The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as middle-aged people who have an affair despite being married to other people. Written, directed, and produced by the longtime Hope associates Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film was more serious than many other contemporary Hope vehicles. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Costume Design . For her performance, Lucille Ball was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Comedy. The film features an opening animated title sequence created by Saul Bass. As the yearly... vacation of six neighbors, the Gilberts, Masons, and Weavers, approaches, Kitty Weaver and Larry Gilbert find themselves frustrated with the routine. When both their spouses are kept away from the vacation, Kitty and Larry find themselves alone in Acapulco, with the Masons bedridden with illness. Forced together, Kitty and Larry fall in love. Once the vacation is over, however, they have difficulties in either abandoning or continuing their romance.
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| Release date: | November 14, 1960 |
| Directed by: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Editor: | Frank Bracht |
| Music by: | Leigh Harline, Johnny Mercer |
| Cinematography: | Charles Lang |
| Screenplay by: | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
| Genre: | Comedy |