The Mating Game

The Mating Game is an MGM film starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, and Paul Douglas in his final screen appearance. Reynolds sings the title song during the opening credits. It is very loosely based on a British novel, The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates, which was later adapted into a more faithful 1991–93 British miniseries, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones in the role that Debbie Reynolds plays in the film. The film has been featured on Turner Classic Movies, and was released on DVD by The Warner Archive in March 2009. Irritated neighbor Wendell Burnshaw brings the Larkin... family to the attention of the Internal Revenue Service. Lorenzo Charlton is assigned to the case by his boss, Kelsey . Ma and Pop Larkin warmly welcome him to their family farm in Maryland, at first unaware of why he is there. Lorenzo is aghast to learn that the Larkins have never filed a tax return. With their cooperation, he sets out to figure out what, if anything, they owe in the way of back taxes, a difficult task, as Pop usually just trades for what they need and keeps no records.
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