Moon is Blue, The

Aroview: Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth-as-silk William Holden, here in familiar playboy mode.

An innocuous time capsule of fifties hanky-panky, the film’s racy dialogue nevertheless attracted the right kind of controversy, tickling audiences and spurring on filmmakers hemmed in by the soon-to-be-dissolved Hollywood production code.