Doris Day

[duodamsel]

Sept 20, 2010 18:14:07 GMT -5 The Mask said:

It's not Doris. It looks nothing like her.

you're right. But it really does look like a woman wearing a fake mustache. Rarely do i see a man with such a baby smooth face while sporting such a thick stache.

[lucy]

It could be a woman, wearing a turtleneck to cover up the fact that she doesn't have an adam's apple, as a man clearly would have....

Not Doris, but perhaps one of the members of the "family".

[beatlies]

Funny thing about Foris Fay 3.0---she can act, sort of, but she can't sing.

"The Glass Bottom Boat" (1966)---

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmK7p7xsEck






The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea....

Actually both songs are based on the traditional song THE MOCKINGBIRD SONG (HUSH, LITTLE BABY), hence the mockingbirds owned by Doris Day's character in the movie.
SeungYeonFan 1 year ago

[goro]

Doris'/Foris' singing voice sure is different between the replacements. A while ago I caught a black and white movie with a very young Doris (probably still the original at that point?) and her voice was SO different from the Que Sera, Sera/Hitchcock movie Foris. Foris in that film had her own appeal, though, and I think she was even sexier in some ways than Doris 1.0.

[artemis]

FORIS is a winner...

"Doris Day wins L.A. film critics' lifetime honor

Doris Day has been named recipient of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's 2011 Career Achievement Award, the critics group announced on Saturday.

"Decades on from the main body of her work, Doris Day is still arguably the template to which Hollywood turns when trying to quantify and capture 'girl-next-door' appeal," said LAFCA president Brent Simon in a release announcing the honor.

"Equally at home in snappish romantic comedies and more dramatic fare, Day was the biggest female star of the 1960s, giving a series of delightfully perceptive performances."

Day has often been a subject of speculation when the Academy meets to choose its honorary Oscar winners, though she has a long-running and well-known reluctance to attend ceremonies.

The association also announced that it will vote for the winners of its 2011 awards on Sunday, December 11. While the New York Film Critics Circle, which usually chooses its winners the day after the Los Angeles critics, decided to move its voting into November, LAFCA opted not to change its voting date."

[artemis]

"Doris Day sings out for first time in 17 years

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doris Day, America's pert, honey-voiced sweetheart of the 1950s and 1960s, beguiled audiences with her on-screen romances opposite top Hollywood leading men Cary Grant, Rock Hudson and Jack Lemmon.

She adored and misses them all, says the 88-year-old Day. But her deepest yearning is reserved for her late son Terry Melcher, a record producer whose touch and voice are part of Day's first album in nearly two decades.

"Oh, I wish he could be here and be a part of it. I would just love that. But it didn't work out that way," Day said, her voice subdued. It's a voice rarely heard since she withdrew from Hollywood in the early 1980s to the haven she made for herself in the Northern California town of Carmel, where Clint Eastwood was once mayor.

"My Heart," set for a Dec. 2 U.S. release, has induced Day to edge back to public attention. The CD includes 13 previously unreleased tracks recorded over a 40-year span, including covers of Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful," the Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" and a handful of standards. All proceeds go to Day's longtime cause, animal welfare.

A condensed version of the album was released in Britain earlier this fall and landed on the top 10 chart.

Melcher, who worked with bands including the Byrds and the Beach Boys, produced most of the songs and sang on two. He died of melanoma in 2004 at age 62, leaving a void that draws tears from Day when she speaks of him.

"I loved doing it and having Terry with me. That was important, just for me," she said in an interview from Carmel. "I wouldn't think it would be what it is. ... I just love that he is on it. And I miss him terribly, but I have that."

The album's release coincides with new recognition for the actress and singer.

It was announced this week that her recording of "Que Sera, Sera" ("Whatever Will Be, Will Be"), featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much" starring Day and Jimmy Stewart, will be included in the Grammy Hall of Fame. In January, Day is to be honored with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's career achievement award.

And that career was storied. She once ruled the box office in a string of fluffy comedies including "Pillow Talk" with Hudson (which earned her a best actress nomination) and "That Touch of Mink" opposite Grant, movies that showcased her verve and fresh-faced sexiness. Her sweet vocals helped make hits of pop tunes including "Sentimental Journey" and Oscar-winners "Que Sera, Sera" and "Secret Love."

On screen, Day often played the determined single career girl who could be swept off her feet (but never into premarital sex) by such irresistible suitors as Grant or three-time co-star Hudson. She was also the loving wife and mother in such movies as "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1960), with David Niven.

Day came off as a straight-shooter who didn't let her beauty go to her head; she was no "Mad Men" toy. Granted, she was too ladylike to fit the definition of a dame, in the parlance of her early career. But she could hold her ground without fraying the hem of her tone-perfect cinematic femininity, or her co-star's masculinity.

She ventured into exceptions to her signature romantic-comedies, most notably the Hitchcock thriller and "Love Me or Leave Me" from 1955, in which Day played jazz singer Ruth Etting in the story of Etting's career and tempestuous marriage.

Day said she had no quarrel with the studio system under which she worked, one in which her films were largely dictated. She had stumbled into the craft, after all, pushed from band and club singer to actress by her agent. Day got the first role she tested for, in 1948's "Romance on the High Seas," and sailed on from there.

"I was just put there, put there, put there. And I've never gotten over that. How could life be so good for me and I was never looking? I was never looking for it," she said.

As for her personal life, she said, "There are always things that you go through that aren't perfect." For Day, that included three divorces and widowhood. When her third husband died, she learned that he and a business partner had lost her multimillion-dollar fortune. (She righted herself to some extent with the 1968-73 sitcom "The Doris Day Show," and a lawsuit.)

Her decision to leave Los Angeles and the industry behind was an impromptu one, Day said. She had regularly visited Carmel-By-The-Sea, decided it suited her and made the move up the California coast and away.

"I just loved what I was doing. But then, when I came up here, I thought well, I had my turn, and that's just fine. And the other people are coming up and starring and it was their turn. I didn't think a thing about not working," she said.

Instead, she devoted herself to promoting the well-being of animals with the Doris Day Animal Foundation, which she created in 1978 and which is the new album's beneficiary. Her own pets, including some half-dozen cats, have it good: She built a glass-ceiling extension off her house so the felines can enjoy the view without the risks of going outside.

Why the attention to animals? "They're the most perfect things on Earth," Day replied. "They're loyal. They love you. And they'll never forget you. ... I think they're put here for us to learn what love is all about."

They're also steadfast companions as her circle of family and friends has been narrowed by death. She's still in regular touch with two-time co-star James Garner — who shares anecdotes about their working relationship in his newly published autobiography, "The Garner Files" — but she notes sadly how many other colleagues have passed away.

Although dampened by loss, the buoyancy that infused her work in movies and music remains part of Day. In her ninth decade of life, however, the pace has changed.

"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" ("Life is just a bowl of cherries. So live and laugh at it all"), a snappy tune and a favorite since she danced to it as a 5-year-old in Cincinnati, is on her new album. But the arrangement has turned it into "beautiful ballad," Day said

"When I sang it slowly, it became a super song," she said.

The same can be said of Day, in any tempo."

[treegenus]

Just like F/Betty White from Golden Girls? The creation of THIS "friendly" Doris Day after so many years as a recluse, just in time for a media $$$ spread at age 88 years of age! Yeah, right! Ha!

[artemis]

When 2 fakes meet and interview each other (dated Sept. 2011)

"Doris Day and Paul McCartney in conversation

As the legendary Hollywood star is set to release her first new album in 17 years, Doris Day talks to Paul McCartney about her illustrious career.

Sir Paul McCartney and Doris Day might seem to come from different worlds -- he a giant figure in British pop since the Sixties, she a Hollywood icon with a wholesome image who starred in 39 films. Yet the former Beatle has long been a friend of hers, admiring not only her singing and acting but also her commitment to animal rights.

Now 87, Doris Day is about to release her first album of new material in 17 years. My Heart includes cover versions of the Beach Boys, Lovin Spoonful and Joe Cocker, along with nine brand-new recordings of songs written by her late son, singer and Byrds producer Terry Melcher, who died in 2004.

Day spoke to McCartney at her home in Carmel, California, this year and told him about her new album and illustrious career.

PM I remember ringing you up after watching Calamity Jane in the Sixties to tell you it was the best film and you were the best character.

DD You’re very sweet.

PM My daughter Stella loves that film. She said when she saw you in that yellow dress, that’s what made her want to be a designer. Watching that film, none of us wanted that dress to get messed up when you fell in the mud. And is it true that you didn’t want to sing Secret Love [Oscar winning song in 1954] in the film originally?

DD Yes. It worried me that if I had to sing it in character as Calamity rather than in my voice it might interfere and make it seem so phony. But I was taught to see the difference.

PM With your new album I wasn’t quite sure what to expect because I knew you hadn’t worked in show business for a while as you’ve been looking after your animals. But you seem so perky and I feel that spirit in the album. I think it’s very beautifully sung.

DD It has been a long time. I had a lot of fun doing it and I hope people enjoy it as I enjoyed doing it so much.

PM: I think your fans will go crazy with it. It’s a nice album with beautiful emotions. Is it true when you sing Joe Cocker’s You Are So Beautiful you are singing about the beauty you find in animals?

DD Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

PM On the album, you’ve included Ohio from [Bernstein’s musical] Wonderful Town. Does it have sentimental value because you grew up there?

DD Of course. All my family lived there. I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they’ve all gone to heaven. I’m the only one left so it’s sad for me.

I love Cincinnati and I thought I would stay there until …but all of a sudden, I was zoom, and off to all these different places. That was my life, singing with my band and I’ve loved it ever since.

PM When you’re singing, there’s a lot of emotion in your voice. Is that from your early training with vocal coach Grace Raine?

DD She decided I should have three lessons a week and we couldn’t afford that so she gave me three for the price of one. She was a wonderful lady who had retired from the WLW Radio (a Cincinnati talk radio station). She knew that the words meant so much to me and that’s what she really liked. And they’ve always meant so much to me. I’m singing to someone.

PM That’s great she had such vision to recognise your talent. When you were working with [40s bandleader] Les Brown, what was it like travelling and performing with a bunch of guys at such a young age?

DD I didn’t know much! But they were so marvellous. We had great guys in the band. They were so nice and took care of me, they really did. It was just heaven for me. They were all funny. We laughed all the time and had great fun. Everyone got along. We were a family.

PM That’s so important. We’ve got that with the guys I tour with. We have a laugh and are like a big extended family. It settles everyone down. Everyone knows everyone’s having a good time and it brings out the best in people.

DD You relax and you’re real. That’s what it’s all about. To enjoy what you’re doing for the people. If you’re enjoying it, then they’re enjoying it.

PM You became the armed forces sweetheart [in 1945 with Sentimental Journey]. What was it like for you at that time with the returning soldiers?

DD I loved that song. It made me feel so good to think they were coming home and I loved that.

PM What about Que Sera Sera? It became your signature song and won an Oscar for Best Original Song [in1956]. Why do you think it stood the test of time?”

DD I really don’t know but it was perfect for the movie [The Man Who Knew Too Much]. I often hear from people about that song. They used to sing their children to sleep with it. Isn’t that sweet?

PM I know you’ve been through a lot of difficulties personally, with the loss of your son Terry Melcher in 2004. Did music help you through the hard times?

DD I’m not sure. I miss my Terry every day. But I keep him here and I’m so happy that he’s singing on the album. I used to love to hear him sing and he should have done more things. I get mail from his friends all the time saying he had so much talent and he was always laid back. He didn’t push himself. He was such a good guy and I loved him dearly.

(The same TERRY MELCHER who told his friends that he doesnt recognize his mother anymore, finally realizing she was replaced)


PM I knew Terry a little bit in the Sixties and he was a really nice man. But you were right, he didn’t push himself. I didn’t either though come to think of it. He was a lovely boy. We love him and hopefully he’s looking down on this album saying ‘I’m proud of you mum’

DD That would be the greatest. If he were here now, looking at me and saying that. But I know how he feels and he’s right here.

PM Was there any single moment that made you dedicate your life to helping animals? For me it was when I was in Tennessee once and fishing in a lake. I could see the fish struggling for his life and it was a moment. I thought ‘I don’t need your life’ and I put him back. I haven’t fished since.

DD I’ve just always loved animals. With the band, I couldn’t have any pets then when I went into films and stayed in one place, I could. I’ve had many of them and I still have many.

PM: I know, I’ve been round to your house. Funny how some people think they’re not as important as humans. They don’t realise we’re so privileged to live on this planet with all these beautiful animals.

DD You’re so right. Mine are so sweet. I love helping horses, dogs, every animal.

PM And is it true that on the set of The Man Who Knew Too Much, you demanded from Alfred Hitchcock that the animals on set should be better cared for?

DD I did. Because they weren’t being looked after. They were being used. So I spoke with Hitch about it and he agreed and then they were treated beautifully.

PM And now at the end of every film, there’s a statement saying no animals were harmed making this movie. So you were a pioneer in that, Doris.

DD That’s the way I feel. I just love animals, babies and music."

It looks like these 2 stooges even had an affair back in the days. Unfortunately the content of the site is not available in my country, so I cant access it.

[hotman637]

Veterans of the(Hill)Billy MccFake conspiracy know all about the connection between MccFake,Terry Melcher and Charlie Manson.

[treegenus]

If you can connect the dots to include Doris Day, would you explain here? Thanks!

[artemis]

Billy McFake is FAUL.

[artemis]

"Doris Day on Her New Album, Rock Hudson and the Car Accident That Changed Her Career

The original girl next door and avid animal-rights activist reminisces on a 65-year career as a singer and actress.

On Dec. 2, Doris Day, who will receive the Los Angeles Film Critics' career achievement award in January, released My Heart, her first album in 17 years. Most of its 13 never-before-heard renditions of songs including "Daydream" and "Stewball" were produced by her son Terry Melcher, the producer of the Beach Boys and the Byrds who died in 2004 at 62.

Day, now 87, morphed from the young jazz singer of 1945's "Sentimental Journey" to sugar-and-spice pop singer to Oscar-nominated movie star in 1959's Pillow Talk. She spoke with THR about old times and the new record.

The Hollywood Reporter: Why are these songs from 1951 to 1994 being released only now?

Doris Day: When you're with a company like Columbia, they did it their way, and [the late Columbia exec] Mitch Miller wasn't a person who liked beautiful old songs. He was in charge of what we sang, and it was hurtful. Frank Sinatra went to Capitol. Columbia told him, "You're going to get hit with a sum of money that you don't even have, so you're not going to go anywhere." Well, he borrowed and got out of there. But I stayed.

THR: Why do this record?

Day: It just happened. I just wish my son could be here. But I love that he sings on two of the songs.

THR: Your voices blend.

Day: Now I realize it. We should have sung together a lot. We should have done many things together.

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THR: You were a female icon like Marilyn Monroe, only the opposite: chaste. Was it hard to be a woman breaking through back then?

Day: I never thought much about it. I haven't a clue, but things just happen.

THR: Monroe consciously devised her persona. Did you?

Day: No way. I was just what I am, who I am.

THR: When you were 13, a car wreck broke your legs and ended your dance career. How did that affect you?

Day: I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang. They carried me three times a week up a stairway to my music teacher.

THR: Tell us about being discovered at 16.

Day: The more you look and get frantic, the more you don't get. When you're not looking, strange things happen, like my lead in Romance on the High Seas [1948]. When I got the call, I thought it was someone imitating the leading man [Jack Carson]. He said, "I am who I said I am, and you are going to be in the movie." Right now, as I said that, I got goose bumps, like that very time. I almost went to the floor then. I almost did now.

THR: After that, was it just doing what comes naturally, performing?

Day: Yes, it was. I never studied. It just has to come from wherever. God -- is he there? Yoo-hoo! If you sing, you sing.

THR: What do you think about today's Lady Gaga or Britney Spears?

Day: I don't know many of the girl singers. I like Michael Buble.

THR: What was your favorite role?

Day: The ones with Jimmy Garner and Rock [Hudson]. I asked, "Who's with me in Pillow Talk?" They said, "Rock." That struck me as funny. That's a name? I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy. I liked those scripts because you fight, and it was all real.

THR: Sales of the record will support the Doris Day Animal Foundation, right?

Day: Yeah. I'm going to do as much as I can for the animal world, and I'll never stop.

THR: What's the oldest song on My Heart?

Day: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries." When I was about 7, I taught myself to dance and I sang that. And it is! Life is just a bowl of cherries.

[lindsayjudy]

I have seen about 4 different Lindsay Lohans online also. One is blond and a wild party chic. One is a redhead and very poised. Another has reddish-brown hair and acts almost like she doesn't know she's a star, a very "aww shucks" demeanor. The last one has black hair and is very somber/serious. She may have multiple personality disorder or it could be 2 or 3 different people.

[artemis]

Dec 24, 2011 14:06:03 GMT -5 lindsayjudy said:

I have seen about 4 different Lindsay Lohans online also. One is blond and a wild party chic. One is a redhead and very poised. Another has reddish-brown hair and acts almost like she doesn't know she's a star, a very "aww shucks" demeanor. The last one has black hair and is very somber/serious. She may have multiple personality disorder or it could be 2 or 3 different people.

Darling, this thread is about DORIS DAY. LINDSAY LOHAN belongs to MY LIST or CLONES&DOUBLES. Can u move ur post there? Yes, FINDSAY FOHAN is being cloned on quite a regular basis, not to mention the usual mind control she's subjected to.

[lucy]

Unless Lindsay Lohan or Findsay Feauxhan became Doris Day...we don't want to read about her here...