Blu-ray Review: Teacher’s Pet
Amiable and meandering, Teacher’s Pet has Doris Day moving away from her oft unmarried, virginal executive refusing the sexual advances of a successful white man. Instead, the focus is on education as a means to success. With 51% of World War II veterans having used the GI bill, many men had pursued higher education to […]
Blu-ray Review: Soundies – The Ultimate Collection
Often referred to the music videos of the 1940’s, soundies were produced during 1940 to 1946 to be seen on self-contained, coin operated16mm rear projection machines called Panorams and only cost ten cents to use. They were in bars, restaurants and other public places. Soundies offered various musical styles from country and western to Russian […]
Blu-ray Review: The Pajama Game
Released in 1957, The Pajama Game allows Doris Day to showcase both her acting and singing talents. Taken from a 1954 stage show, director Stanley Donne combines light comedy and music to create an enjoyable confection. At Iowa’s Sleeptite Pajama Factory, company VP Myron Hasler (Ralph Dunn) brings in Sid Sirokin (John Raitt) to negotiate […]
Blu-ray Review: Midnight Lace
Doris Day became one of Hollywood’s biggest film stars of the early 1960’s due to the success of several lighthearted comedies, including three co-starring Rock Hudson–Pillow Talk in 1959, for which she received the only Best Actress Academy Award nomination of her career, Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964)–However, in 1960, […]
DVD Review Doris Day – A Sentimental Journey
[amazon_link asins=’B079PT1MXB’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0dba9f0b-4e29-11e8-9248-851e3e8d8671′]Filmed for PBS in 1991, Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey is a fitting tribute to one of Hollywood’s biggest and most enduring legends. Doris Day began her career as a big band singer in the 1940’s, made her big screen debut in 1948, and went on to become one films […]
Teacher’s Pet (1958) (DVD)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00KYRV7QK”]Amiable and meandering, Teacher’s Pet has Doris Day moving away from her oft unmarried, virginal executive refusing the sexual advances of a successful white man. Instead, the focus is on education as a means to success. With 51% of World War II veterans having used the GI bill many men had pursued higher education […]
Blu-ray Review: That Touch of Mink
Released in 1962, That Touch of Mink is the only film Cary Grant and Doris Day ever made together. The pairing came late in the careers of both, as they would each be finished making movies within the next six years. Cary Grant would appear in just three more films after this one, and Doris […]
TCM Spotlight: Doris Day Collection
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