August 18, 2010
As we previously reported, the singer-songwriter Melinda Schneider has just released her tribute to Doris Day ‘Melinda does Doris’. Having just heard the album in full we were impressed by what is a very enjoyable collection of songs by a lady who is so clearly a talent of the Australian country music scene. We actually ...
June 17, 2010
Below is the transcript of the first interview which Doris Day granted Pierre Patrick to talk about her successful television sitcom ‘The Doris Day Show’ (from Mothers Day 1996). Pierre Patrick’s latest book”A Beautiful Day – The Doris Day Companion” is available now. Pierre: Happy Mothers Day. Doris: Thank you very much. It’s great that ...
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
April 23, 2010
Nellie McKay’s “Normal As Blueberry Pie – A Tribute To Doris Day” album is available now. We want to wish Nellie a very Happy Birthday for today (13th April). Below are some questions which we’d love you to answer please for the ‘Discovering Doris’ website: How did you first discover Doris Day and what did she ...
June 4, 2009
‘Discovering Doris’ interviewed Pierre Patrick during the release of his book “A Beautiful Day: The Doris Day Companion” (Pierre is pictured above at the 50th GRAMMY Awards). How did you discover Doris Day? I discovered Doris Day in the Hospital believe it or not. I spent the first 10 years of my life there and she ...
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 ...
October 20, 2008
Audio mastering engineer and multi-million selling producer Ted Carfrae talks about his work restoring Doris Day’s vintage radio shows from the 1950s. I’ve known the guys from Zone Records for many years, in fact they were one of my first clients ever when I had my studio in London’s West End. Since then, they have ...
October 11, 2008
Below is an interview with Jim Pierson, the man behind the many Doris Day TV show DVDs which you all have been enjoying over the last few years: How/when did you first discover Doris Day? I remember her television show as a kid in the 1970s and seeing her last movie in the theatres. What ...
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 ...