Johnny: I assume that most members aren't posting anymore because they may be like me and assume that with the "ownership" up in the air and with a potential transfer to a research library that the forum will for all practical purposes be closing down as an active place to share observations. I just...

There's a new romantic movie - set in the 1950's and 1960's - showing on Amazon Prime. The name of this sweet romance is "Sylvia's Love." Imagine my delight about 2/3rd's of the way through the movie to lookup from my handwork and hear Doris singing "Fly Me to the Moon." Then at the end of the movie...

In Dan Callahan's brand new book - The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock - Doris's performance in The Man Who Knew Too Much is briefly discussed. Basically, this author thought Doris overacted ("histrionic" and "uncontrolled") in the scene where she's given sedatives by Jimmy Stewart but he thought,...

I'm also saddened by this news. I only came to this forum after Ms. Day had died and there was no way to sign up. I contacted Bryan directly and = to my great amazement - he responded quickly and helpfully explaining there were questions about maintaining the board. Thankfully, I guess others also w...

The Wall Street Journal's Friday "real-estate" section has an article and pictures about Doris Day's Carmel home going up for sale - with proceeds to DDAF. You can find the article at https://www.wsj.com/articles/doris-day-california-home-for-sale-11599142396. If you get a box that says you need to ...

The BBC has issued a new podcast in their "Great Lives" series: Dolly Alderton on Doris Day (June 2, 2020). There are interviews with Dolly Alderton (a young British columnist) and Tamar Jeffries McDonald (an academic who did extensive research for her dissertation on Doris Day that became the book ...

1955_VF_doris day inc_ad.jpg Was doing some database searching in prep for teaching my "Jung, Doris Day, and Hope" course again in the fall - this time via Zoom - and ran across something that has me curious. Attached is a 1955 Vanity Fair ad for Doris Day Inc - America's most honored name in furs....

UPDATE: Found "My Number One Dream Came True" on YouTube - assume that was the song the reviewer was referring to. But, only thing I can find for September Song with Les Brown is JoAnn Greer's version with the band - understand she became the band's female singer in 1953 - nice voice but not the uni...

Hulu's new weekly show about Phyllis Schlafly - starring Cate Blanchett - started the April 30 episode (episode 5) with a direct nod to Doris Day. I'm not sure they meant this as a compliment - but, if you'd like to see the 45 seconds where Rock-Doris are name dropped and Que Sera Sera is played you...

While desperately searching for something to read - with all the libraries and book stores closed - I was delighted to see Doris Day's happy face smiling out at me from the magazine rack at the grocery store. The May 4 edition of Closer Weekly (see the cover at https://www.magazinecafestore.com/clos...

AVClub - a pop culture site - has a long review on the Doris Day-Rock Hudon movie trilogy; focusing particularly on Pajama Game . Although the piece includes the obligatory analysis of how the Day-Hudson films violate today's gender standards, the author continually returns to the point that the fil...

I've had to remove some links on this post as it went to an unsafe web page that set off my anti-virus program. - Bryan Can use some help with this one. Who is the man on the piano. He looks a little like Paul Francis Webster or Frank Comstock. The label said it was George Weidler, but that isn't hi...

Hi Peter: Forgive my ignorance - but when you write "rare radio shows back" do you mean you found a document that lists the song order for each appearance OR do you mean you found an actual recording/transcription of each show? If it's that you found recordings/transcriptions - could you share some ...

I ran across https://www.filmsite.org/100greatfilmstars7.html which lists Doris among the top 50 actresses. On this website they are not ranked. The book (The Goddess and the Girl-Next-Door) that sent me to the FilmSite.org location said Doris was ranked at 40th. Since the ranking criteria includes ...

Doris is shown for about 4 seconds singing Que Sera, Sera (the 2nd time) from The Man who Knew Too Much. You can see it starting about 16 seconds into the video

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Your group of 8-12 year kids aren't the only ones who enjoy "The Ballad of Josie. I was at my 91-year old father's apartment earlier this week. As I was at the kitchen table going through papers and bills and tending to matters he no longer wants to handle, I kept hearing him chuckle as he was sitti...

Jeanine Basinger's "The Movie Musical" is a thorough review of American musicals - past and present. It looks at musicals by name and at musical stars from the 30's to the present. In the midst of all this Doris Day stands out as one of the author's favorite musical stars. The author starts out chro...

Was watching the great new movie Ford Vs Ferrari. About half way through the movie there was a discussion between a Ford executive (Josh Lucas playing Leo Beebe) and Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) about whether Ken Miles (Christian Bale) was an acceptable driver for a Ford racing team. Beebe was adaman...

In full recognition that these songs have been previously available in other collections - boy did Les Brown Jr. do the magnificent voice of Doris Day proud in his remix. I downloaded digital files from Amazon instead of waiting for a CD - and I've been happy all day. The one downside I find is that...

It's sort of odd that "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me" is on a country music website because it was strictly a jazz number, one of Duke Ellington's compositions. Just goes to show that things can be found in the most unlikely places! Thought the forum might be interested in what I learned about t...

Anyone seen the new biopic "Judy"? If not, I recommend it- with the reservation noted below. But before I get to that reservation, a couple of "what do you think" questions if you've seen the movie: 1) Since biopics these days seems to focus around specific time frames or incidents - not an entire l...

Thanks for highlighting the 2019 Emmy's "In Memorium." I didn't watch live but did find just that segment - with Halsey singing "Time After Time" - at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy4oClmBdxo. Doris is shown second in the tribute at 0:53 seconds. One commenter said that the tribute is in the chro...

You can find a copy of the picture of Marilyn Monroe at the November 1954 wrap party for The Seven Year Itch - with Doris dancing in the background - at https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/marilyn-monroe-dances-with-co-star-tom-ewell-at-the-wrap-news-photo/530980652?adppopup=true Getty als...

In addition to what Judy mentioned above, Doris filmed a commercial for a margarine spread in the mid-seventies. It was directed by a high profile director but I cannot recall his name at the moment. And then there was that misguided attempt by Barry Comden to launch a Doris Day Pet Food line but t...

Hi, Docwheels -- When Doris endorsed Swan soap, she was actually a weekly cast member of Bob Hope's radio show. In the early 1950s, though, she began endorsing other products on her own. Two that I recall are Lustre Creme shampoo and Lux soap. Later she did print ads for Parker pens, Napier jewelry...