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Days of Wine and Roses Overview:

Days of Wine and Roses (1962) was a Romance - Drama Film directed by Blake Edwards and produced by Martin Manulis.

SYNOPSIS

Biting drama about a young couple's struggle with alcoholism. Edwards gives Lemmon plenty of room - the production is more naturalistic than the original teleplay - and he makes the best of it. Excellent score by Mancini, and the title song became a hit.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActorJack LemmonNominated
Best ActressLee RemickNominated
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: George James HopkinsNominated
Best Costume DesignDon FeldNominated
Best Music - SongMusic by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerWon
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Days of Wine and Roses BlogHub Articles:

Days of Wine and Roses (1962): Alcoholics Anonymous

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 9, 2019 From 4 Star Films

I had always heard Days of Wine and Roses was shown to members of AA. It’s no small coincidence the co-founder Bill Wilson served as a technical advisor. But I never realized how integral it is to the very integrity of the plot. Jack Lemmon had the penchant for playing lovable losers — t... Read full article

The Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

By Beatrice on Aug 20, 2017 From Flickers in Time

The Days of Wine and Roses Directed by Blake Edwards Written by J.P. Miller 1962/USA Jalem Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Love story meets horror story in this well-acted drama about alcoholism and its consequences. Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) works as a Public Relations man.  It is the age... Read full article

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

By Rhonda0731 on Jan 17, 2015 From Smitten Kitten Vintage

Originally posted on the motion pictures: Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) is a public relations man, a dedicated worker at a firm in San Francisco. He’s also a heavy drinker, even drinking on the job. Joe meets Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), a secretary for one of his clients — and a teetotaler. She prefe... Read full article

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

By Lindsey on Jan 17, 2015 From The Motion Pictures

Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) is a public relations man, a dedicated worker at a firm in San Francisco. He’s also a heavy drinker, even drinking on the job. Joe meets Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), a secretary for one of his clients — and a teetotaler. She prefers chocolate over liquor. It may s... Read full article

DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES.

By Crystal Kalyana on Oct 28, 2014 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

Tonight I watched “Days Of Wine And Roses” for the first time. I’ve had the DVD sitting on my shelf for a long time now. Considering I’ve never been a fan of Lee Remick, granting the fact that I’ve hardly made a dent in her filmography, I was reluctant to watch it, but ... Read full article

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Days of Wine and Roses Quotes:

Joe Clay: Well, anything worth having is worth suffering for, isn't it?
[Joe forces Kirsten to look in a mirror]
Joe Clay: I walked by Union Square Bar. I was going to go in. Then I saw myself - my reflection in the window - and I thought, "I wonder who that bum is?" And then I saw it was me. Now look at me. I'm a bum. Look at me! Look at you. You're a bum. Look at you. And look at us. Look at us. C'mon look at us! See? A couple of bums.
[Joe offers to reconcile with Kirsten - but only if she quits drinking]
Joe Clay: You remember how it really was? You and me and booze - a threesome. You and I were a couple of drunks on the sea of booze, and the boat sank. I got hold of something that kept me from going under, and I'm not going to let go of it. Not for you. Not for anyone. If you want to grab on, grab on. But there's just room for you and me - no threesome.
Kirsten Arnesen Clay: Thanks for the compliment, but I know how I look. This is the way I look when I'm sober. It's enough to make a person drink, wouldn't you say? You see, the world looks so dirty to me when I'm not drinking. Joe, remember Fisherman's Wharf? The water when you looked too close? That's the way the world looks to me when I'm not drinking.
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Days of Wine and Roses Facts
Film debut of Lynn Borden.
Jack Lemmon disclosed in a TV interview interview that during his straitjacket scene, wherein his character rather violently suffers the DTs, he'd gotten so into it that the crew had to shake him out of his hysterics after the cameras had stopped rolling.
Originally done on live TV; Charles Bickford repeated his TV role.
The story was first performed live on an episode of Playhouse 90 in 1958. Writer J.P. Miller conceived the original play as a love story between two drunks. The concept of alcoholic domesticity had never been executed commercially before. The recorded play, not in public domain, currently exists on videotape at CBS Television City in Hollywood.
The cast and crew were very concerned that the bleak ending would be changed. Director Blake Edwards recalled for Entertainment Weekly magazine that studio head Jack L. Warner wanted a lighter ending, but he came into a screening with a very attractive date who blasted the decision. Warner reluctantly gave in. In addition, Jack Lemmon purposely flew to Paris after filming had wrapped so he would be "unavailable" for re-shoots.
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