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Whistle Stopper - Calamity Jane
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson
Directed By: David Butler
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419810831
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1419810839
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-04-26
Running Time: 101
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1953-11-04
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Summary: A typical Doris Day vehicle
Comment: Doris Day was very good as a singer, dancer heroine. I loved Howard Keel as the baritone Wild Bill Hickok. Supporting cast was also great, but overall just pleasant and fun not great. Definitely a whole family movie.
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Summary: Calamity Jane
Comment: arrived in a timely fashion, DVD had no blips in it. Satisfied. Thank you
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Summary: FUN for the whole family!
Comment: Doris Day at her rip-roaring best! Great songs, great dance routines and just a feel-good movie. It takes liberties with the actual events, but who cares? This turns out swell in the end.
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Summary: Classic Comedy
Comment: If you are hungry for humor, music and dance, Calamity Jane will feed that yearning. Doris Day and Howard Keel will blow your socks off in a duet about the black hills of Dakota. You will giggle picking out all the gymnastics in the many dance numbers. How many times does Doris Day slide in and out of a stagecoach window? I definitely recommend this DVD for your viewing pleasure.
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Summary: One of the best
Comment: Calamaity Jane is a fun way to spend an hour and a half if you can forget your "enlightened" attitudes of the modern era. Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickock shows he can act as well as he can sing, and that is saying a lot. If you just watch him and his reactions to whatever is going on, or who is speaking, you will appreciate his ability to throw himself into a role.
Doris Day as Calamity might have been able to look worse in the rough and ready buckskin outfits, but it is hard to imagine.
The idea that girls are only attractive in ruffles and ribbons is mildly offensive if you let yourself dwell on it. And the "I Can Do Without You" duet is surprisingly physical.
The musical numbers are an uneven mix. The love song "Higher Than a Hawk" is well below what Howard Keel could have done with better material. "Secret Love," which earned the greatest popularity in its time, is sappy and pedestrian. The best song in the whole show is "The Black Hills of Dakota," a duet with Howard Keel and Doris Day, accompanied by a chorus.
If you can overlook two people falling in love because of one kiss as highly improbable, it is a nice story.
Despite its flaws, it is well worth the price of including it in your library, and you will want to take it out to watch whenever you want some good, cheery entertainment.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Deadwood Dakota Territory is largely the abode of men where Indian scout Calamity Jane is as hard-riding boastful and handy with a gun as any; quite an overpowering personality. But the army lieutenant she favors doesn't really appreciate her finer qualities. One of Jane's boasts brings her to Chicago to recruit an actress for the Golden Garter stage. Arrived the lady in question appears (at first) to be a more feminine rival for the favors of Jane's male friends ... including her friendly enemy Wild Bill Hickock.Running Time: 101 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. UPC: 012569705982
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