The Brass Bottle

Director: Harry Keller Harry Keller

Overview

In this goofy comedy, an architect discovers that a recently-purchased antique bottle is the home of a jovial but vexing genie. This creates problems for the architect, as he is more interested in impressing his in-laws-to-be than having his wishes granted.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/04/2017
UPC:	0025192402838
Original Release:	1964
Rating:	NR
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	25,448

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tony Randall	Harold Ventimore
Burl Ives	Fakrash
Barbara Eden	Sylvia Kenton
Ann Doran	Martha Kenton
Kamala Devi	Tezra
Edward Andrews	Prof. Kenton
Richard Erdman	Seymour Jenks
Kathie Browne	Hazel Jenks
Philip Ober	William Beevor
Parley Baer	Samuel Wackerbath
Howard Smith	Senator Grindle
Lulu Porter	Belly Dancer
Alex Gerry	Dr. Travisley
Herb Vigran	Eddie
Alan Dexter	Joe
Robert Lieb	Jennings
Jan Arvan	Seneschal
Nora Marlowe	Mrs. McGruder
Aline Towne	Miss Gidden

Technical Credits

Robert Arthur	Producer
Harry Keller	Director

Editorial Reviews

Make no mistake about it: The Brass Bottle is a silly and fairly predictable comedy, the kind that Hollywood was making in the early 1960s before it figured out that people were more and more getting this kind of fluff on television, where it was more at home. So, no, Bottle is not a great film, not even a great comedy. But it's a pleasant, amiable and diverting little flick, thanks in large part to its very agreeable cast. One can hardly be more agreeable, for example, than Barbara Eden, who would of course soon gain fame as a genie herself, but who here is playing one of those typical-for-the-era girl friends who doesn't have a whole lot of character. But Eden is quite lovely to look at, and she's so at home in the role that she almost makes you forget that they haven't given her a lot to do. Burl Ives is certainly agreeable, an actor with great charm and who uses that charm for all its worth here. And first and foremost, we have Tony Randall, an expert at playing people who are a tad too stuffy yet whose stuffiness is endearing rather than irritating. And it doesn't hurt that he has a mean sense of timing and takes that range from overtly double to so small as to be almost invisible. Bottle's direction is adequate, and its screenplay does provide some amusing moments, but it's the players that make it worth watching.