NEW VIDEO - "Lucille Ball Interviews Doris Day-1964"

[Lauren Benjamin]

Folks~
I came across a wonderful interview in my collection that I had forgotten about. I made a video of it because of the extraordinary pleasure and importance of listening to Doris being interviewed by Lucille Ball for Lucy's then radio show. Both women seemed to have a genuine respect and appreciation for one another. The dialogue is relevant and peppy as they compare notes about each others' style of acting. And Lucy said that she "gets a little misty eyed" when she thinks about Doris.

The video is 8 minutes long. I hope you will enjoy this priceless interview session between two great actresses.

http://tinyurl.com/8xfvt9x

Thank you,
Lauren

[Doris Martin]

Folks~
I came across a wonderful interview in my collection that I had forgotten about. I made a video of it because of the extraordinary pleasure and importance of listening to Doris being interviewed by Lucille Ball for Lucy's then radio show. Both women seemed to have a genuine respect and appreciation for one another. The dialogue is relevant and peppy as they compare notes about each others' style of acting. And Lucy said that she "gets a little misty eyed" when she thinks about Doris.

The video is 8 minutes long. I hope you will enjoy this priceless interview session between two great actresses.

http://tinyurl.com/8xfvt9x Good morning...I think that Bryan already has shown us this interview,,am I right...but thank you all the same..

Thank you,
Lauren

[Jas1]

That was great Lauren, great to hear the interview again but with the pics, a wonderful job.

[ray]

Great interview with Lucy, I have never heard it and always wished Doris and Lucy did a TV musical special together. Wouldn't that have been grand. Thanks for posting this lauren.

[howard]

Great job, Lauren. I loved hearing it again, and the pictures accompanying the dialogue are perfect. Thanks for doing it!

[ray]

All these photos that I have never seen and I thought I saw them all!LOL The one on this Lucy interview with Doris's hair blowing wildly on one side and smiling with zest! Where did you find that one? Its priceless

[cranhill]

Do we have a date this interview was made in 1964?

[Lauren Benjamin]

Ray~
I think you and I, and a few other "Old Timers" on this forum, agree when it comes to photos of Doris. I am always *thrilled* when I see a pix of Doris that I've never seen. Thanks to the extraordinary searching on the net that Ania and others do on this forum, I see many photos that I've never seen before. So, thanks for their efforts!!!

To Cranhill: I think that "1964" in the only date that I have for the "Lucy Interviews Doris" video.

BTW, I'm going to make a video soon with photos from my private collection of Doris with her fans, so there might be many of those photos of Doris that will be new to many people. Ray - you'll be in the vid for sure.

Lauren

[cranhill]

Re. Old Timers I was the 1970s Doris Day Fan Club when we had 16mm Film Shows in a London Hotel.

Regarding 'Do Not Disturb' the Premiere was held in LA on 22nd December 1965 so this Interview was probably the later half of 1964.

[Lauren Benjamin]

Cranhill~
Do you mean that you were at the Dorchester Hotel when Doris was visiting there???!!! I am just preparing a video with 3 photos from that time. She looked fabulous. Can you identify a fan who was sitting with Doris at that time maybe? Can anyone else identify this guy from 1973. I've forgotten his name.



If you have photos of yourself with Doris at this event or any place else, send it to me at lbenjamin.2005@gmail.com and I will include it in the vid. I'd love to read your story about that visit and perhaps use it in the vid.

Lauren

[ray]

Can't wait to see the vid Laureen, you do such good work with them.

[cranhill]

Re Dorchester Hotel and Doris,

No, no such Luck, I think that must have been in the 1960s I joined in around 1970. The club was run by four people, two men and two women. One of the men went to work for Doris, but has now left her employment. I have not met Doris but did work on the BBC Programme 'I Don't Even Like Apple Pie'

[Lauren Benjamin]

Oh, yes. The man you speak of is Sydney. He started working for Doris in the late 70s, I think, and then went up to Carmel with her. He worked for her off and on for many years until Betsy came aboard and then he left. I think he may be living in Maryland now, but not positive.

Lauren

[cranhill]

Hi, Yes, It was Sydney I had forgotten his name at the time of posting. I used to have all the club magazines going back to the mid sixties but sold the whole lot some years back. I now just collect the US & UK Press Books. I now have 38 of the 39 US versions

[Jas1]

Re-man above- Norman Banford / Bamford ??? (rings a bell)???

[Lauren Benjamin]

Yes, that's it!!!! Thank you so much, Jas. It will speed things along, as I have many dates and names to figure out.

Lauren

[Jas1]

My pleasure Lauren, can't wait to see the video when completed, as always, I am sure it will be fab.

[jmichael]

This is a fascinating interview and so rare. Thank you for posting it.

It would have been interesting to see how they would have worked together given their radically different approaches to acting: Lucy loved lots of rehearsal and Doris preferred to just get on with it. It might have been challenging for both of them, but their mutual respect and strong sense of professionalism would have probably kept them from falling out. I've always felt Doris was one of the best reactors in the business, and her reactions to some of Lucy's antics would have been priceless. We'll never know.

Michael