Derek Winnert

Lucky Me ** (1954, Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr, Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 7,690

It is lucky there are Doris Day’s vigour and her sparky way with a tune, plus reliable fun from Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker, in the 1954 Warner Bros musical film Lucky Me because it […]

Oct, 21 · in Reviews

I’ll See You in My Dreams *** (1951, Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 7689

The life of song lyric writer Gus Kahn (1886–1941) is seen through Hollywood’s typically rose-coloured glasses in the 1951 Warner Bros black and white musical biopic I’ll See You in My Dreams. Director Curtiz Michael […]

Oct, 21 · in Reviews

My Dream Is Yours *** (1949, Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou, Eve Arden, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 7688

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1949 musical comedy My Dream Is Yours finds Doris Day on vivacious form as single mother Martha Gibson, a band singer struggling to become a radio star, and Jack Carson bright and breezy as […]

Oct, 21

Along Came Jones ** (1945, Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 7687

‘IT’S THE WEST AT ITS BEST! WITH ROOTIN’…TOOTIN’…SHOOTIN’ COOPER!’ Director Stuart Heisler’s 1945 romantic comedy Western Along Came Jones stars Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest and Dan Duryea. Along came Cooper as upright but […]

Oct, 21

Return to Paradise ** (1953, Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, Roberta Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 7686

Director Mark Robson’s 1953 Return to Paradise stars Gary Cooper as Mr Morgan, a drifter sailor who lives in romantic bliss on the remote Pacific island of Matareva with island native Maeva (Roberta Haynes) in […]

Oct, 21

The Tunnel of Love *** (1958, Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 7685

Director Gene Kelly’s 1958 comedy The Tunnel of Love stars Doris Day and Richard Widmark as Isolde and Augie Poole, who are having more than their fair share of problems trying to adopt a child, […]

Oct, 21

Tea for Two *** (1950, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden, Billy DeWolfe, S Z Sakall) – Classic Movie Review 7684

‘Everybody’s goin’ Gay with – Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.’ No, really? Director David Butler’s diverting 1950 Technicolor musical Tea for Two, a distant cousin to the Twenties show No, No, Nanette from which it […]

Oct, 20

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