No More Que Será Será: Give Day Her Due She made the annual exhibitors’ poll of Top 10 box office stars eight years in a row, and in four of those she held the No. 1 position. She excelled in frothy light comedies that people in the awards business don’t pay much attention to, though these kinds of...

I was watching TCM this morning (watched A Room at the Top, wonderful movie) and I saw an advertisement for five of Day's movies. Except for Tunnel of Love, the movies are ones she made at Warners in the late 40's and early 50's. The ad calls her the most popular movie actress of all time. You can p...

And here is my original letter... > Joshua > Rothkopf asks is he being too "harsh" in his > review of "PillowTalk." > Yes, Mr. Rothkopf, you are. You level your > "harsh" words on twofronts: > the sexual politics of the movie and Doris Day's > "plasticine"performance. > I agree that from today's per...

My response will be in next week's issue so I don't have that yet, but I will post my original letter that will probably be edited. here is the link to the original review that I responded to. http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/film/73352/pillow-talk-dvd-review" onclick="window.open(this.href);retu...

I haven't been on the site in a long time, but I did want you to all see my letter about Day in the new Time Out New York coming out next week. The critic made disparaging comments about Pillow Talk and Day's performance. While I agree with some of what he said about PT, I didn't agree with what he ...

The interesting thing about Day imo is the unfulfilled promise of her film career. She could be fantastic in the right role and she maintained her stardom through some horrible roles. I think her best stuff is Teh Man Who Knew Too much (the sedation scene...wow) and Love Me or Leave me. She is also ...

I agree that Day would have been great in "Soemthing's Got To Give," but I can't see her in "Some Like It Hot" or some of the Hitchcock movies mentioned.

Doris Day as Sally in Sondheim's "Follies"

Dream role

I assumed that this film was a big hit as Day was still the number one box office attraction that year. I watched a few minutes this morning at the gym; it was on AMC. The regressive politics stand out out when Judy says that she doesn't know or care what the price of something is. Still, I find Day...

Found it in the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco... I sometimes find the author's writing a tad academic but I like how she refutes the ossified thinking that the Day persona is frigid and virginal. http://books.google.com/books?id=9Bk-mkvdPYcC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=Romantic+Comedy+McDonald&sour...

Doing research for a class I am teaching in the spring on romantic comedy, the battle of the sexes, etc and found this. I remember reading it when that day in the paper but I didn't save it for some reason. Anyway, here it is. I thought some of you might be interested. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02...

According to the coffee table book on MGM that I have, "Love Me or Leave Me" was a very big hit.

One of my favorite Day pairings is with Gable. I think they have wonderful chemistry. Don't really like the Day/Sinatra pairing though. This book also has some interesting analysis of Day's career: Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I...

Nicely written piece...I may be in the minority on the forum but I agree about her work in "Midnight Lace" and "Julie." I am not a fan of those movies. On the other hand, I love her work in "The Man Who Knew Too Much," a melodrama with a capital M.

Lauren Bacall would have made a great Phyllis at the same too. Ironically, Gene Nelson was in the original Broadway production. Dorothy Collins was SAllie but Day would brought so much more interest to the role if a film was cast. Sondheim talked about the audience having to be aware of both the pef...

I loved it too. Day would have been great as Nellie. The other part I would have loved to see Day in is Sallie in Sondheim's "Follies."

Thanks for all the welcomes.

Thanks.

I should have said that I don't ever recall her criticizing Day in her works. i used to see her and Sarris on the street several years ago and we had a conversation about old movies at Lincoln Center.

James, I enjoyed your review on Amazon too. The internet is a small world. lol Although I enjoyed "Considering Doris Day" much more than the Kaufman book, I don't think that the ultimate Day book has been written. Perhaps it never will (true of any subject) because the meaning of Day and her place i...

If you are in NYC this weekend, "Lullaby of Broadway" is on at the main branch of the Public Library.

I don't remember who else was nominated, or who even won, the year that Day did "Love Me or Leave Me," but I agree that her work is stellar. I think that the director's work at times is bizarre which sometimes hurts the impact of Day's performance. I also love Day's work in "Calamity Jane." It is ha...

Thanks. I understand about the grandson. I enjoyed Kaufman's bio but I think like any bio, the inferences made about any person will always not be the complete picture. The motivations for the choices people make is often unknown even to them. Second, my admiration for Day is about her work. The gra...

Thanks. So "The Graduate" offer was genuine? She would have been sensational, I think, and it would have given new life to her career. Interestingly, Audrey Hepburn did "Two for the Road" around the same time (which I think remains her best film). It would have been great to see Day in something lik...

I have always liked Doris Day, think she is a terrific singer, one of the best ever, and have loved a few of her movies. I think she will always be an underachiever in the sense that her work didn't always match the quality of her talent. For example, I would have loved to see her as Sally in Sondhe...