Calamity Jane (1953) |
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AwardsBest Sound, Recording Academy Awards [1954] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Academy Awards [1954] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1954] (Won/Nominated: Won) Plot SummaryDoris Day looks no more like the real Calamity Jane than you or I do, but this 1953 film is intended as a lighthearted musical, not a historical tract. As portrayed by the freckled Ms. Day, Jane is a rootin`, tootin` shootin` hoyden in the western to... TaglineYippeeeee!! It`s the big bonanza in musical extravaganza! Warner Bros. sky highest, smile widest, wild and woolliest Western of `em all! Brand-new song hits by the stage load! DiscographySinglesSecret Love The Black Hills of Dakota A Woman`s Touch Higher Than a Hawk Keep It Under Your Hat Just Blew In From the Windy City It`s Harry I`m Planning to Marry I Can Do Without You Hive Full of Honey The Deadwood Stage |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Calamity Jane: I got a strange feelin` somebody`s bein` hustled.
Calamity Jane: Excitement? Why, I got more arrows in the back of that coach than a porcupine has got stickers!
Calamity Jane: That`s better. Next time I tell a story, keep your hands in your *pockets* you toothless old buffalo!
Calamity Jane: This town ain`t big enough! Not for me and that frilled-up, flirtin`, man-rustlin` petticoat, it ain`t!
Calamity Jane: Make mine sarsparilly!Trivia Warner Bros. studio head Jack Warner decided to make "Calamity Jane" after he tried -- and failed -- to buy the movie rights to "Annie Get Your Gun" as a vehicle for Doris Day. He not only drew on another legendary "wild woman" of the Old West for his heroine, he hired the same male star, Howard Keel, who`d appeared in the film of Annie Get Your Gun (1950). Doris Day recorded the song "My Secret Love" in only one take. During early 1954, music from this film reigned supreme in "Billboard." Number one among the singles was a Doris Day trademark, the Oscar-winning, tender ballad, "Secret Love" (music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster). Also, the Day-Howard Keel 10-inch LP of songs from the score, issued by Columbia Records, zoomed to second place amongst the popular albums. A Columbia Records album of selections from the Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster film score was comprised of four songs directly from the soundtrack (supervised by Ray Heindorf), and four tunes commercially rerecorded by Doris Day alone (arranged and conducted by Paul Weston). The original 10-inch LP has been transferred to CD in Britain by Prism Platinum. In 1995, another English label, Jay Records, re-created the complete film score, adding five numbers from the 1979 British stage production. Doris Day has often cited this particular movie and title role as her personal favorite among her 39 film appearances. Appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) in the 1970s, Doris Day recalled seeing early dailies from this film, in which she was stomped about the set in buckskins and leather, speaking in a high, girlishly feminine voice. She immediately brought her line readings down several registers, so she`d sound as tough as she looked. | ||
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