Sunday in New York {The Apartment}

I can't actually pinpoint what it is about this movie that has me so enchanted, but every time I see it, I laugh harder and enjoy myself more. There are three main actors in the movie: Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor and Cliff Robertson. Jane Fonda plays a young innocent who has broken up with her boyfriend and come into NYC from Albany for a long weekend at her brother's apartment. Her brother is Cliff Robertson, an airline pilot whose love life makes for a very interesting and entertaining second storyline. The hilarity ensues when Jane meets Rod Taylor. Up until this movie, I had only seen him in The Birds, which was a very serious dramatic part. In this movie, he has the goofy screwball comedy talents of Cary Grant. I'm surprised that he wasn't cast in more parts like this, because he absolutely excels at comedy. The premise of the story seems a lot like what could have been a Rock Hudson/Doris Day feature, but as much as I love that pair, I am so glad that this cast was chosen. It actually started me wondering what some of Doris Day's movies would have been like with this cast. Picture it: That Touch of Mink with Jane Fonda and Rod Taylor. Can't you see it?

Anyway... the main reason I am posting... THE BACHELOR PAD! I am a real girly girl, but somehow I have a real fondness for cool sixties bachelor apartments, and this one in particular. This is my dream home. Seriously, even if I end up with a farm in Vermont, I'll remodel it to look like this apartment. I might change some of the colors and add more artwork (I collect way too much art for the sparse walls in this pad) but the basic structure will be exactly the same. So may I present, Cliff Robertson's apartment in Sunday in New York:

These shots really show off the staircase.

Who doesn't love spiral staircases? (Besides Dorothy McGuire)

My dream-- a gigantic library!! I'd prefer one more on the scale

of the one in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, but this will do...

The bar. You have to step down to get to the bar, a feature I

just adore. Split levels really strike my fancy.

The fireplace & great art arrangement. I love when pictures are

hung off-center and grouped like this.

I love the really tall windows and that couch is to die for!

The bedroom. Cliff has a penthouse, so he has the luxury of

a huge skylight over his bed. Since I like to sleep in until the

afternoon, that shade will most likely always be closed.

But the feature is nice, nonetheless.

The bench for talking on the phone.

I don't care if I am a phone-avoider who absolutely hates picking up the

receiver, even to call in Chinese Food, I am getting that

red phone and phone bench.

Shutters to close off the bedroom from the downstairs at night.

I love this feature so much. I have a canopy bed from

ikea (not frilly, very squared and dark wood)

and I actually did a design for shutters on the bed to

keep my cats off during the day. I never followed

through because I decided against drilling holes into

my bed frame, but I still love the idea.

Other bachelor apartments that I'll post pictures of (but slightly smaller reviews since I'm not nearly as obsessed with these films as I am with Sunday in New York) include Boys Night Out, Come Blow Your Horn, The Tender Trap and a bachelorette apartment in Indiscreet.

EDIT: I've since turned this into a series, and you can view all of the Bachelor Apartment posts right here.