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Tammy and the Bachelor is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, Walter Brennan as Grandpa Dinwitty and Leslie Nielsen as Peter Brent. It is the first of the four Tammy films. It was adapted from the 1948 novel Tammy Out of Time by Cid Ricketts Sumner.
It was published in 1957 and made its debut in the film Tammy and the Bachelor. It was nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Original Song. "Tammy" is heard in the film in two versions. The one that became a No. 1 hit single for Debbie Reynolds in 1957 is heard
Tammy and the Bachelor was the basis for the 1965-1966 television series Tammy. In the series Tammy’s last name was Tarleton, and she lives on a houseboat with her grandfather and uncle, but finds work as the secretary of wealthy Mr. Brent. [2] Four episodes of Tammy were reedited into the last Tammy movie, Tammy and the Millionaire. [3]
Her recording of the song "Tammy" (1957; from Tammy and the Bachelor) earned her a gold record. [37] It was a number one single on the Billboard pop charts in 1957 . In the movie (the first of the Tammy film series ), she co-starred with Leslie Nielsen .
The actress had many roles that were acclaimed, but she never won an Academy Award for her work through the years.
In her 2013 memoir, "Unsinkable," Reynolds described the moment she and Kelly filmed their characters' first kiss -- a kiss she expected to be chaste, as was typical in films of that era.
This novel was adapted to film in 1957 in Tammy and the Bachelor, starring Debbie Reynolds. The book was so popular that Ricketts wrote two more novels based on this one ( Tammy Tell Me True , in 1959 and Tammy in Rome in 1965) and three more films were also released ( Tammy Tell Me True in 1961 and Tammy and the Doctor in 1963, starring Sandra ...
Ryan Gosling thanked the late Debbie Reynolds for being an inspiration for La La Land during the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Monday.. While accepting the Vanguard Award on behalf ...