PG-13 | 1h 34min | Comedy, Musical | Dec. 24, 1951
April 3 would have been the 101st birthday of beloved musical movie star Doris Day. Once dubbed “America’s Sweetheart,” the perky blonde made her start as a Big Band singer in the early 1940s before making her film debut in Warner Brothers’s “Romance on the High Seas” in 1948. The movie was a big hit, and so was Doris, so she went on to make 16 more films for the studio until her contract expired in 1954.
A lesser-known musical from Doris Day’s early years is “April in Paris” (1952). Her leading man was Ray Bolger, best remembered as the Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz.” The title song is the only recognizable melody from the score, but it’s not the only memorable number in this fun musical comedy….