TCM Star of the Month - April

[paul]

Here is the link to the tribute on TCM:

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/4823 ... -2012.html

[jmichael]

Thanks guys!!! Somehow I missed it. WOW--doesn't get much better than that, does it?

Michael

[howard]

Loved it ... thanks Paul & Daisy June.

[Jas1]

Oh boy, got goose bumps - what a fabulous treat! To hear Doris talk about these films -just wonderful .

[Lauren Benjamin]

I'm thrilled that TCM has provided their audience with this memory for Doris fans to listen to for many years to come. I loved listening to it but in a tearful sort of way.

Lauren

[Toby_Martin]

Doris, now in her late 80's, is just as warm and natural as she was when she started her film career in the late 40's. I adore her, and could listen to her voice all day long. She did an excellent job in the narration for the TCM promo. " For Turner Classic Movies, this is Doris Day." I'm with you Lauren with the tears, may I borrow a kleenex please?

[jmichael]

The video makes me realize just how deeply she has touched all of us. Doris has always been in a class by herself for many reasons, not the least of which is her huge heart and how much feeling she put into every performance. We won't see the likes of her again ever.

Michael

[Toby_Martin]

The video makes me realize just how deeply she has touched all of us. Doris has always been in a class by herself for many reasons, not the least of which is her huge heart and how much feeling she put into every performance. We won't see the likes of her again ever.

Michael

You got that right Michael!

[Peter Flapper]

Hi all,

Doris says: "...I loved every minute of it..."
So did we!!!

P

[DayDreamer]

Here is the link to the tribute on TCM:

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/4823 ... -2012.html

No Calamity, but nevertheless a wonderful "resume" of Doris' film career. Thanks for posting this link!

[jmichael]

I noticed that too but figured they only included films that were part of the TCM salute.
No "Pillow Talk" either.

Michael

[unadka]

Now on the site of TCM Europe there is the scedule for April and till 13.5. They will play some more Doris' movies
Julie
Love me or leave me
Jumbo
Where were you
Please, don't eat the daises
The tunnel of love

Almost all movies will be repeated two or three times. I have all her films, so I'm not engry because they will be played over the day, when we can't watch this site but Cartoon.network.

Hope it's some help,
Nada

[daybyday08]

It's perfectly fitting that the loveliest station would team up with the loveliest person to do such a nice little video. This was fantastic! I'm so happy they made it!

[doris-day-fan]

We will have some lucky winners thanks to TCM/SONY and Warners....
check it out
http://www.prlog.org/11838717
Happy Birthday Doris Day!!!

[DayDreamer]

Almost all movies will be repeated two or three times. I have all her films, so I'm not engry because they will be played over the day, when we can't watch this site but Cartoon.network.

Hope it's some help,
Nada

This reminds me of years ago, when I was in my early teens. I was watching Cartoon Network all the time, but they had to share the channel with TCM. And I hated those old black and white movies!

Nowadays I love to watch a classic movie now and then, but the cable company has reduced the number of channels and I can't receive TCM anymore without paying extra money. Oh well, there's always the internet and dvd's.

[Lauren Benjamin]

I agree with JMichael's statement above. And, as usual, he hit the nail on the head.

Lauren

[DorisIsTerrific]

Can't wait to watch her movies in april so excited Doris is such an awesome lady.

[Toby_Martin]

I tried to rush home to watch the first of the films of Doris Day:TCM Star of the Month, but due to late work, I missed the opening with Robert Osbornes' commentary on Lullaby of Broadway. What did I miss? Got to see the film and the closing commentary, where he mentioned about Doris and Gene amazing dancing on the stairs, and plugging the new dvd With A Smile and a Song. Can anyone help me out here that got to see the opening commentary please? thanks fellow fans!

[DorisIsTerrific]

I am havin so much fun watchin her movies that lady is just too awesome I've loved every movie they have shown tonight out of the movies they've played tonight my fav would have to be Lullaby Of Broadway I love the scene where she is dancin with that guy on the steps and she's wearin that gold dress that is a beautiful dress wished I could wear it but I don't have the body for it like Doris does.

[lovemeorleaveme]

I kept my TV on all night long.....and dozed occasionally! I'm very tired today, but it was worth it!! LOL

Happy Birth-Day, Dearest Doris! I love you!!


God Bless,
Rachel

[Toby_Martin]

i think we all did the same thing lovemeorleaveme! haha, i had to take the day off too!

[jmichael]

Here's what host Robert Osborne has to say about Doris (from the TCM website):

Robert Osborne on Doris Day

There's no star, past or present, who today brings forth more enthusiasm and interest from dedicated movie fans than the woman who's our TCM Star of the Month for April--Cincinnati's gift to show business, the long out-of-sight Doris Day.

The delightful Doris hasn't made a movie since the year Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman and Will Smith were born, 1968. (The last entry in her filmography is the now 44-year-old With Six You Get Eggroll.) Except for a TV cable series about animals Doris briefly did on her home turf in Carmel, California, in the mid-1980s, and a surprise appearance years ago in Beverly Hills to receive a special award at the Golden Globes, she has virtually been unseen, unphotographed and unavailable since 1973 when her own CBS TV series The Doris Day Show went off the air after a five-year run. Since then she's kept herself off limits as adamantly as Greta Garbo was once legendary for doing, behavior which seemed logical for the notoriously reclusive Garbo but does confuse Day devotees since it's so opposite of the sunny and friendly persona which was always a part of her enormous appeal. But the DD decision to live her life privately and away from today's paparazzi mentality hasn't flagged interest in her a whit.

Here at TCM we get blanketed with requests to show her films, and to please, please, please get her to sit for a Private Screenings interview; we'd love it (but, so far, Doris would not). Her fans also keep suggesting she be voted a special Oscar®, a Kennedy Center honor, the AFI tribute; we give a thumbs up to those suggestions, too, but I suspect she's not keen about those ideas, either, especially if it means those awards are offered only if she shows up in person to collect them. Who can blame her for that?

Doris Day started performing at a young age, had a tough road to success and once she achieved it delivered the goods 100 percent and brilliantly, always making difficult work look as easy as breathing. There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight. And it's nice to know she's now living the life she wishes and not attempting to pursue a career in today's splintered movie industry.

Well, there may not be any new Doris Day movies on the horizon, but I'm pleased to say that this month on TCM we can all wallow in a treasure chest of her past successes. Every night in prime time from Monday April 2 through Friday April 6, we'll be bringing you 28 of her films, including her first one (1948's Romance on the High Seas) and the charming musicals she made early on at Warner Bros. with Gordon MacRae, her early forays into drama (1950's Young Man with a Horn and 1951's Storm Warning), the later comedies with Rock Hudson, Cary Grant and James Garner, the heavy dramas which showed her impressive acting chops (Midnight Lace, Julie) and the film which gets my vote as the best one she ever made, 1955's Love Me or Leave Me with Jimmy Cagney.

This month we're letting the projectionist do the work while the rest of us, including Doris if she so chooses, just sit back, relax comfortably and enjoy the Day.

by Robert Osborne

[stevem]

I was so thrilled to come across "My Dream Is Yours" last night ~ what a wonderful movie and early display of Doris Day's fabulous talents. i had to stop viewing before the conclusion and just assumed Doris and Gary were going to reunite, as he appeard on stage for Gary's surprise reunion. It was so satisfying to go online todya to find out that she realized Doug was her guy after all. Happy ending!

I've never joined a fan club or forum like this before...that's how much Doris inspires me. I'm 66, live in Seattle, and have been a fan forever. "Doris Day Parking" is our favorite expression.

HAPPY HAPPY 89th today, Doris!

[lovemeorleaveme]

I love how TCM keeps showing the little "bio" in between the movies

Oh, how I wish Doris had gone on camera....!

God Bless, and have a lovely "Day"!

Rachel

[jmichael]

I'm getting a kick of seeing these films in HD on a flat screen TV. It is almost like seeing them in the movie theater again. I'm also noticing details about the set design, clothes and background action that I never picked up on before. For example, I don't recall noticing just how great the color scheme was in Carol Templeton's apartment when Rock / Dr. Tyler stayed over. The prominent use of primary colors (red, blue and yellow) was terrific. The blue accent pieces throughout her apartment were very Doris IMO.

Michael