Category: doris day

Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘April in Paris’ From 1952: A Fun Spring Musical

April 6, 2023
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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…

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2 Delightful Family Films for the Holidays From October Through December

December 20, 2021
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Beyond the most popular classic Christmas movies, like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “White Christmas,” there are countless less-famous older movies with equally heartwarming holiday stories (not limited to Christmas) that fulfill our longing for family and our nostalgia for times gone by. “On Moonlight Bay” from 1951 and its sequel, “By the Light of…

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Doris Day’s First Romantic Musical Films

February 28, 2021
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St. Valentine’s Day is over, but the coming of spring always foretells the coming of love! Nothing pairs better with leftover Valentine candy than classic romantic films. The Golden Era of Hollywood developed some of the most iconic love stories, like “Casablanca” (1942) and “Gone with the Wind” (1939). However, not all classic romances are…

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