Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, Walter Brennan as Grandpa Dinwitty and Leslie Nielsen as Peter Brent. It is the first of the four Tammy films. It was adapted from the 1948 novel Tammy Out of Time by Cid Ricketts Sumner.
Tammy and The Bachelor
Tammy Out of Time
1948 novel
by Cid Ricketts Sumner
- June 14, 1957
89 minutes
United States
English
less than $1 million[1]
$3 million (US rentals)[2]
Awards[edit]
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans were nominated for an Oscar for their song "Tammy", sung over the film's main titles by The Ames Brothers. Its naive sentimentality has proved an irresistible target for parody, especially in Stan Freberg's "Madison Ave. Werewolf": "When I hold your sweet, hairy hands tight in mine... Clammy! Clammy!".
Reynolds placed second for a Golden Laurel for Top Female Comedy Performance. The film itself was awarded third place for a Golden Laurel for Top Comedy.
Reynolds's single version of the film's title song (heard later in the movie) became an across-the-music-charts #1 hit 45 release, on Coral Records.