Doris Day: Virgin Territory
- Episode aired Sep 11, 2007
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6.2/10
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Doris Day
- Various Roles
- (archive footage)
A.E. Hotchner
- Self
- (as A E Hotchner)
Ethel Barrymore
- Aunt Jessie Tuttle
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
James Cagney
- Martin Snyder
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Eddie Foy Jr.
- Vernon Hines
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Carol Haney
- Gladys Hotchkiss
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Howard Keel
- Wild Bill Hickok
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- SoundtracksThe Last Time I Saw You
(1945) (uncredited)
Written by Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser
Performed by Les Brown and His Band of Renown featuring Doris Day
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Too many nobodies talking, not enough of Doris
I love Doris Day, her films and her voice. This documentary doesn't show enough of her, or clips of her films. The few clips we do see are great and she looks great.
We have a woman 'film expert' speaking so fast we couldn't make out what she was saying and she kept getting her words mixed up. She mistakenly said Doris broke both legs, ruining her love of dancing, yet we were told earlier in the programme that she broke an ankle.
We have Richard Carpenter talking about Doris, and its clear he never met her.
We have a very strange man sitting in a cinema gushing over Doris and telling some odd stories about........ Himself! He added nothing to the programme. He tries to explain the public's change of interest in her: 'We find goodness repellant and sentimental now. She makes goodness truthful because she's truthful. But our culture dismisses this as trivial, and she's not'. Even more annoying are the silly re-enactments, out of focus as they are obviously not Doris, and this just cheapens the programme. There must be enough footage of her to show viewers - she must have given interviews, and had a TV show!
Programme makers should note that we viewers want to watch a programme about Doris Day and see Doris. Yes there has to be input from people who knew or worked with her, but the re-enactments (obviously not Doris!) were plain silly, and why they felt a 'film lecturer' and a 'film director' who'd never met even Doris, could add anything useful is beyond me. A very poor attempt at making a biography of a very talented and well loved actress and singer.
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We have a woman 'film expert' speaking so fast we couldn't make out what she was saying and she kept getting her words mixed up. She mistakenly said Doris broke both legs, ruining her love of dancing, yet we were told earlier in the programme that she broke an ankle.
We have Richard Carpenter talking about Doris, and its clear he never met her.
We have a very strange man sitting in a cinema gushing over Doris and telling some odd stories about........ Himself! He added nothing to the programme. He tries to explain the public's change of interest in her: 'We find goodness repellant and sentimental now. She makes goodness truthful because she's truthful. But our culture dismisses this as trivial, and she's not'. Even more annoying are the silly re-enactments, out of focus as they are obviously not Doris, and this just cheapens the programme. There must be enough footage of her to show viewers - she must have given interviews, and had a TV show!
Programme makers should note that we viewers want to watch a programme about Doris Day and see Doris. Yes there has to be input from people who knew or worked with her, but the re-enactments (obviously not Doris!) were plain silly, and why they felt a 'film lecturer' and a 'film director' who'd never met even Doris, could add anything useful is beyond me. A very poor attempt at making a biography of a very talented and well loved actress and singer.
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- Janet1612
- Apr 7, 2014
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