 For the screen version, the studio wanted one major movie star to guarantee the film's success, so John Raitt's role of Sid was offered to Frank Sinatra, who would have been paired with Paige.When Sinatra turned it down, the producers offered Paige's role of Babe to Doris Day, who accepted and was paired with Raitt.After six years away, Paige returned to Hollywood in "Silk Stockings" (1957), which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, the Doris Day/David Niven comedy "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1960), and as a love-starved married neighbor in "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961) with Bob Hope.