The Decorator

The pilot was not greenlit and was never broadcast. Davis was upset at the pilot's not selling, Davis biographer Ed Sikov quoting Mart Crowley about the pilot: "She was very disappointed that The Decorator didn't go. No, not disappointed—hurt. Very hurt." Liz (Davis) is an interior decorator whose career is hitting the rocks, partly because of her own careless behavior—she sleeps till noon and is terribly picky in choosing her clients, rendering her financially broke. Liz gets well-deserved knocks from her sarcastic assistant, Viola (Mary Wickes), who arranges a meeting for Liz with Judge Connors (Ed Begley), a wealthy man from Oklahoma. Liz accepts his offer, and she immediately moves in his house and begins to redecorate it.