70?s movie quirky wife not fitting into corporate culture

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Could possibly be late 60s. I remember it as kind of a light-hearted romantic comedy with her mishaps of not fitting into old establishment but being actually morally right about it. Two scenes stick out in particular, one is that their corporate housing looks just like every other house in the neighborhood, kind of like an early HOA, so she paints their garage door in psychedelic colors. After he gets a promotion and they are living in a different part of corporate housing she starts shopping at a grocery store that’s associated with lower levels of management and it creates a big scandal but she continues to do it because she likes the store better. I think she convinces other people to join her.
Actress is blonde and someone relatively famous for the era. Husband is dark-haired.

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I have not seen this one, this is just a very wild guess:

Looks adorable but definitely not it. No affairs here. Happily married.

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Maybe this one?:

No. The plot revolves around hubby's career with company, and her refusal to be a cooperative compliant corporate wife. People push back but ultimately she's right that the old ways should be left behind. There's a subtext in classism. I have a vague memory that there's some stabs at at sexism and racism too but can't remember a specific scene.

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Reminds me of Barefoot in the Park (1967)

Some similarities. But more suburban. More about her, less about them. But same kind of dynamic. Blonde/bleached blonde actress, I think in a flip? Think Elizabeth Montgomery, Kim Novak, or Tuesday Weld. Even Sandra Dee type. Typing that makes me think it's probably earlier than 1970. Hmm.

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Is it on this list?

If you select “Grid view” the covers become bigger and you might recognize something just by looking at the pictures

No, but I think maybe I found it using your search as a starting place. It looks like it's Gidget Gets Married. I didn't recognize it as a Gidget movie because it's a different actress playing Gidget, and it was a TV movie. The trailer shows the garage door though! Thanks for the help.!

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