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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 Edith Head and Edward Stevenson). For her performance, Lucille Ball was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress - Comedy. Legal issues kept the film from being distributed on home video, and The Facts of Life remains unavailable on DVD and VHS formats, though it is occasionally broadcast on television.

Plot

As the yearly vacation of six neighbors, the Gilberts, Masons, and Weavers, approaches, Kitty Weaver (Lucille Ball) and Larry Gilbert (Bob Hope) find themselves frustrated with the routine. When both their spouses (Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore) are kept away from the vacation, Kitty and Larry find themselves alone in Acapulco with the Masons (Philip Ober and Marianne Stewart) bedridden with illness. Forced together, Kitty and Larry fall in love. Once the vacation is over, however, they have difficulties in both abandoning and continuing their romance.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Won:

Best Costume Design (Edith Head and Edward Stevenson)

Nominated:

Best Art Direction, Black and White (J. McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, and Ross Dowd)
Best Cinematography, Black and White (Charles Lang
)
Best Original Song (Johnny Mercer for "The Facts of Life")
Best Original Screenplay (Melvin Frank
and Norman Panama
)

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated:

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Lucille Ball
)

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