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Plot

Francis plays Libby Caruso, who has spent a whole month trying to get into show business with her singing, yet hasn't succeeded. Libby then decides to retire and get a job where she can meet the right man and get married. She is interested in pursuing Paul Davis (

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), whom she meets in the supermarket, but Paul is not interested. Libby later creates a clothes stand she calls the "Lady Valet". This product interests Paul who wants to promote it. Paul gets Libby on ''

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'' to push her products. When Libby mentions that she was formerly a singer,

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asks her to sing. Libby's singing career takes off, and Paul then becomes interested in Libby. Libby then changes her mind and falls for a young grocer (

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). Paul then decides to pursue Libby's roommate, Jan (

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Cast

Much of the supporting cast is from Francis' first screen role, ''

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'' (1960). A few celebrity cameos also appear, including

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, George Hamilton and

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. This film was

's first film cameo, p. 181 and his movie debut.

Reception

Johnny Carson used to joke that ''Looking for Love'' was so bad it was transferred to flammable nitrate film stock. In 1987,

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and

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appeared on ''The Tonight Show'' and brought along an alleged clip from their movie review program, in which they reviewed Carson's performance in ''Looking For Love''. Gene slammed Johnny's acting, while Roger gave it a "thumbs up"—after which he admitted that he had been given a million dollars and other prizes for a positive review. Francis was meant to make a follow-up movie, ''Pizza for Breakfast'', but it was never filmed.

Home media

''Looking for Love'' was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on September 12, 2011 via its Warner Archive DVD-on-demand service available from online retailers.

References

External links

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