Sturges 1941 film The Lady Eve, which was based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, the film was directed by Norman Taurog and written by Sidney Sheldon. The costumes for the film were designed by Edith Head.

The three con artists are out to fleece George of a small fortune, but even the best laid plans can go astray. First, Jean falls hard for George and shields him from her card sharp father. Then, when Marty discovers the truth about her and her father and tells George about them, he dumps her. Furious at being scorned, she reenters his life masquerading as the posh Countess Louise, the cousin of Jacques Duc de Montaigne Hans Conreid, who is actually Frenchie, another con man whos swindling the rich folks of Connecticut. Jean is determined to get back at George, so she sets out to seduce him, again.Georges domineering father Fred Clark throws a party in honor of the visiting French royalty, and George is completely taken in by Jeans masquerade. Soon her hapless victim is so confused and bothered he doesnt know which way is up, but, in the end, after all the twists and turns, deceptions and lies, true love wins out. ........

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