Tuesday, March 13, 2018

"The Love Bug" released 1969

Walt Disney's The Love Bug released March 13, 1969

Everyone's favorite racing car Herbie appeared first in The Love Bug, which opened to wide release March 13, 1969.  It premiered in a limited release December 24, 1968.  The movie starred Dean Jones, Michelle Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett and Gary Owen of Laugh-In fame.

It is based on the book Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford, published in 1961, and it was the last live-action movie authorized by Walt Disney.  It was released two years after his death.  Dean Jones attributes this to the movie's success.

It was the third-highest grossing movie of 1968.


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