For Classic Movie Fans

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Originally Posted by cinderella

Re your post here...I too love Doris, even tho she was a bit smaltzy and was in all those 'fluff' films with Rock, et al. A sidebar...Doris Day had a very successful career as a singer before entering film. She sang with a big band of the 40's - can't remember which one at the moment. She was in the band very early - I think she was about 19.

She was with Les Brown.

However, if you want to see the range of talent our girl Doris has, make a point to see 'Love Me or Leave Me'. Doris is fantastic in this. An added plus is James Cagney, his role in this is a nod to his 'gangster' films of the past. Both he and Doris give a tour-de-force performance. The story is based on the life of 20's big singing star Ruth Etting. I never heard of Ruth Etting until I saw this movie. I am going to google her on YouTube - hopefully they have some clips of her singing.

I love the movie because of the score— I have the music. With that, a reminder she appeared in "Young Man With a Horn" about the life of a musician, played Kirk Douglas.
The score is terrific and Harry James did the trumpet work for Douglas. It also stars Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael. (sp)
Great movie, great music.