June 5, 2010
It was in 1959, when Hollywood’s hunkiest leading man of over 40 pictures, Rock Hudson was first paired by Universal Pictures with the wholesome girl-next-door, Doris Day. Doris Day and Rock Hudson’s first movie together was ‘Pillow Talk‘. The making of the feature film enabled the two stars, who had barely met before, to really ...
Tags: Film, Rock HudsonFeatures
June 4, 2010
Top hat, tails and icons of the silver screen have always stirred my imagination. Astaire, with or without Ginger, used the outfit as the perfect extension of his screen persona, whilst no one donned it as glamorously or perversely as the ambivalent Marlene Dietrich in her movies. Then there was Doris Day!… The up-and-coming Warner ...
Tags: 1950s, Calamity Jane, Film, Gordon MacRae, musical, Warner Bros.Features
December 17, 2008
As regulars to this site will know Warner Bros. USA were “rumoured” to be working on another Doris Day DVD boxset and we’re now able to to reveal full details about it! Warner’s third DVD set is titled “TCM Spotlight: The Doris Day Collection” and is scheduled for release to coincide with darling Doris Day’s ...
October 31, 2008
Free from her seven year contract with Warner Brothers, Doris Day was finally able to consider tempting offers from other Hollywood studios; allowing the opportunity for husband/manager, Marty Melcher to attain producer credit on almost all her future movies… Fortunately, her first choice was a winner and there must have been no hesitation in accepting ...
August 31, 2008
Romance On The High Seas (1948) I’m in Love It’s You Or No One Tourist Trade It’s Magic Put ‘em In A Box, Tie ‘em With A Ribbon [And Throw 'em In The Deep Blue Sea] Run, Run, Run Two Lovers Met in the Night My Dream Is Yours (1949) My Dream Is Yours Canadian ...
August 31, 2008
Alan Hale Jnr. West Point Story (1950) Young at Heart (1954) Alice Ghostley With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) Barbara Hershey With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) Bernard Miles The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Bill Goodwin It’s A Great Feeling (1949) Billy De Wolfe Tea For Two (1950) Lullaby of Broadway (1951) Brian ...
June 21, 2004
Warner Bros. are releasing on DVD this classic film which centres around the rivalry and eventual romance of tomboy Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel). The heart of Dakota [Indian] Territory acts as the perfect backdrop for a stunning score by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. The duo won their ...
Tags: Calamity Jane, Film, Warner Bros.Archive News, New Releases
February 9, 1950
US Release Date: 09 February 1950 [ Shop @ amazon.com aStore ] Kirk Douglas — Rick Martin Lauren Bacall — Amy North Doris Day — Jo Jordan Hoagy Carmichael — Willie ‘Smoke’ Willoughby The film’s character Rick Martin is loosely based on the jazz trumpeter Bix Biederbecke. Rick’s obsessive desire to play jazz and volatile ...
August 1, 1949
US Release Date: 01 August 1949 [ Shop @ amazon.com aStore ] Dennis Morgan — Himself Doris Day — Judy Adams Jack Carson — Himself Bill Goodwin — Arthur Trent Judy Adams is a waitress anxious to break into acting. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan ...
April 15, 1949
US Release Date: 15 April 1949 [ Shop @ amazon.com aStore ] Jack Carson — Doug Blake Doris Day — Martha Gibson Lee Bowman — Gary Mitchell Adolphe Menjou — Thomas Hutchins Eve Arden — Vivian Martin S.Z. Sakall — Felix Hofer Martha Gibson is a newly war-widowed single mother who Doug Blake decides is ...