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13 April 1963 (USA) morePlot:
Bob Hope is a New York theater critic and his wife (Lucille Ball in their final motion picture pairing) writes a play that may or may not be very good... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bob Hope | ... | Parker Ballantine |
 | Lucille Ball | ... | Angela Ballantine |
 | Marilyn Maxwell | ... | Ivy London |
 | Rip Torn | ... | Dion Kapakos |
| Jessie Royce Landis | ... | Charlotte Orr aka Charlie |
| John Dehner | ... | S.P. Champlain |
| Jim Backus | ... | Dr. William Von Hagedorn |
| Ricky Kelman | ... | John Ballantine |
| Dorothy Green | ... | Mrs. Margaret Champlain |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Sally Orr |
 | Joseph Gallison | ... | Philip 'Phil' Yardley (as Evan McCord) |
| Joan Shawlee | ... | Marge Orr |
| Richard Deacon | ... | Harvey Rittenhouse |
| Jerome Cowan | ... | Joe Rosenfield |
| Donald Losby | ... | Godfrey Von Hagedorn |
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John Ballantine: For the record, Sisters Three was written by Angela Ballantine, directed by Dion Kapakos, and produced by mistake. moreFAQ
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I will assume that Ira Levin's original Broadway play was much better than this dull, tedious film. It has obviously been altered to fit the acting styles of Ball and Hope. Lucy's role comes across as a toned-down version of her Lucy-wants-to get-in-show-business character, and Hope hams it up as the husband. Scene after scene comes across as rather pedestrian. The sets and cinematography are fine, and Edith Head provides Lucy with great costumes. Perhaps fans of the then-running "Lucy Show" made this film a success. However, 1968's "Yours, Mine and Ours" is a much better vehicle for Ball, even if her advanced age made that role unrealistic. In retrospect, Lucy comes across as annoying and passive in this film. In addition, the child actor Ricky Kelman is extremely irritating as the son of Hope, and step-son of Ball.