Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

112 mins | Comedy, Family, Romance | March 31, 1960

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

112 mins | Comedy, Family, Romance | March 31, 1960

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Euterpe
Original title Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Directors Al Jennings, Charles Walters
Writers Jean Kerr, Isobel Lennart

Cast

Doris Day

as Kate Mackay

David Niven

as Larry Mackay

Janis Paige

as Deborah Vaughn

Spring Byington

as Suzie Robinson

Richard Haydn

as Alfred North

Patsy Kelly

as Maggie

Jack Weston

as Joe Positano

John Harding

as Norman McQuarry

Margaret Lindsay

as Mona James

Carmen Phillips

as Mary Smith

Mary Patton

as Mrs. Hunter

Charles Herbert

as David Mackay

Stanley Livingston

as Gabriel Mackay

Flip Mark

as George Mackay

Baby Gellert

as Adam Mackay

Bess Flowers

as Lady in Elevator (uncredited)

Milton Frome

as Gus (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Benny Rubin

as Pete (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow

as Mrs. Greenfield (uncredited)

Barbara Aberle

as Guest (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

as Sardi's Patron (uncredited)

Mary Benoit

as Guest (uncredited)

Bobette Bentley

as Student (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

as Miss Bonney (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

as Maid (uncredited)

John Brennan

as Young Man (uncredited)

Ella Mae Brown

as Browser (uncredited)

Jhean Burton

as Actress (uncredited)

Lorraine Caldwell

as Guest (uncredited)

Kathryn Card

as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Sardi's Headwaiter (uncredited)

Richard Collier

as Fabric Salesman (uncredited)

Joseph Cronin

as Pianist (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Lucille Curtis

as Guest (uncredited)

Robert Darin

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Delfino

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Burt Douglas

as Young Man (uncredited)

Amy Douglass

as Martha (uncredited)

Joan Dupuis

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

as Guest (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

as Browser (uncredited)

Donald Foster

as Justin Withers (uncredited)

Marianne Gaba

as Young Girl (uncredited)

Frank Gardner

as Student (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Sardi's Patron (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

as Actor in Play (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

as Sardi's Patron (uncredited)

Christian Haren

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Mona's Bald Party Guest (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Marina Koshetz

as Jane March (uncredited)

Karyn Kupcinet

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Perk Lazelle

as Sardi's Patron (uncredited)

Peter Leeds

as Mackay's Secretary (uncredited)

Len Lesser

as Waiter at Sardi's (uncredited)

Larry McCormick

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Claire Meade

as Dowager (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Sardi's Patron / Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Paul Power

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Ravel

as Waiter (uncredited)

John Rice

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Clark Ross

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

as Waiter (uncredited)

Charles Seel

as Upholstery Man (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

as Sardi's Patron (uncredited)

Guy Stockwell

as Young Man (uncredited)

Lomax Study

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Geraldine Wall

as Dr. Sprouk (uncredited)

Joseph Waring

as Salesman (uncredited)

Ira L. Westley

as Bassist (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

as TV Interviewer (uncredited)