It was such a pleasant surprise to have the 90th birthday of Doris Day turn out to be a positive love fest from the media. After all the tabloid garbage of the past decade, including the love it/hate it issue of the Globe in 2013, I was so thrilled that Doris dispelled so many ugly rumors by not onl...

In celebration of Doris Day's 90th birthday, I put together a video about the song that has underscored her career since 1956. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=54 ... =3&theater

Come check out my new Facebook page devoted to Doris Day! Visit and click "Like" to stay informed when new photos and videos are added.

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Filmed on the Universal Pictures backlot, the house used for Doris & James Garner's home in The Thrill Of It All is on what ABC-TV's Desperate Housewives calls Wisteria Lane . On the series, it's Tom & Lynette Scavo's house . In the movie, the front door is on the driveway side and the driveway goes...

Rock Hudson and James Garner were easy choices. But my No. 3 choice would have to be Jimmy Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much . Since he wasn't listed, I went with David Niven . I recently watched Please Don't Eat the Daisies again and I really loved the chemistry that he and Doris had. That's on...

One of the most popular topics seems to be the amazing leading men that Doris Day had ... the cream of the Hollywood crop. Because it is acceptable onscreen for a younger leading actress to be paired with a much older male lead, Doris was able to work with the best actors and true legends. But my fa...

I had posted the entire Golden Globe presentation to Doris on YouTube before, only to have YouTube take it down because Dick Clark Productions claimed copyright infringement on my part. Apparently they regularly search YouTube for any DCP production to see if someone is posting clips without permiss...

As a writer for Country Weekly magazine, I was honored to interview Miss Patti Page by telephone when her Brand New Tennessee Waltz album was released 10 years ago or so. To my total surprise, Miss Page called me herself to set up a time to conduct the interview. She was charming, funny and a great ...

Thanks for that bit of information. Much appreciated. I've also read somewhere, a long time ago, that "Billy Rose's Jumbo," was Martha's favorite film. According to Noonie, Martha did love Jumbo and I think it shows. Her scenes with Doris are wonderful, especially their duet "Why Can't I." However,...

Jean Maddern Pitrone's Martha Raye biography, Take it From the Big Mouth , is unauthorized. The only book about Raye that is endorsed is Memories of Maggie by Noonie Fortin , who knew Raye and her daughter Melodye Condos personally. When A&E did their Biography segment on Martha Raye, Fortin is inte...

According to her authorized biographer Noonie Fortin , Martha Raye enjoyed making Jumbo and working with Doris Day . In her 1995 book Memories of Maggie , Noonie says, "When I was at her home in 1990, Martha told me that she really enjoyed making the film and working with Doris and Jimmy [Durante]. ...