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Calamity Jane / Warner Bros. Pictures ; written by James O'Hanlon ; produced by William Jacobs ; directed by David Butler.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 70598 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese Series: Doris Day collectionPublication details: [Burbank, CA] : [Warner Home Video], [2005]Edition: Standard presentationDescription: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1419810839
  • 9781419810831
Uniform titles:
  • Calamity Jane (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Wilfred M. Cline ; editor, Irene Morra ; musical numbers staged and directed by Jack Donohue ; original songs: music by Sammy Fain ; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
Awards:
  • Academy Award, 1954: Best original song: "Secret love", by Fain and Webster.
Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins.Summary: Calamity Jane is a calamity at love--she's too busy cracking a bullwhip to pay much mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD MUSIC Calamity Checked out 05/22/2024 33111009497567
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Doris Day looks no more like the real Calamity Jane than you or I do, but this 1953 film is intended as a lighthearted musical, not a historical tract. As portrayed by the freckled Ms. Day, Jane is a rootin', tootin' shootin' hoyden in the western town of Deadwood. When she isn't tearing up the town, Jane spends her time cussing out Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel). The plot gets under way when Jane promises the citizens of Deadwood that she can persuade classy Chicago stage star Adelaide Adams (Gale Robbins) to perform at the local opry house. Through a case of mistaken identity, Jane brings Adelaide's maid Katie (Allyn Ann McLerie) back to town. Katie proves to be a success all the same, and out of gratitude promises to make a "lady" out of Jane, who is sweet on handsome Lt. Gilmartin (Philip Carey). When the lieutenant chooses Katie over Jane, our heroine is heartbroken--until she realizes that she has loved Wild Bill Hickok all along, and that the feeling is mutual so far as Hickok is concerned. The peppy musical score by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster includes the Oscar-winning Secret Love, which became a million-selling hit for Doris Day. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD; NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; region 1; standard format.

In English and French with optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese subtitles; closed-captioned.

Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins.

Director of photography, Wilfred M. Cline ; editor, Irene Morra ; musical numbers staged and directed by Jack Donohue ; original songs: music by Sammy Fain ; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Videodisc release of the 1953 motion picture.

Also issued in slipcase with title The Doris Day collection.

Academy Award, 1954: Best original song: "Secret love", by Fain and Webster.

Calamity Jane is a calamity at love--she's too busy cracking a bullwhip to pay much mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume.

Special features: premiere and awards newsreels, theatrical trailer.

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