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Lover Come Back

1961 · 107 min · Director: Delbert Mann ★ IMDb 7.1 · 9,860 ratings

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Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.

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Lover Come Back (1961) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Love
20%Joy
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Joy20%
  4. Smile10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Surprise
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Humor
Surprise
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorSurpriseLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %42 %8 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor51 %51 %14 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor57 %57 %16 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor55 %55 %15 %1 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor55 %55 %18 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor57 %57 %18 %1 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Humor57 %56 %19 %0 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Humor59 %56 %24 %3 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Humor60 %59 %21 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Humor64 %64 %20 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Humor65 %65 %21 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Humor61 %55 %16 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 67′Love63 %49 %16 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Humor63 %49 %20 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Love61 %42 %23 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Love64 %43 %29 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Humor66 %55 %34 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Humor70 %64 %44 %10 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Surprise71 %63 %50 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Love70 %60 %43 %43 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

TR
Tony Randall

Peter 'Pete' Ramsey

EA
Edie Adams

EA
Edie Adams

Rebel Davis

JO
Jack Oakie

AB
Ann B. Davis

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Karen Norris

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Karen Norris

Kelly, Jerry's Secretary

CW
Charles Watts

Charlie

DD
Donna Douglas

Deborah, Peter's Secretary

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Ward Ramsey

Hodges

JW
June Wilkinson

Sigrid Freud - Stripper on Standee

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Ted Bessell

Elevator Operator

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Richard Deacon

Dr. Melnick

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Dorothy Abbott

Brackett Receptionist (uncredited)

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John Alban

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Fred Aldrich

Harrison - Peter Ramsey's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Delbert Mann
Written by
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
Type
Movies
Released
1961
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 9,860 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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