Women could hold hands and hug to support each other in happiness as well as grief. It was called gentlemen prefer blondes starring jane russell and marilyn monroe, two of the leading glamour girls of the day. Performed by doris day i can do without you performed by doris day and howard keel its harry im planning to marry performed by gale robbins, then by allyn ann mclerie just blew in from the windy city sung and danced by doris day. Legendary actor and singer doris day died on monday at the age of 97, prompting overwhelming tributes to the calamity jane star a top star in the 1950s and 1960s, day is regarded as one of the. Calamity jane 1953 official trailer doris day, howard keel. Doris day plays hillbilly calamity jane very well with howard keel as wild bill. Doris day looks no more like the real calamity jane than you or i do, but this 1953 film is intended as a lighthearted musical, not a historical tract.
This incredibly gifted actress and singer ushered in the award for best original song in the 1953 academy awards. The movie sought to capitalize on the success of annie get your gun 1950, which featured another straightshooting female lead from the wild west. This is our first introduction to the boisterous calamity jane doris day as she arrives in deadwood city with a wagon full of goods. Calamity jane 1953 theatrical trailer doris day as. Whipcrackaway, whipcrackaway, whipcrackaway whipcrackaway, whipcrack.
The film starred doris day as the title character and howard keel as hickok. Of course, the movies love story is a great deal more obviousno questions here. This lobby card is from great britain and was printed during the actual year the film was released in. Doris day literally snapped, crackled and popped as she portrayed the wild west legend, martha jane burke, a frontier markswoman who, according to some sources, worked briefly as a lady of the night during hard times.
Scully annual ball, with calamity jane doris day and wild bill howard keel seated prominently in the head carriage and lt. The album cover featured the legend, including songs recorded directly from the soundtrack of the warner bros. Calamity jane is an exuberant, highly fictionalized story of that famous cowgirl and scout, martha jane cannary, alias calamity jane. Dont expect any doris day movie rarity on friday in fact, i dont think such a thing exists. Calamity jane, doris day, howard keel, belgian poster art, 1953 movies giclee print 46 x 61 cm calamity jane.
A wild west cow town is starving for entertainment, and it falls upon calamity jane, a rowdy, guntoting,jeanswearing tomboy, to go to chicago to bring back a famed stage actress. Howard keel is her onagain, offagain paramour wild bill hickok, who only begins to realize his feelings for her when she makes a. Calamity jane was known as a teller of tall tales, and she really started spreading the news about her relationship with bill after he diedso who knows. This is a great quality cd but the title is a little deceiving. Doris day and howard keel star as calamity jane and wild bill hickock in this lighthearted musical based on the lives of two real celebrities of the american west. Doris day made famous oscar winning song secret love in the film calamity jane. She was better known as calamity jane, crack shot and good friend and rival of wild bill hickock, another frontier scout. And only wild bill hickock is man enough to discover the lady underneath the tough talk and gun belts. Doris day had this to say about making calamity jane.
He not only drew on another legendary wild woman of the old west for his heroine, he hired the same male star, howard keel, whod appeared in the film of annie get your gun 1950. Calamity jane original lobby card doris day howard keel in. Calamity jane when oscar levant quipped that he knew doris day before she was a virgin, he was referring to her prepillow talk career in effervescent warner brothers musicals like this one. Calamity jane soundtrack lyrics international lyrics. The story of calamity jane, her saloon, and her romance with wild bill hickok. The film, and days presence in it, stood the test of time and over 70 years later, people expressed their love for calamity jane after news broke of. Day had recorded many lps containing songs from her movie musicals, but this was the first record to be billed as an actual soundtrack recording. Aug 03, 20 doris day made famous oscar winning song secret love in the film calamity jane. The sequence extends to include her entry into the golden. During the peak of her movie career 19591964, she was named the number one movie star. Doris day, howard keel, calamity jane 1953 the films of. Calamity jane 1953 stream and watch online moviefone. Jun 29, 2017 but secret love is calamity janes greatest first. Calamity jane 1953 official trailer doris day, howard keel movie hd subscribe to classic trailers.
Katie brown as allyn mclerie lieutenant danny gilmartin. Features song lyrics for doris day s calamity jane album. The 1953 musical features doris day on whipcrackin form and golden tunes, but it cant be. Calamity jane 1953 calamity jane, doris day movies. Calamity jane is a 1953 american technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of wild west heroine calamity jane, and explores an alleged romance between calamity jane and wild bill. Calamity jane original lobby card doris day howard keel in western bar saloon vg condition silver screen mementos are pleased to be able to offer this authentic original lobby card measuring 8x10 inches. Doris day and howard keel star as calamity jane and wild billhickock in this lighthearted. Doris day, howard keel, calamity jane 1953 the films. See more ideas about calamity jane, dory and doris day movies. Heres the real calamity jane, and the movies version, played by doris day. The calamity jane album marked several unusual occurrences for doris day, who starred in the film of the same title.
Made in 1953, calamity jane is loosely based on the life of wild west legend martha jane canary burke. Howard keel is her onagain, offagain paramour wild bill hickok, who only begins to realize his feelings for her when she makes a stab at being more feminine. Calamity jane 1953 calamity jane, doris day movies, calamity. Where to watch doris day in calamity jane in honor of the.
Theres not a film more iconic in our house than calamity jane. Calamity jane 1953 calamity jane 1953 was arguably the best vehicle enjoyed by doris day during her years as warner bros. Calamity jane original soundtrack original soundtrack. Both of these great ladies came at a different time in show business history, the. Have watched it a few times and have chosen it for movie nights with friends. Features song lyrics for doris days calamity jane album. May, 2019 legendary actor and singer doris day died on monday at the age of 97, prompting overwhelming tributes to the calamity jane star a top star in the 1950s and 1960s, day is regarded as one of the. With doris day, howard keel, allyn ann mclerie, philip carey. Where to watch doris day in calamity jane in honor of.
Film quotes from calamity jane 1953 p1 classic movie hub. A 1953 movie musical based on the famous gunslinger, calamity jane starred doris day as the title character and howard keel as wild bill hickok. Day, with her everhappy persona, often seems to have too much fun with janes perverse, selfinflated macho act. Last week was all about pirates in captain blood, so now its time for cowboys in warner bros. When an actress arrives in deadwood and uses her feminine charms on jane s secret love, wild bill hickock howard keel, jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Day, jane is a rootin, tootin shootin hoyden in the western town of deadwood. The story of calamity jane, her saloon, and her romance with wild bill. Doris day is at her best as the roughest, toughest, rootintootin gal of the wild west, riding, roping and shooting her way through a jamboree of action and hit songs. Culture film features the truth about calamity jane doris day made her a genderbendin, pistolpackin songthrush. Calamity jane comes to the town of deadwood, south dakota one day.
The calamity jane stage musical originated as a live adaption of calamity jane, the 1953 warner bros. The deadwood stage from calamity jane 1953 youtube. Doris day has often said calamity jane 1953 as her personal favorite of the 39 films she appeared in. Calamity jane is a 1953 american technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of wild west heroine calamity jane, and explores an alleged romance between calamity jane and wild bill hickok in the american old west. Calamity jane is a the roughest, toughest gal in the town of deadwood.
Mar 11, 2020 i was about six years old when my grandmother introduced me to my first doris day movie, calamity jane, on vhs. The 1953 movie calamity jane with doris day and howard keel features the song, my secret love which won the 1954 academy award for best music original song. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing doris days. In one of her best warner musicals, day stars as the ripsnortin, guntotin calamity jane of western lore, in an onagain, offagain romance with wild bill hickok. Doris days calamity jane is a story of love between men and women and women and women during a time when this love was innocent and people did not worry that someone might look at it in a sexual way. This incredibly gifted actress and singer ushered in the award for best original song in the 1953 academy.
Calamity jane 1953 official trailer doris day, howard. Deadwood, dakota territory, is largely the abode of men, where indian scout calamity jane is as hardriding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any. Doris day is calamity jane if you havent watched david butlers musical western calamity jane 1953, in which doris day has the title role, i highly recommend it. This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for doris day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. This movie is not a truthful historical document by. When an actress arrives in deadwood and uses her feminine charms on janes secret love, wild bill hickock howard keel, jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. I was about six years old when my grandmother introduced me to my first doris day movie, calamity jane, on vhs. Calamity jane starring doris day and howard keel is a familyfriendly take on a colorful woman who once lived in the wild west, though the movie is definitely not biographical. One of the films songs, secret love, became an oscarwinning hit song for day.
Doris day, jack lemmon trailer for twinkle and shine it happened to jane. First produced in 1961, the stage musical calamity jane features six songs not heard in the movie. In 1953, i made one of my favorite musicals, calamity jane. See more ideas about calamity jane, dory and old movies. Doris day talks about her role in film calamity jane by. This movie is not a truthful historical document by calamity jane musical design set vintage movies old movies doris day movies. With carol burnett, art lund, bernard west, beryl towbin.
If you like a classy movie with lots of laughs and music of course. As a child i dreamed of this gown i maybe still do. Released 1953, calamity jane stars doris day, howard keel, allyn ann mclerie, philip carey the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Comparing betty hutton to doris day is like comparing apples and oranges. The songs are catchy and fun well sung by doris day. This movie is a classic musical, with much of the story occurring during the singing and dancing. Doris day sings secret love from calamity jane 1953. Classic movie hub your ticket to everything classic. Danny gilmartin philip carey when she is forced to rescue him from the indians. Calamity jane is a song by chris anderson on his album the crown 2004. Praised by hedda hopper and others at the time as the best picture doris day ever made, the movie was ecstatically received in most quarters and lifted the sunny.
Black hills of dakota from calamity jane 1953 youtube. Doris day, howard keel, allyn ann mclerie, dick wesson. In 1953, over at 20th century fox, a big musical was in production. She brings instead the stars maid, who settles in the town, but janes love interest falls for her. The movie sought to capitalize on the success of annie get your gun 1950, which featured another straightshooting female lead. I loved portraying calamity jane, who was a rambunctious, pistolpacking prairie girl i lowered my voice and stuck out my chin a little. In the lonely deadwood, dakota, territory, sharpshooter calamity jane doris day falls for cavalry lt. Browse memorable film quotes from calamity jane 1953 p1 at classic movie hub cmh.
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