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Friday, November 27, 2009

Doris Day is absolutely awesome in Please Don't Eat The Daisies

Just saw Please Don't Eat The Daisies on TCM this morning and I forgot how good Doris Day was in it. Probably one of her best performances I think. And she looked positively gorgeous. Everything was clicking for her in this film: her comic timing, her singing, her low key moments, her looks, etc. The clothes she wore to the hairstyle she had, all were perfection. I would definitely rank Daisies as one of my personal favorites from Ms. Day. Just wanted to share my thoughts. And did I mention how beautiful she looked in this film? Oh yeah I did. Worth repeating though.

Posted by monty at 7:00 AM

Labels: comedies, doris day, monty author, please don't eat the daisies

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Dawn said...: Monty, I have watched this movie many times.:) Doris Day is adorable, David Niven, is wonderful. Also loved Janis Page and Spring Byington, performances. This is a movie for the whole family!!; November 27, 2009 at 9:02 AM

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Doris Day playing both comedic and dramatic roles, she became one of America's biggest box-office stars, making 39 movies before retiring in 1968. She has also recorded more than 650 songs. Click picture to return to Noir and Chick Flicks Home page.

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April in Paris is a 1952 musical film starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger. It was directed by David Butler.

On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth which tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the century. The movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington. There was a 1953 sequel, By the Light of the Silvery Moon.

Storm Warning is a 1951 American thriller, directed by Stuart Heisler, and stars Ginger Rogers, Doris Day, and Ronald Reagan.

Candy Williams is a struggling performer in a musical troupe, headed by Hap Schneider. Unfortunately, the troupe has fallen on hard times, forcing the members to get jobs cleaning hotel rooms. This all changes when one day Candy catches the eye of celebrity song writer, Dick Carson.

Tea for Two is a 1950 American musical film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Harry Clork and William Jacobs was inspired by the 1925 stage musical No, No Nanette, although the plot was changed considerably from the original book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, and the score by Harbach, Irving Caesar, and Vincent Youmans was augmented with tunes by other composers.

Teacher's Pet(1958). Cast: Clark Gable and Doris Day. It was directed by George Seaton and co-starred Gig Young and Mamie Van Doren.

The Pajama Game is a 1957 musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. The principal cast of the Broadway musical repeated their roles for the movie, with the exception of Janis Paige.

Young at Heart (1954). Directed by Gordon Douglas. It was a remake of the 1938 film Four Daughters. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Jr and Dorothy Malone and was the first of five films that Gordon Douglas directed with Frank Sinatra.

A romantic comedy based on the Broadway hit by Peter De Vries and Joseph Fields. The film follows a married couple, who are unable to conceive a child and have to go through a bunch of red tape to adopt a child. The Tunnel of Love is best known for the first directorial of Gene Kelly in which he didn't also star. Doris Day received a Golden Globe-nomination for Best Actress for her performance.

Calamity Jane (1953). Is loosely based on Calamity Janes romance with Wild Bill Hickok. Cast: Doris Day and Howard Keel. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Secret Love", Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster) and was also nominated for Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording.

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). Musical. Cast: Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd. Director: Charles Walters and featured Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for an Academy Award for the adaptation of its Rodgers and Hart score.

Move Over, Darling (a.k.a. Something's Got to Give) is a 1963 remake of the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife that starred Irene Dunne, Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. The remake stars Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). Musical and the sequel to On Moonlight Bay.

The story centers around housewife Beverly Boyerand and her husband Gerald, a gynecologist. Beverly is offered the opportunity to star in a television soap commercial.

Day plays Jane Osgood, a young widow who clashes with a railroad magnate after her shipment of lobsters is spoiled. Lemmon plays her attorney and love interest.

Julie is a 1956 thriller written and directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Doris Day in one of her few performances of the genre. Day starred as a stewardess terrorized by her insanely jealous husband (Louis Jourdan). The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Song ("Julie" by Leith Stevens and Tom Adair, which Doris Day sings during the opening credits). Click to view movie clip.

Mystery-thriller film starring Doris Day and Rex Harrison, directed by David Miller. The screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts is based on the play Matilda Shouted Fire by Janet Green.

This was Doris Days final acting appearance in a feature film, since her TV show The Doris Day Show premiered one month later in September 1968. It is also the acting debut of comedian George Carlin.

Doris Day and Rod Taylor star in this romantic comedy as Janet and Mike Harper, a married couple who relocate to England.

Doris Day stars in the true story of singer Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me (1955),

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Singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance", and "Love Me or Leave Me". Her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly Like You", and "Shaking the Blues Away." Click picture to enter websight.

Comedy film starring Doris Day and David Niven. The movie was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak, with Martin Melcher (Day's husband) as associate producer. The screenplay, partly inspired by the book of the same name by Jean Kerr, a collection of humorous essays, was by Isobel Lennart. The film also features Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, and Jack Weston. Click picture to view trailer.

This is the first of three movies in which Day, Hudson and Randall starred together, the other two being Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers. Click to view movie trailer.

Silent's favorite Doris Day Movies.

Send Me No Flowers (1964)
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The Thrill Of It All (1963)

When George experiences chest pains, hopeless hypochondriac he checks into the hospital for a checkup and overhears his doctor discussing the diagnosis of a terminally ill patient with an associate. Assuming he is the one scheduled to die, he asks his friend Arnold to help him find a new husband for his wife Judy. Click to view movie trailer.

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It's a Great Feeling / Tea for Two / April in Paris / The Tunnel of Love/ Starlift.

IT'S A GREAT FEELING (1949) Cast: Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan and some wonderful Cameos.

It's a Great Feeling was Day's third film (and her third pairing with Carson) and the first to bring her widespread notice. The film was a "Who's Who?" of Hollywood in its heyday and glorified the studio system at the peak of its golden age. Click picture to view movie trailer.

Monty's Top 10 Doris Day Movies .

Send Me No Flowers (1964) I love this movie, not only my favorite Doris Day movie, but one of my favorite movies period.
Lover Come Back (1961)
Calamity Jane (1953)
The Thrill Of It All (1963)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
That Touch Of Mink (1962)
It Happened To Jane (1959)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
It's A Great Feeling (1949)

Romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day. The film co-stars Gig Young, John Astin, Audrey Meadows, and Dick Sargent. In addition, baseball stars Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra make cameo appearances. Click to view movie trailer.

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Romance on the High Seas / My Dream Is Yours / On Moonlight Bay / I'll See You in My Dreams / By the Light of the Silvery Moon / Lucky Me (1948)

Romance on the High Seas (1948) is a musical/romantic comedy. Cast: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, and Doris Day in her film debut. Click picture to view trailer.

The film is perhaps best remembered today for an extended dream sequence combining animation and live action which featured a cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny, dancing with Jack Carson and Doris Day to the tune of the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, which was a favorite of animation director Friz Freleng. Click to view movie trailer.

Dawn's Top 10 Doris Day Movies.

Romance on the High Seas (1948)
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Pillow Talk (1959)
April in Paris (1952)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Romantic comedy film from 1966, directed by Frank Tashlin, that is also considered by some to be musical entertainment. This movie stars Doris Day and Rod Taylor, with support from the actors Arthur Godfrey and Paul Lynde. Click to view trailer.

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With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
Caprice (1967)
The Ballad of Josie (1967)
The Glass Bottom Boat(1966)
Do Not Disturb (1965)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
The Thrill of It All (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Midnight Lace (1960)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Pillow Talk (1959)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Pajama Game (1957)
Julie (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Young at Heart (1954)
Lucky Me (1954)
Calamity Jane (1953)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
April in Paris (1952)
The Winning Team (1952)
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
The West Point Story (1950)
Tea for Two (1950)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)

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Day at a Time. Is a story about how Mary Anne Barothy became a Doris Day fan as a young girl and traveled to California to meet her and became her secretary for four years. The author takes the reader on a "sentimental journey" that had Ms. Barothy wearing many hats while working for Miss Day. Most of all, it is about a young woman's dream-come-true job and is an inspiration for others to follow their dreams. Click picture to view excerpts.