What is "days of wine and roses"

n. A bygone era of innocence and simplicity, especially youth

Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name.

The movie was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems.

An Academy Award went to the film's theme music, composed by Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film received four other Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress.

"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name.

The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work. In 2004 it finished at #39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

The song is composed of two sentences, one for each stanza. They are each sung as three lines.

Days of Wine and Roses may refer to:

• "days of wine and roses", a phrase from the 1896 poem "Vitae Summa Brevis" by Ernest Dowson
• Days of Wine and Roses (1958 TV drama), a teleplay written by JP Miller
• Days of Wine and Roses (film), a 1962 film adaptation written by Miller and directed by Blake Edwards
• "Days of Wine and Roses" (song), a song from the film, by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
• Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests, a 1963 album by Andy Williams
• The Days of Wine and Roses, a 1982 album by Dream Syndicate

Days of Wine and Roses was an acclaimed 1958 American teleplay by JP Miller which dramatized the problems of alcoholism. John Frankenheimer directed the cast headed by Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie and Charles Bickford.