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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Edward invokes this with the song "Don't Tamper With My Sister," though the complaint here is just that it's in public (and Edward is only [[BoyfriendBluff pretending to be her brother]] anyway).

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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Edward invokes this with the song "Don't Tamper With with My Sister," though the complaint here is just that it's in public (and Edward is only [[BoyfriendBluff pretending to be her brother]] anyway).
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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some rather uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. While hypnotizing her, Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.

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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some rather uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her addiction to cigarette addiction. smoking. While hypnotizing her, Bruckner not only finds out not only about her Daisy's early life, but about also her previous ''previous'' life in the 18th century as a young English lady Englishwoman named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.
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The original Broadway production starred Creator/BarbaraHarris as Daisy/Melinda and Creator/JohnCullum as Dr. Bruckner. A 1970 film adaptation was directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.

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The original Broadway production starred Creator/BarbaraHarris as Daisy/Melinda and Creator/JohnCullum as Dr. Bruckner. A 1970 [[TheFilmOfThePlay film adaptation adaptation]] was directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.
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''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' is a 1965 musical comedy with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane.

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''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' is a 1965 musical comedy with book and lyrics by [[Creator/LernerAndLoewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner]] and music by Burton Lane.
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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some rather uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. By hypnotizing her, Dr. Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.

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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some rather uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. By While hypnotizing her, Dr. Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.
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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. By hypnotizing her, Dr. Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.

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Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some rather uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. By hypnotizing her, Dr. Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.
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The 1970 film version was directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.

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The original Broadway production starred Creator/BarbaraHarris as Daisy/Melinda and Creator/JohnCullum as Dr. Bruckner. A 1970 film version adaptation was directed by Creator/VincenteMinnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.
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In 2011, a revival was staged with substantial changes, starring HarryConnickJr as Dr. Mark Bruckner. Daisy Gamble becomes David Gamble, who is trying to quit smoking because he already told his boyfriend that he quit. He goes to Dr. Bruckner on the advice of his roommate; during their sessions, Dr. Bruckner discovers that David is the reincarnation of a 1940s singer, Melinda Wells.

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In 2011, a revival was staged with substantial changes, starring HarryConnickJr Music/HarryConnickJr as Dr. Mark Bruckner. Daisy Gamble becomes David Gamble, who is trying to quit smoking because he already told his boyfriend that he quit. He goes to Dr. Bruckner on the advice of his roommate; during their sessions, Dr. Bruckner discovers that David is the reincarnation of a 1940s singer, Melinda Wells.
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In 2011, a revival was staged with substantial changes, starring HarryConnickJr as Dr. Mark Bruckner. Daisy Gamble becomes David Gamble, who is trying to quit smoking because he already told his boyfriend that he quit. He goes to Dr. Bruckner on the advice of his roommate; during their sessions, Dr. Bruckner discovers that David is the reincarnation of a 1940s singer, Melinda Wells.



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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In this version, David ends back with Warren, not Mark.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the original musical, Melinda was an English noble woman from the 18th Century. In the revival, she's a big band singer from the 1940s in New York.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Daisy Gamble is replaced with David Gamble, a "29-year old, single homosexual male." Melinda, however, stays Melinda.
* DisposableFiance: Averted. Unlike the original, Warren is a developed character in his own right, and he ultimately gets the guy.
* IncompatibleOrientation: The gay David falls in love with the straight Mark, who loves David's past life, the female Melinda.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: David falls in love with his psychoanalyst, Mark Bruckner.
* TheLostLenore: Mark is still not over his wife's death years later.
* NiceGuy: Warren
* SettingUpdate: The setting changes from the 1960s to the 1970s New York. Likewise, Melinda is now a New Yorker from the 1940s, not an Englishwoman from the 18th-century.
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* AdaptationNameChange / AdaptationalNationality: In the film version, the Austrian Dr. Mark Bruckner becomes the French Dr. Marc Chabot.
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The 1970 film version was directed by Vincente Minnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.

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The 1970 film version was directed by Vincente Minnelli, Creator/VincenteMinnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.
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The film version, released in 1970 by Creator/{{Paramount}}, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, was directed by Vincente Minnelli, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.

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The 1970 film version, released in 1970 version was directed by Creator/{{Paramount}}, Vincente Minnelli, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, was directed by Vincente Minnelli, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.Lerner.


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* TalkingToPlants: Daisy does this in the song "Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here."

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* DisposableFiance: Daisy's blandly perfect fiancé, the perfectly bland Warren Smith.



* UnwantedFiance: Daisy's blandly perfect fiancé, the perfectly bland Warren Smith.
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%%Trope list under construction* UnwantedFiance: Daisy's blandly perfect fiancé, the perfectly bland Warren Smith.
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* DistantDuet: In the film version, when Daisy is avoiding the psychiatrist and he tries to reach her telepathically, she begins hearing the words of the song coming from the mouths of her cooking class teacher, police officers, and other random strangers.

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* DistantDuet: In the film version, when Daisy is avoiding the psychiatrist and he tries to reach her telepathically, she begins hearing the words of the song "Come Back to Me" coming from the mouths of her cooking class teacher, police officers, and other random strangers.
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* DistantDuet: In the film version, when Daisy is avoiding the psychiatrist and he tries to reach her telepathically, she begins hearing the words of the song coming from the mouths of her cooking class teacher, police officers, and other random strangers.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Edward invokes this with the song "Don't Tamper With My Sister," though the complaint here is just that it's in public (and Edward is only [[BoyfriendBluff pretending to be her brother]] anyway).
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* TitleThemeTune: In a rare musical theatre example, the prelude features the title song sung by an offstage chorus.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Melinda's family makes elaborate preparations for her to marry Sir Hubert Insdale. She quashes the proposal simply by saying "no" to him.
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* FunnyForeigner: Themistocles Kriakos, an eccentric Greek millionaire who speaks broken English and is more than eager to fund serious research on reincarnation.


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* {{Reincarnation}}: Mark probes into Daisy's unconscious memories of her past life in 18th-century England as Melinda Welles.

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* LovingAShadow: Mark falls in love with Melinda, though she only exists in Daisy's unconscious recollections.


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* PsychicPowers: Daisy's demonstrated psychic powers include knowing where other people's car keys are and making flowers grow really fast.
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* UnreliableVoiceover: Daisy's narration of her 18th-century flashbacks often contradicts the immediate happenings.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Daisy's British accent starts to fade when she stops recalling memories of her previous life in 18th-century England.
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''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' is a 1965 musical comedy with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane.

Daisy Gamble is 22 years old and, though seemingly ordinary, expresses some uncanny abilities, particularly over plants. Daisy goes to visit Dr. Mark Bruckner, an experienced hypnotist, to see if he can help cure her of her cigarette addiction. By hypnotizing her, Dr. Bruckner finds out not only about her early life, but about her previous life in the 18th century as a young English lady named Melinda Welles and her four years of marriage to Sir Edward Moncrief, a rakish portrait painter.

The film version, released in 1970 by Creator/{{Paramount}}, starred Music/BarbraStreisand and Yves Montand, was directed by Vincente Minnelli, and featured a considerably revised screenplay and new {{Movie Bonus Song}}s by Lerner.
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