Welcome Ray!

Point taken, wise webmaster.

He made it impossible for her to divorce him without going bust, so what makes you think it would have been any easier for her to sack him as her agent? Because I work in the industry Michele, and one has zero to do with the other. Their joint investments as husband and wife were jeopardized by a d...

No, I don't buy that way of thinking. She talks in her autobiography about Marty signing her to films without her knowledge as early as Do Not Disturb . That can happen exactly once. If you KEEP allowing him to do that after that, it's because you are choosing to let him do that. I don't believe he ...

Except that Bryan, deferring to Marty WAS her choice. She CHOSE to allow him to make all those decisions/deals and she could have stopped him anythime she wanted to. As for the mismanaged finances, even Doris said in 1991 she believes that Marty just trusted the wrong man, until it was too late. The...

And Mikey, to me, that is the most important thing... that people have loved and enjoyed her work. No matter what genre, people loved what she did. And loved it madly. That doesn't seem to happen too much anymore. But then, there aren't too many stars with the kind of talent Doris had, plus her 110%...

I agree with Bryan that you can't re-write history. But it is fun to play what if sometimes. I can see Doris as Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls . She would have been great. She was definitely NOT the one for My Fair Lady , which really should have been Julie Andrews anyway. (But we can't rewrite histo...

Sorry guys. I LOVE Doris' talent. That does not mean I'm blind to crappy songs and bad recordings, even by her. :wink: And YES, she did have some. EVERYONE does. Sinatra, Ella, Barbra, and even our dear Doris. I'm glad you like them, because people did work hard on those records. But you couldn't PA...

Doris DID sing them. And most of them WERE released at the time, plus others: Two Hearts, Two Kisses (CO 40483), Ooh! Bang! Jiggly Jang! (CO 40581) (dreadful!), Whad'ja Put in That Kiss (CO 40798), Twelve O'Clock Tonight (CO 40870), Rickety Rackety Rendezvous (CO 41015), Walk a Chalk Line (CO 41071)...

Oh Lisa, I'm so sorry for your loss. What a bittersweet birthday!

Years later, with lots of water over the dam, those who were involved with the film were asked if they could do it over.........??????? Their response was: "We would have used Doris Day AT ANY COST". Well, not the director, Joshua Logan, who said in his autobiography that he never wanted Doris for ...

I think it's awesome that the young people are discovering Doris without all the PR baggage from the late 60s and 70s, i.e. 40-year-old-virgin, out-of-date, etc. All they're seeing is a great talent. There's no BS around a supposed "image" for the people finding her today. I love that.

Great job, Bryan! Very festive. I LOVE Doris' version of HYAMLC.

It may not be a dream Howard. This is exactly the kind of thing that can expose her catalogue to new and/or young listeners.

I've heard snippets of each song. It's fun. I'll probably get it.

Barbra has done it again. Her new album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 100 and set another record: she becomes the first artist in history to have #1 in albums in FIVE consecutive decades (the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s & 2000s). Not too shabby for a woman pushing 70. The album is terrific. It's an album of...

Hi Dominique, I just read about your accident. I hope you get well super fast! We're all sending good thoughts your way!

Listen to some Doris and some Barbra. That'll help!

Thanks Velda! (And I corrected the misspelling.)

Hilarious is right! I'm off to dig up some photos now...

Bryan, that's too funny about Notorious . That's not too shabby a film, either. :wink: Definitely check out Sabotage sometime. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on it. And I love that poster! Johnny, that would be wonderful. Jas, that's a great topic for a piece. Noir is definitely a fascinating...

Bryan, I love Sabotage. One of my favorite early Hitchcocks. The bus scene is an absolute classic.

One other thing I take issue with Ray's statement, is that I don't think Doris knew when to quit. I think she quit too early. She defintely had more albums in her had she gone to a more mature, talent-friendly label, like Reprise (Sinatra's) or Pablo (Ella's). I respect her choice, but I don't agree...

Suzie, as a whole Beverly Hills is much prettier than Toluca Lake. The street with Doris' TL house is quite beautiful, but literally right around the corner is a bit more of a dump. With TL, it all depends on what street you're on. But I'll take TL over BH any day. Less pretentious. In "L.A. parlanc...

Dominique, Barbra also sang that song ("Value") at her Central Park concert in 1967. It was a semi-standard of hers in the 60's.

True, Streisand's voice is still going strong. Saw her live in 2006. Incredible. She's far from having to call it quits. And she's only 3 years older than Doris was when she did Best Friends . Would have loved to have been at the Vanguard, but I'm fairly certain it will be released on DVD eventually...

Yep, it was Dinah Shore that Burt Reynolds dated, not Doris. Someone in my office made that same mistake.

Bryan, aren't dreams fun? That show sounds great. I wish we had more of them in the states.