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Summary: "CALAMITY JANE" Hits The Entertainment Bulls-Eye!
Review: "Calamity Jane" is one of the best musicals I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot of them. It's not often that musicals combine perfectly the elements of wonderful songs, unforgettable characters, and unalloyed delight. "Calamity" hits it right on the bulls-eye. Based on the tales of the legendary wild woman of the west, the light-hearted musical is as fresh and fun today as it ever was.Starring as the rough-housing, energetic "Calam", Doris Day is sensational and absolutely irresistible. She sings the rooftops off of saloons, she shoots beer bottles flying through the air, and she's a rootin-tootin' barrel of fun. Howard Keel costars as the suave and smart-aleck Wild Bill Hickock, Calam's old friend and sometime heel, who can match her shot for shot, insult for insult. A supporting cast including Allyn McLerie and Philip Carey, and Dick Wesson couldn't be better. The bright and bouncy story is a alot of fun and makes for some irresistible scenes. When Calam makes a foolhardy promise to the hardy cowpokes of Deadwood to bring a famous actress, Adelaid Adams, to their town for their enjoyment, she saddles up for the town of "Chicah-gee". There she meets Adelaid's sweet and pretty maid, Katie (McLerie), who poses as Adelaid to try to become a star. Katie becomes a sensation in Deadwood, and she innocently steals the affections of Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin (Carey)... whom Calam just happens to have her eye on. That's when the fur really begins to fly and the town full of " yeller lily-livered buffaloes" will never be the same. The rich Oscar-nominated score is one of the best I've ever heard for a musical, just as irresistible as anything the movie has to offer. Day's brilliant opening number, "Whip-Crack-Away" is a pure delight, and Day steals scene after scene belting numbers like "I Just Flew In From The Windy City" and "I Could Do Without You" with Keel in heady suit. McLerie's "Keep It Under Your Hat" performed in a skimpy dance hall outfit ("nothin' but underwear" sputters Calam) is perfectly fetching, and Keel's baritoned solo, "My Heart Is Higher Than A Hawk" is a marvelous, warm number. Day and McLerie's bouncy "A Woman's Touch" is a delightfully amusing and charming song. One of the score's most charming numbers is the beautiful "Black Hills of Dakota" sung to heartwarming perfection by Day, Keel, and company. And the treasure of the score is the Academy-Award winning "Secret Love", in which Calam tells the world that "now my heart's an open door, and my secret love's no secret anymore." It's a beautiful score, and Day is absolutely charming singing it. A marvelous vehicle for Doris Day, and a marvelous musical, "Calamity Jane" is a rafter-raisin', heckuva darned good time. It's a timeless show, and your pleasure will never end while you watch it. It brings a smile to my face every time I watch it, and I hope it does to you, to.
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Summary: Fun western musical!
Review: As tomboy Calamity Jane, Doris Day is entertaining and funny. In order to get noticed by leutenant GilMartin, Jane changes her deerskin leather for silk and high heels. Unfortunately for Jane, GilMartin has his eyes set on the newcomer actress Katie Brown. But all isn't lost for Jane because she manages to impress her handsome best pal Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel) with her new feminine look.
Fun musical numbers and great chemistry between Day and Keel.
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Summary: Just Blew In From The Best DorisDayest Movie In The West
Review: I watched this movie recently again and I love it so much. I love all doris day Movies and I own all 39/39 of her movies but I will have to say that this is my favorite out of all of her films. Doris Day was dynamite as Clamity Jane and Howard Keel was excelent as Wild Billy Hicock. This is a great movie it focuses around Calamitys lieing and 2-timing. And how even though she won't admit it the man she really loves is Wild Billy who has a crush on A Singing Sensation that Calam brings to town but at the end of the film Calam and Billy you guessed it they get themselves hitched. This movie also includes great songs from the old west like. Just Blew In From The Windy City. Secret Love. Black Hills. and a lot others. This movie is a movie you and your whole family will enjoy so buy or rent a copy tonight and share it with your whole family.
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Summary: The Doris Day Show.
Review: Doris Day carries "Calamity Jane" with all the perkiness and spark one could possibly imagine. Howard Keel and the cast perform up to speed, but this is clearly the Doris Day show. Although one could read a lesbian subtext into the film, that was almost certainly not the intention of the writers or the star. Still, this is a fun, albeit slightly cornball western musical, and one of Day's greatest film roles.
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Summary: Doris Day is in the old west as "Calamity Jane".
Review: Doris Day's 15th film. Doris takes a departure from her usual role in films and plays the title role "Calamity Jane" in the old west. Still a comedy, still a few tunes, but no high-society fashioned evening gowns here. She's definatly a tough-cookie and has no time to be a lady. She's not into dresses and lady-like things. After all, she has her modesty. Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) and Calamity Jane just don't see eye to eye. But secretly, Calamity does like Wild Bill, she just doesn't know how to be a lady. She has to go to Chicago to find a new showgirl for Deadwood City's Golden Garter saloon. Well, unfortunatly for Calamity, Wild Bill has an eye for the new girl, Katie (Allyn McLerie). While Calamity allows this girl to live with her, my oh my, what changes will occur for Calamity Jane? Does the Golden Garter saloon stage jog a memory? Well, it looks similar to the Golden Horseshoe saloon in Disneyland (Anaheim, California USA). This movie set was built first. Disneyland and the Golden Horseshoe Saloon opened two years later on July 17, 1955.
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Summary: A Rootin' Tootin' Musical
Review: This is Doris Day in one of her most enthusiastic performances (and her own personal favorite) as the tomboy-ish sharp shooter known as "Calamity Jane". Though the story is not to be taken as acurate historical fact, this film is strictly to entertain, which it does and then some! Day is simply superb, storming around the sets, shooting, singing and dancing. It's fun to watch Day trying to go from tomboy to sophisticated lady to win her man. Howard Keel, an always welcome addition to any film, especially with that voice of his, is a great match for Day as Wild Bill Hickock. They make a great team and it's a real shame they didn't make more films together. Great musical numbers and songs include "Whip Crack-Away", "A Woman's Touch", "The Black Hills of Dakota", "The Windy City", "I Can Do Without You" and the Oscar-winning "Secret Love". This film starts off with an energetic bounce and maintains that pace all the way through, with some great laughs. The cast is rounded out by Phillip Carey and Allyn McLerie (in the ingenue role of Katie Brown), who both provide fine support for the two leads.
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